Sec. 42.058.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR ADVERTISING RULES.  (a)  The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a license holder or registration holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices or to prevent a violation of this chapter.
(b)  Rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices may not include a rule that:
(1)  restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2)  restricts the use of a license holder's or registration holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3)  relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder or registration holder; or
(4)  restricts the license holder's or registration holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.234, eff. April 2, 2015.