(a) A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make a telephone call in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed unless the recorded message states during the first 30 seconds of the call:
(1) the nature of the call;
(2) the identity of the person, company, or organization making the call; and
(3) the telephone number from which the call is made.
(b) In addition to the requirements prescribed by Subsection (a), a call during which a cross-promotion or reference to a pay-per-call information service is made must include a statement of:
(1) the fact that a caller who makes a call to a pay-per-call information service’s telephone number will be charged for that call;
(2) the amount of the flat-rate or cost-per-minute charge the caller will incur or the amount of both if both charges will be incurred; and
(3) the estimated amount of time required to receive all the information offered by the service during a call.

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Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 55.127

  • 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

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to the use of a device if the device is used:
(1) for debt collection purposes in compliance with applicable federal law and regulations; and
(2) by a live operator for automated dialing or hold announcement purposes.
(d) In this section, “pay-per-call information service” means a service that routinely delivers, for a predetermined and sometimes time-sensitive fee, a prerecorded or live message or interactive program after the caller dials a specified 900 or 976 number.