Sec. 51.201.  FORM OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT.  A business opportunity contract must be in writing and include, in 10-point type or in handwriting of an equivalent size, the following:
(1)  the terms of payment, including the initial consideration, down payment, and additional payments required;
(2)  a detailed description of the acts or services the seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser;
(3)  the seller's principal business address;
(4)  the name and address of the seller's agent in this state authorized to receive service of process;
(5)  the delivery date or, if the contract provides for staggered delivery times to the purchaser, the approximate delivery date of the products, equipment, or supplies the seller is to:
(A)  deliver to the purchaser's home or business address; or
(B)  place at a location owned or managed by a person other than the purchaser; and
(6)  a complete description of the nature of the buy-back or security arrangement if the seller has represented orally or in writing when selling, leasing, soliciting, or offering a business opportunity that there is a buy-back or that the initial consideration is secured.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.