{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-19b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, § 19B","heading":"Automatic telephone dialing systems; definition","body":"Section 19B. As used in sections nineteen C and nineteen D, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—\n''Automatic telephone dialing system'', any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call such numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called with or without manual assistance.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 159"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter159/Section19B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:44Z","sha256":"dacfa6a22cd6063da113c067a414ae8c0eb78d2c417b4959c64b46a8411ec051","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-19a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-19c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}