{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1001.604","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.604","heading":"RELIANCE ON ADVISORY OPINION.","body":"It is a defense to prosecution or to imposition of a civil penalty that a person reasonably relied on a written advisory opinion of the board relating to:\n(1) the provision of the law the person is alleged to have violated; or\n(2) a fact situation that is substantially similar to the fact situation in which the person is involved.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 6. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LAND SURVEYING, AND RELATED PRACTICES","SUBTITLE A. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING AND RELATED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 1001. TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS","SUBCHAPTER M. ADVISORY OPINIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1001.htm#1001.604","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"6cd0e2340a293562d85dc1700617d3500dd9aefe14f7ccc0d287561b7e66f23a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1001.603","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1002.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}