Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-1506

  • ADAD equipment: means any device or system of devices which is used, whether alone or in conjunction with other equipment, for the purpose of automatically selecting or dialing telephone numbers and disseminating recorded messages to the numbers so selected or dialed. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1501
  • Commission: means the Tennessee public utility commission, created by §. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1501
  • Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
  • Telephone access line: means any seven-digit telephone number for each call to which a fee is charged. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1501
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

No telephone company or cooperative shall provide access to a telephone access line to any person who solicits calls to such number through the use of ADAD equipment or through the use of the United States mail. A telephone company or cooperative shall, upon the order of the commission, withdraw access to a telephone access line from any person if calls to such number are solicited by ADAD equipment or through the use of the United States mail.