Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Use of Telecommunications
Subtitle A - Telephones

Section 302.054. Exemption: Persons Selling Media Subscriptions, Certain Merchandise, or Items From Certain Catalogs - Sec. 302.054. EXEMPTION: PERSONS SELLING MEDIA SUBSCRIPTIONS, CERTAIN MERCHANDISE, OR...

Section 302.055. Exemption: Educational and Nonprofit Organizations - Sec. 302.055. EXEMPTION: EDUCATIONAL AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. This chapter does...

Section 302.056. Exemption: Certain Commercial Sales - Sec. 302.056. EXEMPTION: CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SALES. This chapter does not...

Section 302.057. Exemption: Person Soliciting Food Sales - Sec. 302.057. EXEMPTION: PERSON SOLICITING FOOD SALES. This chapter does...

Section 302.058. Exemption: Solicitation of Former or Current Customers - Sec. 302.058. EXEMPTION: SOLICITATION OF FORMER OR CURRENT CUSTOMERS. This...

Section 302.059. Exemption: Persons Who Make Certain Sales Presentations or Make Sales at Established Retail Locations - Sec. 302.059. EXEMPTION: PERSONS WHO MAKE CERTAIN SALES PRESENTATIONS OR...

Section 302.060. Exemption: Certain Persons Providing Telephone Solicitation Services Predominantly for Exempt Persons - Sec. 302.060. EXEMPTION: CERTAIN PERSONS PROVIDING TELEPHONE SOLICITATION SERVICES PREDOMINANTLY...

Section 302.061. Exemption: Persons Conducting Certain Isolated Telephone Solicitations - Sec. 302.061. EXEMPTION: PERSONS CONDUCTING CERTAIN ISOLATED TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. This...

Subchapter C. Registration

Section 302.101. Registration Certificate Required - Sec. 302.101. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (a) A seller may not...

Section 302.102. Filing of Registration Statement; Public Information - Sec. 302.102. FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT; PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) To...

Section 302.103. Issuance of Registration Certificate - Sec. 302.103. ISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. (a) The secretary of...

Section 302.104. Effective Date of Registration Statement; Renewal - Sec. 302.104. EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT; RENEWAL. (a) A...

Section 302.105. Addenda Requirements - Sec. 302.105. ADDENDA REQUIREMENTS. (a) For each quarter after the...

Section 302.106. Filing Fee - Sec. 302.106. FILING FEE. The filing fee for a registration...

Section 302.107. Security Requirements - Sec. 302.107. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. A registration statement must be accompanied...

Section 302.108. Appointment of Secretary of State as Agent for Service - Sec. 302.108. APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE AS AGENT FOR...

Subchapter D. Disclosures Required in Registration Statement

Section 302.151. Disclosure of Certain Names, Addresses, Telephone Numbers, and Organizational Information - Sec. 302.151. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN NAMES, ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, AND...

Section 302.152. Disclosure of Certain Convictions, Pleas, Judgments, Orders, Bankruptcies, and Reorganizations - Sec. 302.152. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CONVICTIONS, PLEAS, JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, BANKRUPTCIES,...

Section 302.153. Disclosure of Certain Sales Information - Sec. 302.153. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN SALES INFORMATION. (a) A registration...

Subchapter E. Additional Information From Seller

Section 302.201. Information Required to Be Posted or Available at Seller's Business Location - Sec. 302.201. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE POSTED OR AVAILABLE AT...

Section 302.202. Disclosures Required Before Purchase - Sec. 302.202. DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BEFORE PURCHASE. When a telephone solicitation...

Section 302.203. Reference to Compliance With Statute Prohibited - Sec. 302.203. REFERENCE TO COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTE PROHIBITED. A seller...

Subchapter F. Offenses

Section 302.251. Violation of Certain Provisions - Sec. 302.251. VIOLATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. (a) A person commits...

Section 302.252. Acting as Salesperson for Unregistered Seller - Sec. 302.252. ACTING AS SALESPERSON FOR UNREGISTERED SELLER. (a) A...

Section 302.253. Request for Credit Card Account Number or Checking Account Number After Offer of Free Item - Sec. 302.253. REQUEST FOR CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER OR CHECKING...

Subchapter G. Enforcement

Section 302.301. Injunction - Sec. 302.301. INJUNCTION. (a) The attorney general may bring an...

Section 302.302. Civil Penalties - Sec. 302.302. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this...

Section 302.303. Deceptive Trade Practices - Sec. 302.303. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. (a) A violation of this...

Section 302.304. Action to Recover Against Security - Sec. 302.304. ACTION TO RECOVER AGAINST SECURITY. (a) A person...

