{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-303.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 303.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Commercial telephone solicitor\" means a person whom a law enforcement-related charitable organization retains to make a telephone solicitation, directly or through another person under the direction of the person retained. The term does not include a bona fide officer, director, or employee of, or volunteer for, a law enforcement-related charitable organization.\n(2) \"Contribution\" means a promise to give or a gift of money or other property, credit, financial assistance, or another thing of any kind or value. The term does not include:\n(A) volunteer services; or\n(B) bona fide fees, dues, or assessments a member pays if membership is not conferred solely as consideration for making a contribution in response to a telephone solicitation.\n(3) \"Law enforcement-related charitable organization\" means a person who solicits a contribution and is or purports to be established or operating for a charitable purpose relating to law enforcement. The term includes a nongovernmental law enforcement organization or publication and survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The term does not include a governmental law enforcement agency or organization.\n(4) \"Telephone solicitation\" means the use of a telephone to solicit another person to make a charitable contribution to a law enforcement-related charitable organization.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS","SUBTITLE A. TELEPHONES","CHAPTER 303. TELEPHONE SOLICITATION FOR CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT-RELATED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.303.htm#303.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"dd06fa0306cb11f10258516acc81acf7ec4a3a4c726e625652b9cdb9a7fdad89","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-302.304","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-303.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}