Sec. 9. (a) “Telephone sales call” means a telephone call made to a consumer for any of the following purposes:

(1) Solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services.

(2) Solicitation of a charitable contribution.

(3) Obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services or an extension of credit for such purposes.

     (b) The term includes any of the following:

(1) A call made by use of an automated dialing device.

(2) A call made by use of a recorded message device.

(3) Transmission of:

(A) a text message; or

(B) a graphic message;

using short message service (SMS).

(4) Transmission of:

(A) an image;

(B) a photograph; or

(C) a multimedia message;

using multimedia messaging service (MMS).

As added by P.L.189-2001, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.226-2011, SEC.11.