Texas Occupations Code Title 11, Chapter 1803 - Solicitation For Public Safety Organizations

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1803.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Law enforcement personnel" means commissioned peace officers who are employees of government law enforcement agencies. (2) "Public safety entity" means a...

SUBCHAPTER B REGISTRATION AND BOND REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 1803.002 - Effect On Municipal Ordinance
  This chapter preempts any municipal ordinance applicable to public safety entities, public safety publications, public safety solicitors, or solicitations related to a person registered under...
• Texas Section 1803.051 - Registration
  (a) A public safety entity or public safety publication may not solicit unless the entity or publication: (1) files a registration statement under Section 1803.053;...
• Texas Section 1803.052 - Eligibility To Use Solicitor
  (a) A public safety organization may register under Section 1803.053 and use a public safety solicitor only if the organization is a bona fide membership...
• Texas Section 1803.053 - Registration Statement By Public Safety Entity Or Publication
  (a) Before beginning solicitations, a public safety entity or public safety publication shall file with the secretary of state: (1) a registration statement signed by...
• Texas Section 1803.054 - Public Safety Entity Registration Fee
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a public safety entity registering under Section 1803.053 shall pay to the secretary of state an annual registration...
• Texas Section 1803.055 - Solicitor Registration Statement And Fee
  (a) Before beginning solicitations for a public safety entity or public safety publication, a public safety solicitor shall file with the secretary of state a...

SUBCHAPTER C SOLICITATION RESTRICTIONS

• Texas Section 1803.056 - Solicitor Bond
  (a) A public safety solicitor shall post with the secretary of state a $10,000 surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business...
• Texas Section 1803.101 - Solicitation Disclosure
  (a) An oral or a written disclosure shall be given to each person before the person delivers any consideration to a public safety entity, public...
• Texas Section 1803.102 - Solicitation Information Hotline
  The secretary of state shall establish and operate a toll-free telephone line known as the Solicitation Information Hotline that enables a person to call the...
• Texas Section 1803.103 - Prohibited Practices
  In soliciting for a public safety entity or public safety publication, a person may not: (1) use, unless authorized in writing by a public safety...

SUBCHAPTER D ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 1803.104 - Failure To File Timely Report
  A public safety entity or public safety publication that fails to timely file the information required by this chapter or that files information required by...
• Texas Section 1803.151 - Audit By Attorney General
  (a) The attorney general may make a written request for information from a public safety entity, public safety publication, or public safety solicitor to audit...
• Texas Section 1803.152 - Criminal Penalties
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this chapter is a Class A misdemeanor. (c)...
• Texas Section 1803.153 - Civil Penalty And Injunction
  (a) The attorney general may bring an action in a Travis County district court: (1) for a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter;...
• Texas Section 1803.154 - Civil Penalties
  (a) A person who violates this chapter or an injunction issued under Section 1803.153 is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not...
• Texas Section 1803.155 - Service On Secretary Of State
  (a) A service of process or pleading served on the secretary of state as the agent for a nonresident public safety solicitor, public safety entity,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016