Texas Law and Music (including 19 city sound ordinances)
City Sound Ordinances
1. Austin Sound Ordinance2. Dallas Sound Ordinance
3. El Paso Sound Ordinance
4. Fort Worth Sound Ordinance
5. Houston Sound Ordinance
6. San Antonio Sound Ordinance
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State Laws
- Protection from misleading or deceptive live musical performances
[Business & Commerce Code, Section 1, Chapter 17, Subchapter J]
- Talent
Agency Act
[Occupations Code, Chapter 2105. Regulation of Talent Agencies]
- Offensive noise on premises
[Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 101.62]
- Industry Public Entertainment Facilities Act
[Alcoholic Beverage Code, section 108.71] - Unauthorized duplication of certain recordings
[Business and Commerce Code, section 641.051] - Unauthorized recording of live performance
[Business and Commerce Code, section 35.93] - Unauthorized Interference With Installation of Disabling of Computer Software
[Business and Commerce Code, section 324.053] - Powers and Duties of Board of Trustees of Independent School District
[Education Code, section 11.1511] - Bilingual education and special language programs
[Education Code, section 29.053] - Texas Commission on the Arts
[Government Code, Chapter 444] - Texas Music Project
[Government Code, section 444.032] - Texas
Cultural Endowment Fund
[Government Code, section 444.026] - Music,
film, television, and multimedia industries
[Government Code, Chapter 485] - State Song
[Government Code, section 3101.005] - State Musician
[Government Code, Chapter 3104] - Municipal civic center authorities
[Local Government Code, Chapter 281] - Municipal bands
[Local Government Code, Chapter 308] - Coin-operated machines
[Occupational Code, Chapter 2153] - Regulation of outdoor music festivals
[Occupational Code, Chapter 2104] - Disorderly conduct
[Penal Code, Chapter 42] - Collection of copyright royalties; providing penalties
[Occupations Code, Chapter 2102] - Qualification for sales and use tax exemption of film, video and audio recording production in Texas
[Tax Code, section 151.3185] - Municipal hotel occupancy taxes, use of tax revenue
[Tax Code, section 351.101] - Rural school music supervisor in counties of 16,670 to 17,060 and 9,300 to 9,405 population
[Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Title 49, Chapter 11, Article 2701e-1] - Texas Music Commission (repealed)
Chapter 286 (Texas Music Commission repealed) S.B. No. 140 - Consignment of Art Works
[Occupations Code, Chapter 2101, section 2101.001]
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