Section 116.016 - Limitations on Rulemaking Authority(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.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 116.016
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 54, eff. 9/1/2001.