(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity may not have a name that:
- (1) reasonably implies that the entity is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and
(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:
- (A) "veteran";
- (B) "legion";
- (C) "foreign";
- (D) "Spanish";
- (E) "disabled";
- (F) "war"; or
- (G) "world war."
(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:
- (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) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:
- (A) American Legion;
- (B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;
- (C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;
- (D) United Spanish War Veterans; or
- (E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.