{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-304.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 304.003","heading":"MAKING TELEMARKETING CALL.","body":"For purposes of this chapter, a person makes a telemarketing call if the person effects a telemarketing call on the person's own behalf or on behalf of another entity. A person makes a telemarketing call on behalf of another entity if, as a result of the telemarketing call, the other entity can:\n(1) become entitled to receive money or other property of any kind from a sale solicited during the call; or\n(2) receive information obtained during the call to:\n(A) extend or offer to extend to the person solicited credit for a consumer good or service; or\n(B) directly solicit a sale of a consumer good or service or extend credit for the sale.\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 304. TELEMARKETING","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.304.htm#304.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"0105fb70faf7ad003f241339a40e2b70a8e46fbb67dd575c64dacad43b5fbcbf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-304.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-304.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}