Chapter 303 - Telephone Solicitation for Certain Law Enforcement-Related Charitable Organizations

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 303.001. Definitions - Sec. 303.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commercial telephone solicitor"...

Section 303.002. Solicitation Governed by Chapter - Sec. 303.002. SOLICITATION GOVERNED BY CHAPTER. The telephone solicitation of...

Section 303.003. Public Access to Certain Documents and Information - Sec. 303.003. PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION. (a)...

Section 303.004. Rules; Procedures; Forms - Sec. 303.004. RULES; PROCEDURES; FORMS. The attorney general may adopt...

Subchapter B. Registration and Bond Requirements

Section 303.051. Record of Organizations - Sec. 303.051. RECORD OF ORGANIZATIONS. The attorney general shall maintain:...

Section 303.052. Form and Content of Registration Statement - Sec. 303.052. FORM AND CONTENT OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A registration...

Section 303.053. Initial Registration Statement - Sec. 303.053. INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A law enforcement-related charitable organization...

Section 303.054. Expiration of Registration; Renewal - Sec. 303.054. EXPIRATION OF REGISTRATION; RENEWAL. (a) A law enforcement-related...

Section 303.055. Filing Fee - Sec. 303.055. FILING FEE. (a) An initial registration statement must...

Section 303.056. Exemption: Volunteer - Sec. 303.056. EXEMPTION: VOLUNTEER. A volunteer authorized to solicit on...

Section 303.057. Registration Does Not Imply Endorsement - Sec. 303.057. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT. (a) Registration under...

Section 303.058. Books and Records - Sec. 303.058. BOOKS AND RECORDS. (a) A law enforcement-related charitable...

Section 303.059. Bond - Sec. 303.059. BOND. A commercial telephone solicitor shall post with...

Subchapter C. Solicitation Practices

Section 303.101. Deceptive Act or Practice - Sec. 303.101. DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE. A person may not...

Section 303.102. Representation of Benefit to Survivors - Sec. 303.102. REPRESENTATION OF BENEFIT TO SURVIVORS. A person may...

Section 303.103. Notice of Disposition of Money - Sec. 303.103. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF MONEY. (a) If less...

Section 303.104. Hours of Solicitation - Sec. 303.104. HOURS OF SOLICITATION. A law enforcement-related charitable organization...

Subchapter D. Violation; Remedies

Section 303.151. Notification of Noncompliance - Sec. 303.151. NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE. If a law enforcement-related charitable...

Section 303.152. Violations Relating to Filing of Documents - Sec. 303.152. VIOLATIONS RELATING TO FILING OF DOCUMENTS. (a) A...

Section 303.153. Remedies - Sec. 303.153. REMEDIES. (a) The attorney general may bring an...

Section 303.154. Venue - Sec. 303.154. VENUE. An action under this chapter must be...

Chapter 304 - Telemarketing

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 304.001. Short Title - Sec. 304.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 304.002. Definitions - Sec. 304.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Caller identification service...

Section 304.003. Making Telemarketing Call - Sec. 304.003. MAKING TELEMARKETING CALL. For purposes of this chapter,...

Section 304.004. Inapplicability of Chapter to Certain Calls - Sec. 304.004. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CALLS. This chapter...

Section 304.005. Liberal Construction and Application - Sec. 304.005. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. This chapter shall be...

Section 304.006. Attempted Waiver Void - Sec. 304.006. ATTEMPTED WAIVER VOID. An attempted waiver of a...

Subchapter B. Texas No-Call List

Section 304.051. Maintenance of Texas No-Call List - Sec. 304.051. MAINTENANCE OF TEXAS NO-CALL LIST. (a) The commission...

Section 304.052. Telemarketing Call to Telephone Number on List Prohibited - Sec. 304.052. TELEMARKETING CALL TO TELEPHONE NUMBER ON LIST PROHIBITED....

Section 304.053. Expiration, Renewal, and Deletion of Entry - Sec. 304.053. EXPIRATION, RENEWAL, AND DELETION OF ENTRY. (a) An...

Section 304.054. Fee - Sec. 304.054. FEE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),...

Section 304.055. Publication in Telephone Directory - Sec. 304.055. PUBLICATION IN TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. A private for-profit publisher...

Section 304.056. Placement of Entries on National Do-Not-Call Registry - Sec. 304.056. PLACEMENT OF ENTRIES ON NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY. The...

Section 304.057. General Rulemaking Authority - Sec. 304.057. GENERAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The commission may adopt rules...

Section 304.058. Rules Regarding Isolated Calls - Sec. 304.058. RULES REGARDING ISOLATED CALLS. The commission shall adopt...

Section 304.059. Rules Regarding Public Notice - Sec. 304.059. RULES REGARDING PUBLIC NOTICE. The commission shall adopt...

