{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 321.051","heading":"TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) In this section, \"Internet domain name\" means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet host or service that is:\n(1) assigned through a centralized Internet naming authority; and\n(2) composed of a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy.\n(b) A person may not intentionally transmit a commercial electronic mail message that:\n(1) is an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message and falsifies the electronic mail transmission or routing information;\n(2) contains false, deceptive, or misleading information in the subject line; or\n(3) uses another person's Internet domain name without the other person's consent.\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 B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 321. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MAIL","SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED AND REQUIRED CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.321.htm#321.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"a2fb717bc54313368134a12f809039979c1169f95376a85fb412f2c1363ddffb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-321.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}