Section 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.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 621.053
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 2.01, eff. 4/1/2009.