Section 304.060. Rules Regarding Dissemination of List - Sec. 304.060. RULES REGARDING DISSEMINATION OF LIST. The commission shall...

Section 304.061. Educational Programs - Sec. 304.061. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. In addition to requiring the notice...

Section 304.062. Assistance of Department of Information Resources - Sec. 304.062. ASSISTANCE OF DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES. On request...

Section 304.063. Online Notice - Sec. 304.063. ONLINE NOTICE. The commission shall include on its...

Subchapter C. Facsimile Transmissions

Section 304.101. Notice in Facsimile Solicitation - Sec. 304.101. NOTICE IN FACSIMILE SOLICITATION. In addition to complying...

Section 304.102. Acknowledgment Required; Transmission Prohibited - Sec. 304.102. ACKNOWLEDGMENT REQUIRED; TRANSMISSION PROHIBITED. On receiving oral or...

Subchapter D. Caller Identification

Section 304.151. Interference With Caller Identification Service or Device Prohibited - Sec. 304.151. INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE OR DEVICE PROHIBITED....

Section 304.152. Exception: Use of Certain Service or Equipment - Sec. 304.152. EXCEPTION: USE OF CERTAIN SERVICE OR EQUIPMENT. For...

Subchapter E. Regulatory Reports

Section 304.201. Report by Commission - Sec. 304.201. REPORT BY COMMISSION. (a) Before December 31 of...

Section 304.202. Report by Attorney General - Sec. 304.202. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Before December 31...

Subchapter F. Enforcement

Section 304.251. Enforcement by Commission - Sec. 304.251. ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 304.252. Enforcement by Attorney General - Sec. 304.252. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Except as provided...

Section 304.253. Enforcement by Licensing Agency - Sec. 304.253. ENFORCEMENT BY LICENSING AGENCY. (a) A state agency...

Section 304.254. Determination of Amount of Administrative Penalty - Sec. 304.254. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The amount...

Section 304.255. Stay of Administrative Penalty - Sec. 304.255. STAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The enforcement of...

Section 304.256. Contested Case - Sec. 304.256. CONTESTED CASE. A proceeding to impose an administrative...

Section 304.257. Private Action: Telemarketing Calls - Sec. 304.257. PRIVATE ACTION: TELEMARKETING CALLS. (a) A consumer on...

Section 304.258. Private Action: Facsimile Transmission - Sec. 304.258. PRIVATE ACTION: FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION. (a) A person may...

Section 304.259. Venue - Sec. 304.259. VENUE. (a) Venue for an action based on...

Chapter 305 - Telephonic Communications Made for Purpose of Solicitation

Subchapter A. Prohibited Communications Made For

Section 305.001. Prohibited Telephone Calls - Sec. 305.001. PROHIBITED TELEPHONE CALLS. A person may not make...

Section 305.002. Prohibited Facsimile Transmissions: Charge to Recipient - Sec. 305.002. PROHIBITED FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS: CHARGE TO RECIPIENT. A person...

Section 305.003. Prohibited Facsimile Transmissions: Hours of Transmission - Sec. 305.003. PROHIBITED FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS: HOURS OF TRANSMISSION. A person...

Subchapter B. Enforcement

Section 305.051. Investigation - Sec. 305.051. INVESTIGATION. (a) On complaint of a called person...

Section 305.052. Criminal Penalty - Sec. 305.052. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates Section...

Section 305.053. Civil Action - Sec. 305.053. CIVIL ACTION. (a) A person who receives a...

Chapter 306 - Protection of Consumer Telephone Records

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 306.001. Definitions - Sec. 306.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Caller identification record"...

Section 306.002. Nonapplicability to Law Enforcement Agencies - Sec. 306.002. NONAPPLICABILITY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. This chapter does...

Section 306.003. Construction of Chapter - Sec. 306.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply...

Section 306.004. Consistency With Federal Law - Sec. 306.004. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW. This chapter may not...

Subchapter B. Prohibited Conduct or Activity

Section 306.051. Unauthorized or Fraudulent Procurement, Sale, or Receipt of Telephone Records - Sec. 306.051. UNAUTHORIZED OR FRAUDULENT PROCUREMENT, SALE, OR RECEIPT OF...

Section 306.052. Exceptions - Sec. 306.052. EXCEPTIONS. Section 306.051 does not apply to: (1)...

Section 306.053. Deceptive Trade Practice; Enforcement - Sec. 306.053. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE; ENFORCEMENT. A violation of this...

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Texas Statutes Title 10 - Use of Telecommunications Subtitle A - Telephones

Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Use of Telecommunications
Subtitle A - Telephones