Texas § HS.773.0505 - RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING

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§ HS.773.0505. RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING

RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license or certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices. (b) In rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the executive commissioner may not include a rule that: (1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising; (2) restricts the use of a license or certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement; (3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or certificate holder; or (4) restricts the license or certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1528, eff. April 2, 2015.

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