1-1 By: Bivins S.B. No. 73
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed December 30, 1992; January 13, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 March 3, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; March 3, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Harris of Dallas x
1-10 Rosson x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Leedom x
1-14 Lucio x
1-15 Luna x
1-16 Nelson x
1-17 Patterson x
1-18 Shelley x
1-19 Sibley x
1-20 West x
1-21 Whitmire x
1-22 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 73 By: Rosson
1-23 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-24 AN ACT
1-25 relating to the authority of a telecommunications utility to offer
1-26 caller identification service.
1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-28 SECTION 1. Article XIII, Public Utility Regulatory Act
1-29 (Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
1-30 adding Section 87C to read as follows:
1-31 Sec. 87C. (a) This section applies only to the provision of
1-32 caller identification service.
1-33 (b) A person may not offer a caller identification service
1-34 unless the person obtains written authorization from the
1-35 commission.
1-36 (c) The commission shall require that a provider of caller
1-37 identification service offer per-call blocking at no charge to each
1-38 telephone subscriber in the specific area in which the service is
1-39 offered.
1-40 (d) The commission shall require that a provider offer
1-41 per-line blocking at no charge to a particular customer if the
1-42 commission receives from the customer written certification that
1-43 the customer has a compelling need for per-line blocking. If a
1-44 customer later removes the per-line block, the provider may assess
1-45 a service order charge relating to administrative costs in an
1-46 amount approved by the commission to reinstate the per-line block.
1-47 The commission may prescribe and assess fees and assessments from
1-48 providers of caller identification service in an amount sufficient
1-49 to cover the additional expenses incurred by the commission in
1-50 implementing the customer certification provisions of this
1-51 subsection.
1-52 (e) The commission may only prescribe in relation to
1-53 blocking the requirements prescribed by Subsections (c) and (d) of
1-54 this section.
1-55 (f) A person may not use a caller identification service to
1-56 compile and sell specific local call information without the
1-57 affirmative consent and approval of the originating telephone
1-58 customer. This subsection does not prohibit the provider from:
1-59 (1) verifying network performance or from testing the
1-60 provision of caller information service;
1-61 (2) compiling, using, and disclosing aggregate caller
1-62 identification information; or
1-63 (3) complying with applicable law or legal process.
1-64 (g) This section does not apply to:
1-65 (1) an identification service that is used within the
1-66 same limited system, including a central office based PBX-type
1-67 system;
1-68 (2) information that is used on a public agency's
2-1 emergency telephone line or on a line that receives the primary
2-2 emergency telephone number (9-1-1);
2-3 (3) information passed between telecommunications
2-4 utilities, enhanced service providers, or other entities that is
2-5 necessary for the set-up, processing, transmission, or billing of
2-6 telecommunications or related services;
2-7 (4) information provided in compliance with applicable
2-8 law or legal process; or
2-9 (5) an identification service provided in connection
2-10 with a "700," "800," or "900" access code telecommunications
2-11 service.
2-12 (g) In this section:
2-13 (1) "Caller identification information" means:
2-14 (A) the telephone listing number and/or name of
2-15 the customer from whose telephone instrument a telephone number is
2-16 dialed; or
2-17 (B) other information that may be used to
2-18 identify the specific originating number or originating location of
2-19 a wire or electronic communication transmitted by a telephone
2-20 instrument.
2-21 (2) "Caller identification service" means a service
2-22 offered by a telecommunications utility that provides caller
2-23 identification information to a device capable of displaying the
2-24 information.
2-25 (3) "Per-call blocking" means a telecommunications
2-26 service that prevents the transmission of caller identification
2-27 information to a called party on an individual call if the calling
2-28 party acts affirmatively to prevent the transmission of the caller
2-29 identification information.
2-30 (4) "Per-line blocking" means a telecommunications
2-31 service that prevents the transmission of caller identification
2-32 information to a called party on every call unless the calling
2-33 party acts affirmatively to release the caller identification
2-34 information.
2-35 SECTION 2. Subdivision (14), Section 1, Article 18.21, Code
2-36 of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
2-37 (14) "Trap and trace device" means a mechanical or
2-38 electronic device that attaches to a telephone line and is capable
2-39 of recording an incoming electronic or other impulse that
2-40 identifies the originating number of an instrument or device from
2-41 which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted. The term
2-42 does not include a device or telecommunications network used in
2-43 providing a caller identification service authorized by the Public
2-44 Utility Commission of Texas under Section 87C, Public Utility
2-45 Regulatory Act (Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
2-46 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-47 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-48 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-49 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-50 before that date.
2-51 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-52 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-53 and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
2-54 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-55 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-56 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-57 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-58 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-59 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-60 * * * * *
2-61 Austin,
2-62 Texas
2-63 March 3, 1993
2-64 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-65 President of the Senate
2-66 Sir:
2-67 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred S.B. No.
2-68 73, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-69 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do not
2-70 pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do
3-1 pass and be printed.
3-2 Harris of
3-3 Dallas, Chairman
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3-5 WITNESSES
3-6 FOR AGAINST ON
3-7 ___________________________________________________________________
3-8 Name: Jordan Faires x
3-9 Representing: Tx Council on Family
3-10 Violence
3-11 City: Austin
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3-13 Name: Cindy Brinkley x
3-14 Representing: Southwestern Bell
3-15 City: Austin
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3-17 Name: Carrie Spradley x
3-18 Representing: Southwestern Bell
3-19 City: Austin
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3-21 Name: Mary Boyd x
3-22 Representing: Adv Comm on State Emer
3-23 Commun
3-24 City: Austin
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3-26 Name: Jay Jacobson x
3-27 Representing: ACLU of Texas
3-28 City: Houston
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3-30 Name: Roy Ray x
3-31 Representing: AARP
3-32 City: Austin
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3-34 Name: Anthony Gillman x x
3-35 Representing: GTE
3-36 City: Austin
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3-38 Name: Tom Schmersahl x x
3-39 Representing: GTE
3-40 City: Austin
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3-42 Name: Marcia Baum x
3-43 Representing: National Assoc of Social
3-44 Work
3-45 City: Austin
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3-47 Name: Sara Kelley x
3-48 Representing: Gray Panthers of TX
3-49 City: Austin
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3-51 Name: Shannon Noble x
3-52 Representing: TX Women's Political Caucus
3-53 City: Austin
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3-55 FOR AGAINST ON
3-56 ___________________________________________________________________
3-57 Name: G.K. Sprinkle x
3-58 Representing: TX Assoc. Ag Sexual Assault
3-59 City: Austin
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3-61 Name: Belinda Carlton x
3-62 Representing: Coalition Texans w/Disabilit
3-63 City: Austin
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3-65 Name: Karl Rabago x
3-66 Representing: Public Utility Comm
3-67 City: Austin
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3-69 Name: Michelle Snow x
3-70 Representing: Self
4-1 City: Terrell
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4-3 Name: Evelyn Higgs x
4-4 Representing: Women in Safe Homes
4-5 City: Muskogee, OK
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4-7 Name: Ronald Olson x
4-8 Representing: Private Citizen
4-9 City: El Paso
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4-11 Name: Alan Priest x
4-12 Representing: Southwestern Bell Telephone
4-13 City: Austin
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4-15 Name: Charles Clemmons x
4-16 Representing: GTE
4-17 City: Irving
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4-19 Name: Stephen VanNattan x
4-20 Representing: GTE
4-21 City: Irving
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4-23 Name: Luis Wilmot x
4-24 Representing: Office of PUC
4-25 City: Austin
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4-27 Name: Mike Scott x
4-28 Representing: TX Dept of Public Safety
4-29 City: Austin
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