BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE

TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

SUBTITLE A. TELEPHONES

CHAPTER 303. TELEPHONE SOLICITATION FOR CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT-RELATED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 303.001. DEFINITIONS. 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.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.