Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.016: LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

Where this section sits in the code

NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS
SUBTITLE D. REGULATION OF SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 116. COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(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.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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