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BACKGROUND
In 2015, State Representative Gene Wu (D-Houston) passed House Bill 1265 (Source), requiring
that any businesses sending out fake checks meet certain criteria to ensure consumers were
not tricked into sending money they are not required to send. Specifically, the law prohibited:
delivering or distributing a solicitation in
connection with a good or service that resembles a check or
other negotiable instrument or invoice, unless the portion of
the solicitation that resembles a check or other negotiable
instrument or invoice includes the following notice, clearly and
conspicuously printed in at least 18-point type:
"SPECIMEN-NON-NEGOTIABLE";
Texas Business & Commerce Code, Section 17.46 (b)(29)
The solicitation from Ted Cruz fails to meet specific guidelines laid out in Rep. Wus bill, which
was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 19, 2015.