| 1 | 1 | | By: King, Hughes S.B. No. 2509 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to enforcement of the regulation of social media |
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| 7 | 7 | | platforms. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 120, Business & Commerce |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Sections 120.152 and 120.153 to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 120.152. ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY. If |
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| 13 | 13 | | the attorney general has reason to believe that a person has engaged |
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| 14 | 14 | | in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation of this |
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| 15 | 15 | | chapter, the attorney general may issue a civil investigative |
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| 16 | 16 | | demand. The procedures established for the issuance of a civil |
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| 17 | 17 | | investigative demand under Section 15.10 apply to the same extent |
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| 18 | 18 | | and manner to the issuance of a civil investigative demand under |
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| 19 | 19 | | this section. The attorney general may seek an order from the |
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| 20 | 20 | | district court compelling compliance with a civil investigative |
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| 21 | 21 | | demand issued under this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 120.153. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of |
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| 23 | 23 | | this chapter is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, and is actionable under that |
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| 25 | 25 | | subchapter. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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