Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 301.001
Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

“Automated dial announcing device” means automated equipment used for telephone solicitation or collection that can:

(A)

store telephone numbers to be called or produce numbers to be called through use of a random or sequential number generator; and

(B)

convey, alone or in conjunction with other equipment, a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the number called without the use of a live operator.

(2)

“Consumer” means a person who is solicited to purchase, lease, or receive a consumer good or service.

(3)

“Consumer good or service” means:

(A)

real property or tangible or intangible personal property that is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, including:
(i)
personal property intended to be attached to or installed in any real property;
(ii)
a cemetery lot; and
(iii)
a time-share estate; or

(B)

a service related to real or personal property.

(4)

“Consumer telephone call” means an unsolicited call made to a residential telephone number by a telephone solicitor to:

(A)

solicit a sale of a consumer good or service;

(B)

solicit an extension of credit for a consumer good or service; or

(C)

obtain information that will or may be used to directly solicit a sale of a consumer good or service or to extend credit for the sale.

(5)

“Telephone solicitor” means a person who makes or causes to be made a consumer telephone call, including a call made by an automated dial announcing device.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

Source: Section 301.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­301.­htm#301.­001 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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