{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-145.0096","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 145.0096","heading":"CERTAIN ADVERTISING PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a business that:\n(1) is operated under a license or permit as a sexually oriented business issued in accordance with Section 243.007, Local Government Code; or\n(2) offers, as its primary business, a service or the sale, rental, or exhibition of a device or other item that is intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to a customer.\n(a-1) A business to which this section applies may not use the word \"tan\" or \"tanning\" in a sign or any other form of advertising.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a-1). Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.\n(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Subsection (b) that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under that subsection, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 684, Sec. 7, eff. June 15, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 3.014, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION","CHAPTER 145. TANNING FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.145.htm#145.0096","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"873f3a23094f9b2e98a79dee57be20e4fd744d673fbe50775f70c057c11c6a9b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-145.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-145.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}