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 device disconnects from the called person's line not later than five seconds after the call is terminated by either party. If the device cannot disconnect during that period, a live operator must introduce the call and receive the called person's oral consent before beginning a prerecorded or synthesized voice message.
Tex. Util. Code § 55.126
DEVICE DISCONNECTION
Known as the Public Utility Regulatory Act
The act spans §§ 11–66 (1,170 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Gresham v. Rutledge (2016)
Most recently applied in Gresham v. Rutledge (July 2016)
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.