GroundRules
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.058: COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR ADVERTISING RULES.
Where this section sits in the code
- HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL
- SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
- CHAPTER 42. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CHILD-CARE SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
(a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a license holder or registration holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices or to prevent a violation of this chapter.
(b) Rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices may not include a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2) restricts the use of a license holder's or registration holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder or registration holder; or
(4) restricts the license holder's or registration holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.234, eff. April 2, 2015.
Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:18Z. Source file · JSON