Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.062
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.062, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 5.062. VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS; UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that:
(1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and
(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:
(A) "veteran";
(B) "legion";
(C) "foreign";
(D) "Spanish";
(E) "disabled";
(F) "war"; or
(G) "world war."
(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:
(1) a congressionally recognized veterans organization with a name containing the same word or phrase, or variation or abbreviation, contained in the filing entity's name; or
(2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:
(A) American Legion;
(B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;
(C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;
(D) United Spanish War Veterans; or
(E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.
(1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and
(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:
(A) "veteran";
(B) "legion";
(C) "foreign";
(D) "Spanish";
(E) "disabled";
(F) "war"; or
(G) "world war."
(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:
(1) a congressionally recognized veterans organization with a name containing the same word or phrase, or variation or abbreviation, contained in the filing entity's name; or
(2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:
(A) American Legion;
(B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;
(C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;
(D) United Spanish War Veterans; or
(E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.
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