LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Sec. 113.0511. LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a licensee 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's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement; (3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the licensee; or (4) restricts the licensee's advertisement under a trade name. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1168, ch. 263, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.