Veterans Organizations; Unauthorized Use of Name

Sec. 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. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 18, eff. June 1, 2022.