1. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that:

   1. (1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and

   2. (2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:

      1. (A) "veteran";
      2. (B) "legion";
      3. (C) "foreign";
      4. (D) "Spanish";
      5. (E) "disabled";
      6. (F) "war"; or
      7. (G) "world war."

2. (b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:

   1. (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

   2. (2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:

      1. (A) American Legion;
      2. (B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;
      3. (C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;
      4. (D) United Spanish War Veterans; or
      5. (E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 18, eff. June 1, 2022.