{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.101","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Caller identification information\" means any information that may be used to identify the specific originating number or originating location of a wire or electronic communication transmitted by a telephone, including the telephone listing number or the name of the customer from whose telephone a telephone number is dialed.\n(2) \"Caller identification service\" means a service that provides caller identification information to a device that can display the information.\n(3) \"Per-call blocking\" means a telecommunications service that prevents caller identification information from being transmitted to a called party on an individual call when the calling party affirmatively acts to prevent the transmission.\n(4) \"Per-line blocking\" means a telecommunications service that prevents caller identification information from being transmitted to a called party on each call unless the calling party affirmatively acts to permit the transmission.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER E. CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"6ad57ba3bb5f61239d92b6425f42d58a05155f9e13f0ea1e1d1690f595875b8e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.089","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}