Sec. 301.153. RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING  


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  • (a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by the person.

    (b) The board may not include in its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:

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

    (2) restricts the person's personal appearance or 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 use of a trade name in advertising by the person.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.