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2019 Texas Statutes
Business and Commerce Code
Title 16 - Advertising and Marketing
Subtitle A - Advertisements
Chapter 721 - Use of Names or Pictures in Advertisements
Section 721.002. Certain Uses of Name or Picture of Member of Armed Forces Prohibited

Universal Citation:
TX Bus & Com Code § 721.002 (2019)
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Sec. 721.002. CERTAIN USES OF NAME OR PICTURE OF MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES PROHIBITED. (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses, in an advertisement for a commercial purpose, the name of an individual who is an active duty or former member of the United States armed forces, who is a member or former member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces, or who is a member or former member of the state military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, or a picture of the individual in uniform in which the individual is clearly identifiable, without obtaining the consent of:

(1) the individual, if the individual is living; or

(2) the individual's surviving spouse or personal representative or a majority of the individual's adult heirs, if the individual is deceased.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.014(a), eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2013.

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