Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.053
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.053, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 622.053. ADVERTISEMENT OR INSERT IN MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER, OR CATALOG.
Official statutory text
This chapter does not apply to a sweepstakes conducted through an advertisement or insert in:
(1) a magazine or newspaper:
(A) that is a publication in which more than 40 percent of the total column inches in each issue consist of advertising space purchased by companies other than:
(i) the publisher;
(ii) an affiliate of the publisher; or
(iii) a vendor for the publisher or an affiliate; and
(B) that is a publication for which more than 50 percent of the total number of copies distributed of each issue are provided to customers who paid for the copy; or
(2) a catalog that is a promotional booklet listing merchandise for sale and that:
(A) is at least 24 pages long;
(B) has a circulation of at least 250,000; and
(C) either:
(i) requires customers to go to a physical location to purchase the advertised items; or
(ii) is published by a company that derives more than 50 percent of the company's total gross revenue from sales occurring at physical locations.
(1) a magazine or newspaper:
(A) that is a publication in which more than 40 percent of the total column inches in each issue consist of advertising space purchased by companies other than:
(i) the publisher;
(ii) an affiliate of the publisher; or
(iii) a vendor for the publisher or an affiliate; and
(B) that is a publication for which more than 50 percent of the total number of copies distributed of each issue are provided to customers who paid for the copy; or
(2) a catalog that is a promotional booklet listing merchandise for sale and that:
(A) is at least 24 pages long;
(B) has a circulation of at least 250,000; and
(C) either:
(i) requires customers to go to a physical location to purchase the advertised items; or
(ii) is published by a company that derives more than 50 percent of the company's total gross revenue from sales occurring at physical locations.
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