Texas Business And Commerce Code Title 2, Chapter 15 - Monopolies, Trusts And Conspiracies In Restraint Of Trade

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROHIBITED RESTRAINTS

• Texas Section 15.01 - Title Of Act
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 15.02 - Applicability Of Provisions
  (a) The provisions of this Act are cumulative of each other and of any other provision of law of this state in effect relating to...
• Texas Section 15.03 - Definitions
  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (a) of Section 15.10 of this Act, for purposes of this Act: (1) The term "attorney general" means the...
• Texas Section 15.04 - Purpose And Construction
  The purpose of this Act is to maintain and promote economic competition in trade and commerce occurring wholly or partly within the State of Texas...

SUBCHAPTER B PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE

• Texas Section 15.05 - Unlawful Practices
  (a) Every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce is unlawful. (b) It is unlawful for any person to monopolize, attempt to...
• Texas Section 15.10 - Civil Investigative Demands
  (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) The terms "antitrust investigation" and "investigation" mean any inquiry conducted by the attorney general for the purpose...
• Texas Section 15.11 - Party To Suit May Subpoena Witness
  (a) A party to a suit brought to enforce any of the prohibitions in Section 15.05 of this Act or to enforce the laws conserving...
• Texas Section 15.12 - Additional Procedures
  In addition to the procedures set forth in this subchapter, the attorney general and any other party to a suit brought by the attorney general...
• Texas Section 15.13 - Immunity From Criminal Prosecution
  (a) Application by Attorney General. If a person upon whom an investigative demand or request for discovery has been properly served pursuant to Section 15.10,...

SUBCHAPTER C ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 15.16 - Declaratory Judgment Action
  (a) A person (other than a foreign corporation not having a permit or certificate of authority to do business in this state) uncertain of whether...
• Texas Section 15.20 - Civil Suits By The State
  (a) Suit to Collect Civil Fine. The attorney general may file suit in district court in Travis County or in any county in the State...
• Texas Section 15.21 - Suits By Injured Persons Or Governmental Entities
  (a) Suit to Recover Damages. (1) Any person or governmental entity, including the State of Texas and any of its political subdivisions or tax-supported institutions,...
• Texas Section 15.22 - Criminal Suits
  (a) Every person, other than a municipal corporation, who acts in violation of any of the prohibitions in Section 15.05(a) or (b) shall be deemed...
• Texas Section 15.24 - Judgment In Favor Of The State Evidence In Action
  A final judgment rendered in an action brought under Section 15.20 or 15.22 of this Act to the effect that a defendant or defendants have...
• Texas Section 15.25 - Limitation Of Actions
  (a) Any suit to recover damages under Section 15.21 of this Act is barred unless filed within four years after the cause of action accrued...

SUBCHAPTER D RECOVERY OF DAMAGES PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS

• Texas Section 15.26 - Jurisdiction
  Whenever any suit or petition is filed in the district court in any county in the State of Texas as provided for in Section 15.10,...

SUBCHAPTER E COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE

• Texas Section 15.40 - Authority, Powers, And Duties Of Attorney General
  (a) The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state or of any of its political subdivisions or tax supported institutions to...
• Texas Section 15.50 - Criteria For Enforceability Of Covenants Not To Compete
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 15.05 of this code, and subject to any applicable provision of Subsection (b), a covenant not to compete is enforceable if it...
• Texas Section 15.51 - Procedures And Remedies In Actions To Enforce Covenants Not To Compete
  (a) Except as provided in Subsection (c) of this section, a court may award the promisee under a covenant not to compete damages, injunctive relief,...
• Texas Section 15.52 - Preemption Of Other Law
  The criteria for enforceability of a covenant not to compete provided by Section 15.50 of this code and the procedures and remedies in an action...

Last modified: September 28, 2016