Section 721.002 - Certain Uses of Name or Picture of Member of Armed Forces Prohibited(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses, in an advertisement for a commercial purpose, the name of an individual who is an active duty or former member of the United States armed forces, who is a member or former member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces, or who is a member or former member of the state military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, or a picture of the individual in uniform in which the individual is clearly identifiable, without obtaining the consent of: (1) the individual, if the individual is living; or(2) the individual's surviving spouse or personal representative or a majority of the individual's adult heirs, if the individual is deceased.(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 721.002
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1217,Sec. 3.01, eff. 9/1/2013.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 4.014(a), eff. 9/1/2009.