Texas Statutes
§ 55.128 — DURATION OF RECORDED MESSAGE.
Texas § 55.128
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Bluebook
Tex. Utilities Code Code Ann. § 55.128 (2026).
Text
Sec. 55.128. DURATION OF RECORDED MESSAGE. A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make for solicitation purposes a telephone call in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed unless:
(1)the recorded message is shorter than 30 seconds; or
(2)the device has the technical capacity to:
(A)recognize a telephone answering device on the called person's line; and
(B)terminate the call within 30 seconds.
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Legislative History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.05(f), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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§ 55.001
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