Bill Text: TX HB3566 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of advertising by structural pest control businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3566 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3566-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 3566
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of advertising by structural pest
  control businesses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1951.206, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1951.206.  RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR
  COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the
  department may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or
  competitive bidding by a person subject to regulation [regulated]
  by the department under this chapter.
         (b)  The department may adopt rules restricting advertising
  or competitive bidding to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive
  practices by a person subject to regulation [regulated] by the
  department under this chapter. A rule adopted under this
  subsection may not:
               (1)  restrict the use of any medium for advertising;
               (2)  restrict a person's personal appearance or use of a
  person's voice in an advertisement;
               (3)  relate to the size or duration of an advertisement
  by a person; or
               (4)  restrict a person's advertisement under a trade
  name.
         (c)  Subsection (b)(4) does not prohibit the department from
  adopting a rule regulating the use of the name of a business or
  license holder in an advertisement for a structural pest control
  business.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3566 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 15, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3566 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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