Sec. 301.153.  RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  (a)  The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by the person.
(b)  The board may not include in its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:
(1)  restricts the person's use of any medium for advertising;
(2)  restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;
(3)  relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person;  or
(4)  restricts the use of a trade name in advertising by the person.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.