- (a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a certificate holder 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 certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
- (3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the certificate holder; or
- (4) restricts the certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1172, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.