Texas Business and Commerce Code 303.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code 303.001
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Commercial telephone solicitor” means a person whom a law enforcement-related charitable organization retains to make a telephone solicitation, directly or through another person under the direction of the person retained. The term does not include a bona fide officer, director, or employee of, or volunteer for, a law enforcement-related charitable organization.
(2) “Contribution” means a promise to give or a gift of money or other property, credit, financial assistance, or another thing of any kind or value. The term does not include:
(A) volunteer services; or
(B) bona fide fees, dues, or assessments a member pays if membership is not conferred solely as consideration for making a contribution in response to a telephone solicitation.
(3) “Law enforcement-related charitable organization” means a person who solicits a contribution and is or purports to be established or operating for a charitable purpose relating to law enforcement. The term includes a nongovernmental law enforcement organization or publication and survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The term does not include a governmental law enforcement agency or organization.
(4) “Telephone solicitation” means the use of a telephone to solicit another person to make a charitable contribution to a law enforcement-related charitable organization.