1. (a) It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, to provide inaccurate or untrue information about the availability of dwellings for sale or rental.

2. (b) Prohibited actions under this section include, but are not limited to:

   1. (1) indicating through words or conduct that a dwelling which is available for inspection, sale, or rental has been sold or rented, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin;
   2. (2) representing that covenants or other deed, trust, or lease provisions which purport to restrict the sale or rental of dwellings because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin preclude the sale or rental of a dwelling to a person;
   3. (3) enforcing covenants or other deed, trust, or lease provisions which preclude the sale or rental of a dwelling to any person because of race color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin;
   4. (4) limiting information, by word or conduct, regarding suitably priced dwellings available for inspection, sale, or rental, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin;
   5. (5) providing false or inaccurate information regarding the availability of a dwelling for sale or rental to any person, including testers, regardless of whether such person is actually seeking housing, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.

Source Note:The provisions of this §819.196 adopted to be effective April 13, 1990, 15 TexReg 1843; amended to be effective September 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 7124; transferred effective March 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register April 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 3653.