2021 Texas Statutes
Business Organizations Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - Names of Entities; Registered Agents and Registered Offices
Subchapter B. General Provisions Relating to Names of Entities
Section 5.062. Veterans Organizations; Unauthorized Use of Name

Universal Citation:
TX Bus Orgs § 5.062 (2021)
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Sec. 5.062. VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS; UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME.

Text of subsection effective until June 01, 2022

(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."

Text of subsection effective on June 01, 2022

(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) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series 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.

Amended by:

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

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