Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 5.062

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 5.062 - Veterans Organizations; Unauthorized Use Of Name

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that:

(1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and

(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:

(A) "veteran";

(B) "legion";

(C) "foreign";

(D) "Spanish";

(E) "disabled";

(F) "war"; or

(G) "world war."

(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:

(1) a congressionally recognized veterans organization with a name containing the same word or phrase, or variation or abbreviation, contained in the filing entity's name; or

(2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:

(A) American Legion;

(B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;

(C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;

(D) United Spanish War Veterans; or

(E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.

Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 5.062

Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 43,Sec. 18, eff. 6/1/2022.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2006.