Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.016
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.016, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 116.016. LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a licensee or registrant except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the commission may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a licensee or registrant's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the licensee or registrant; or
(4) restricts the licensee or registrant's advertisement under a trade name.
(b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the commission may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a licensee or registrant's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the licensee or registrant; or
(4) restricts the licensee or registrant's advertisement under a trade name.
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