By Chavez H.B. No. 719 77R1791 ATP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the requirement that a telephone solicitor's caller 1-3 identification information appear on caller identification units. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 55.1065(a), Utilities Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (a) A telephone solicitor shall ensure that caller 1-8 identification information for the telephone solicitor's lines used 1-9 to make consumer telephone calls is displayed by a device capable 1-10 of displaying caller identification information, unless the 1-11 commission determines that it is not technically feasible. A 1-12 telephone solicitor may not use any method, including per-call 1-13 blocking or per-line blocking, that prevents caller identification 1-14 information for the telephone solicitor's lines used to make 1-15 consumer telephone calls from being shown by a device capable of 1-16 displaying caller identification information. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.