Section 621.053. Prohibited Acts Relating to Gifts

TX Bus & Com Code § 621.053 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 621.053. PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO GIFTS. A person may not:

(1) use the term "gift" or a similar term in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner;

(2) directly represent or imply that a gift promotion is a contest;

(3) in a gift promotion, use the term:

(A) "finalist," "major award winner," "grand prize recipient," "winner," "won," "will win," or "will be awarded" or use words or phrases of similar meaning that imply that a person is being solicited to enter or participate in a contest; or

(B) "sweepstakes" or "contest" or use words or phrases of similar meaning that imply that a person is being solicited to enter or has won a contest;

(4) represent that a gift has a sponsor, approval, characteristic, ingredient, use, benefit, quantity, status, affiliation, connection, or identity that the gift does not have;

(5) represent that a gift is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model if the gift is of another; or

(6) use a word or phrase that:

(A) simulates or causes confusion with a document issued by an officer of a court or with the seal or name of a real or fictitious governmental entity; or

(B) implies that the offeror is sending a court document or legal document or that the offeror is a governmental entity.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.