{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.062","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.062","heading":"VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS; UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that:\n(1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and\n(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:\n(A) \"veteran\";\n(B) \"legion\";\n(C) \"foreign\";\n(D) \"Spanish\";\n(E) \"disabled\";\n(F) \"war\"; or\n(G) \"world war.\"\n(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:\n(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\n(2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:\n(A) American Legion;\n(B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;\n(C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;\n(D) United Spanish War Veterans; or\n(E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 18, eff. June 1, 2022.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.062","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"03afe2e7dd66035f225a345608406642ed8df5df0dcba79b2c2777ba16b20711","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.061","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.063"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}