{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-64.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 64.202","heading":"CONSENT REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A commercial mobile service provider doing business in this state may not publish in a directory or provide for publication in a directory the name and telephone number of a mobile service customer in this state without the express consent of the customer. The consent of a customer must be given:\n(1) in writing on a separate document that includes the customer's signature and the date;\n(2) verbally; or\n(3) on a website maintained by the commercial mobile service provider.\n(b) Before a customer consents under Subsection (a), a commercial mobile service provider must disclose to the customer in writing or verbally, as appropriate, that:\n(1) by consenting the customer agrees to have the customer's telephone number sold or licensed as part of a list of customers and the customer's telephone number may be included in a publicly available directory; and\n(2) if the customer's calling plan bills the customer for unsolicited calls or text messages from a telemarketer, by consenting to have the customer's telephone number sold or licensed as part of a list of customers or be included in a publicly available directory, the customer may incur additional charges for receiving unsolicited calls or text messages.\n(c) A customer who consents under Subsection (a) may revoke that consent at any time. A commercial mobile service provider shall comply with the customer's request not later than the 60th day after the date the request is made.\n(d) A commercial mobile service provider may not bill a mobile services customer for not consenting under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 226 (H.B. 2553), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 64. CUSTOMER PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER E. PUBLICATION OF MOBILE SERVICE CUSTOMER TELEPHONE NUMBERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.64.htm#64.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2d80407626fff57d96f32efd3d1315968b90e6f3e3238c3f05af8af04e76f717","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-64.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-64.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}