Sec. 2303.054. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING  


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  • (a) The commission may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person licensed under this chapter except to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice.

    (b) In its rules to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice, the commission may not include a rule that:

    (1) restricts the person's use of any advertising medium;

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

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

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

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003.