Sec. 9. (a) "Telephone sales call" means a telephone call made to a consumer for any of the following purposes:
(1) Solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services.
(2) Solicitation of a charitable contribution.
(3) Obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services or an extension of credit for such purposes.
(b) The term includes any of the following:
(1) A call made by use of an automated dialing device.
(2) A call made by use of a recorded message device.
(3) Transmission of:
(A) a text message; or
(B) a graphic message;
using short message service (SMS).
(4) Transmission of:
(A) an image;
(B) a photograph; or
(C) a multimedia message;
using multimedia messaging service (MMS).
As added by P.L.189-2001, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.226-2011, SEC.11.