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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 302.053. Exemption: Persons Regulated by Other Law

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a person offering or selling a security that has been qualified for sale under Chapter 4003, Government Code, or that is subject to an exemption under Chapter 4005, Government Code;

(2) a publicly traded corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the State Securities Board, or a subsidiary or agent of the corporation;

(3) a person who holds a license issued under the Insurance Code if the solicited transaction is governed by that code;

(4) a supervised financial institution or a parent, a subsidiary, or an affiliate of a supervised financial institution;

(5) a person whose business is regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas or an affiliate of that person, except that this chapter applies to such a person or affiliate only with respect to one or more automated dial announcing devices;

(6) a person subject to the control or licensing regulations of the Federal Communications Commission;

(7) a person selling a contractual plan regulated by the Federal Trade Commission trade regulation on use of negative option plans by sellers in commerce under 16 C.F.R. Part 425;

(8) a person subject to filing requirements under Chapter 1803, Occupations Code; or

(9) a person who:

(A) is soliciting a transaction regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and

(B) is registered or holds a temporary license for the activity described by Paragraph (A) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), if the registration or license has not expired or been suspended or revoked.

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