Section 301.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(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;(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.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 301.001
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 2.01, eff. 4/1/2009.