Texas Utilities Code

§ 55.127 — CONTENTS OF RECORDED MESSAGE

UT § 55.127Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES · Art. F. AUTOMATIC DIAL ANNOUNCING DEVICES

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(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;

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.