Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 609.001 — SEPARATION BY COURT ORDER
BC § 609.001Title 12. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS · Ch. 609. SEPARATION OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE ACCOUNTS
Statute text
View on source(a)On receipt of a court order issued under Section 85.0225, Family Code, a wireless telephone service provider shall transfer to the petitioner named in the order the use of each wireless telephone number listed in the order.
(b)A wireless telephone service provider is not required to complete the transfer described by Subsection (a) if, as soon as practicable but not later than the fifth business day after the date the provider receives the court order, the provider notifies the petitioner that:
(1)the wireless telephone service account holder named in the order has terminated the account;
(2)a difference in network technology would prevent or impair the functionality of a device on a network if the transfer occurs;
(3)the transfer would cause a geographic or other limitation on the network or service provision to the petitioner; or
(4)another technological or operational issue would prevent or impair the use of the wireless telephone number if the transfer occurs.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 245 (H.B. 1372), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Redesignated from Business and Commerce Code, Chapter 608 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(5), eff. September 1, 2023.