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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 301.001. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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(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.

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