§ 302.001 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 302.001

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code BC: Business & Commerce Code

Text

Sec. 302.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Item" means property or a service. The term includes a coupon book to be used with a business.
(2) "Owner" means a person who has control of or is entitled to, by ownership or other claim, at least 10 percent of a seller's net income.
(3) "Purchaser" means a person who:
(A) is solicited to become or becomes obligated for the purchase or rental of an item; or
(B) is offered an opportunity to claim or receive an item.
(4) "Salesperson" means a person who is employed or authorized by a seller to make a telephone solicitation.
(5) "Seller" means a person who makes a telephone solicitation on the person's own behalf.
(6) "Supervised financial institution" means a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, industrial loan company, personal property broker, consumer finance lender, commercial finance lender, insurer, or other financial institution that is subject to supervision by an official or agency of this state or the United States.
(6-a) "Telephone call" has the meaning assigned by Section 304.002 .
(7) "Telephone solicitation" means a call or other transmission, including a transmission of a text or graphic message or of an image, initiated by a seller or salesperson to induce a person to purchase, rent, claim, or receive an item. The term includes a telephone call a purchaser makes in response to a solicitation sent by mail or made by any other means.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 964 (S.B. 140 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.