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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 145.0096

CERTAIN ADVERTISING PROHIBITED

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Oliva v. State (2018)

Most recently applied in Oliva v. State (May 2018)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 684, Sec. 7, eff

(a) This section applies only to a business that:

(1) is operated under a license or permit as a sexually oriented business issued in accordance with Section 243.007, Local Government Code; or

(2) offers, as its primary business, a service or the sale, rental, or exhibition of a device or other item that is intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to a customer.

(a-1) A business to which this section applies may not use the word "tan" or "tanning" in a sign or any other form of advertising.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a-1). Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Subsection (b) that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under that subsection, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.