Sec. 321.112. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) In this section, "telecommunications utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Utilities Code.
(b) A telecommunications utility or an electronic mail service provider may not be held liable under Section 321.051 or 321.052 and is not subject to a penalty provided by this chapter.
(c) A person injured by a violation of this chapter does not have a cause of action against a telecommunications utility or an electronic mail service provider under this chapter solely because the utility or service provider:
(1) is an intermediary between the sender, or a person acting on behalf of the sender, and the recipient in the transmission of electronic mail that violates this chapter;
(2) provides transmission, routing, relaying, handling, or storing, through an automatic technical process, of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message through the utility's or service provider's computer network or facilities; or
(3) provides telecommunications services, information services, or other services used in the transmission of an electronic mail message that violates this chapter.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Use of Telecommunications
Subtitle B - Electronic Communications
Chapter 321 - Regulation of Electronic Mail
Section 321.102. Violation of Chapter: General Civil Penalty and Injunctive Relief
Section 321.103. Violation of Chapter: Deceptive Trade Practice
Section 321.104. Violation of Chapter: Civil Action for Damages
Section 321.105. Alternative Recovery for Persons Other Than Electronic Mail Service Providers
Section 321.106. Alternative Recovery for Electronic Mail Service Providers
Section 321.107. Required Notice of Civil Action to Attorney General; Civil Penalty
Section 321.108. Intervention in Civil Action by Attorney General
Section 321.109. Certification as Class Action Prohibited
Section 321.110. Protection of Secrecy or Security
Section 321.113. Qualified Immunity From Liability of Senders
Section 321.114. Authority to Block Certain Commercial Electronic Mail Messages; Qualified Immunity