Sec. 1001.203. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) The board by rule shall prescribe standards for compliance with Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(c) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the board may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a license holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder; or
(4) restricts the license holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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