Texas Occupations Code Title 11, Chapter 1804 - Solicitation For Veterans Organizations

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1804.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or in the...

SUBCHAPTER B REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 1804.002 - Effect On Municipal Ordinance
  This chapter does not preempt a municipal ordinance applicable to a veterans organization or a veterans organization solicitor. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec....
• Texas Section 1804.051 - Requirements For Solicitation
  (a) A veterans organization may not use a veterans organization solicitor unless: (1) the organization: (A) files a registration statement under Section 1804.053; and (B)...
• Texas Section 1804.052 - Eligibility To Use Solicitor
  (a) A veterans organization may register under Section 1804.053 and use a veterans organization solicitor only if the organization consists of individual members: (1) of...
• Texas Section 1804.053 - Registration Statement By Veterans Organization
  (a) Before beginning solicitations, a veterans organization must file with the secretary of state a registration statement containing: (1) the name, street address, and telephone...
• Texas Section 1804.054 - Solicitor Registration Statement
  Before beginning solicitations for a veterans organization, a veterans organization solicitor must file with the secretary of state a registration statement containing: (1) the name,...

SUBCHAPTER C BONDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 1804.055 - Solicitor Registration Fee
  (a) A registration statement under Section 1804.054 must be accompanied by: (1) a $500 registration fee; and (2) a bond required under Section 1804.102. (b)...
• Texas Section 1804.101 - Veterans Organization Bond
  (a) A veterans organization using a veterans organization solicitor shall post a surety bond with the secretary of state: (1) in the amount of $1,000...
• Texas Section 1804.102 - Solicitor Bond
  (a) A veterans organization solicitor shall post a surety bond with the secretary of state in the amount of: (1) $5,000 if the solicitor solicits...
• Texas Section 1804.103 - Veterans Organization Reports
  (a) Before January 15 of each year, each veterans organization that received more than $500 in solicitations during the preceding calendar year shall file with...

SUBCHAPTER D SOLICITATION RESTRICTIONS

• Texas Section 1804.104 - Solicitor Reports
  (a) At the end of each calendar quarter, a solicitor who raises more than $5,000 for a veterans organization during that period shall file with...
• Texas Section 1804.151 - Solicitation Disclosure
  (a) A veterans organization solicitor shall disclose at the time each solicitation is made the following information: "The secretary of state has on file important...
• Texas Section 1804.152 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

• Texas Section 1804.153 - Prohibited Practices
  (a) A veterans organization solicitor may not solicit on behalf of a veterans organization in a county other than a county that the veterans organization...
• Texas Section 1804.201 - Audit By Attorney General
  (a) The attorney general may request reasonable and necessary information from a veterans organization or a veterans organization solicitor for the purpose of auditing or...
• Texas Section 1804.202 - Criminal Penalties
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except...
• Texas Section 1804.203 - Enforcement And Injunction
  (a) The attorney general may bring an action in a Travis County district court to enjoin a person from violating this chapter. (b) The attorney...
• Texas Section 1804.204 - Civil Penalties
  (a) A person who violates this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1804.205 - Suit On Bond
  (a) A person injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action or join an action brought by the state to recover against...
• Texas Section 1804.206 - Availability Of Other Remedies
  This chapter does not: (1) prevent the state or an injured party from bringing an action to recover a contribution obtained by misrepresentation; or (2)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016