83R10145 JXC-D
By: Taylor S.B. No. 1040
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to automated dial announcing devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.121, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 55.121. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this subchapter:
(1) "Automated [, "automated] dial announcing device"
means automated equipment used for telephone solicitation or
collection that can:
(A) [(1)] store telephone numbers to be called or
produce numbers to be called through use of a random or sequential
number generator; and
(B) [(2)] 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) "Telephone solicitation" includes requesting or
advising a person to perform an action.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 55.1225 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.1225. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to an
automated dial announcing device used to make a telephone call that
originates or terminates in this state.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.