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Texas Occupations Code § 1955.002

Rules Restricting Advertising or Competitive Bidding

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(a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a certified or accredited person except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) The executive commissioner may not include in the rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the use of a certified or accredited person's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the certified or accredited person; or

(4) restricts the certified or accredited person's advertisement under a trade name.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.284, eff. April 2, 2015.