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AN ACT
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relating to application of the Texas no-call list to certain |
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transmissions to a mobile telephone number. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 44.002(9), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(9) "Telephone call" means a call or other |
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transmission which is made to or received at a telephone number, |
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including: |
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(A) a call made by an automated telephone dialing |
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system; |
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(B) a transmission to a facsimile recording |
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device; and |
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(C) a call or other transmission, including a |
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transmission of a text or graphic message or of an image, to a |
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mobile telephone number serviced by a provider of commercial mobile |
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service, as defined by Section 332(d), Communications Act of 1934 |
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(47 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.), as amended, Federal Communications |
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Commission rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 |
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(Pub. L. No. 103-66), as amended, except that the term does not |
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include a transmission made to a mobile telephone number as part of |
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an ad-based telephone service, in connection with which the |
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telephone service customer has agreed with the service provider to |
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receive the transmission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 44.103, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall include on its Internet website a |
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notice explaining the application of the Texas no-call list to a |
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call or other transmission, including a transmission of a text or |
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graphic message or of an image, to a mobile telephone number. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 143 was passed by the House on March |
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20, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 143 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |