Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 304.151
Interference with Caller Identification Service or Device Prohibited

(a)

In making a telemarketing call, a telemarketer may not block the identity of the telephone number from which the call is made to evade a device designed to identify a telephone caller.

(b)

A telemarketer may not:

(1)

interfere with or circumvent the capability of a caller identification service or device to access or provide to the recipient of the telemarketing call any information regarding the call that the service or device is capable of providing;

(2)

fail to provide caller identification information in a manner that is accessible by a caller identification service or device, if the telemarketer is capable of providing the information in that manner; or

(3)

cause misleading information to be transmitted to a recipient’s caller identification service or device or to otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call.

(c)

A telemarketer does not violate Subsection (b)(3) if the telemarketer substitutes the name and telephone number of the person on whose behalf the call is made for the telemarketer’s name and telephone number.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1363 (H.B. 1992), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 304.151 — Interference with Caller Identification Service or Device Prohibited, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­304.­htm#304.­151 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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