Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 149 amends provisions of the Business & Commerce Code relating to the no-call list database and the no-call list of consumers who object to receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls. The bill requires the database to include zip codes instead of addresses and the list to include only names and telephone numbers. A vendor chosen by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to maintain the Texas no-call list must have maintained for more than two years a national no-call list database containing only the names and telephone numbers of Texas consumers on the list. The bill requires the Public Utility Commission of Texas to delete consumer addresses from the current Texas no-call list by October 1, 2003, and it also amends the Government Code to exempt the no-call list from the requirement that public information be available to the public during normal business hours at a minimum.