Sec. 17.82.  PROHIBITED CONDUCT.  (a)  A person may not conduct a sale advertised with the phrase "going out of business," "closing out," "shutting doors forever," or "bankruptcy sale";  the word "foreclosure" or "bankruptcy";  or a similar phrase or word indicating that an enterprise is ceasing business unless the business is closing all of its operations in a county and in all of the counties immediately adjacent to that county and follows the procedures required by this subchapter.
(b)  A person may not fraudulently represent that the person is conducting a going out of business sale.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 172, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.