Sec. 17.46. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES UNLAWFUL. The DTPA provides that.The primary tool the Office of the Attorney General uses to protect Texas consumers is the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). In the administration of this act, the Attorney General may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with respect to any method, act or practice deemed to be. This guide provides an overview of important Texas and federal laws designed to protect consumers from deceptive trade practices. We enforce federal competition and consumer protection laws that prevent anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices. Section 2. Definitions. Prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce. Other acts and practices may violate only the FTC. Act while fully complying with other consumer protection laws and regulations.