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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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UTILITIES CODE |
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Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT |
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Subtitle C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES |
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Chapter 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES |
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Subchapter E. CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE |
Sec. 55.101. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Caller identification information" means any information that may be used to identify the specific originating number or originating location of a wire or electronic communication transmitted by a telephone, including the telephone listing number or the name of the customer from whose telephone a telephone number is dialed.
(2) "Caller identification service" means a service that provides caller identification information to a device that can display the information.
(3) "Per-call blocking" means a telecommunications service that prevents caller identification information from being transmitted to a called party on an individual call when the calling party affirmatively acts to prevent the transmission.
(4) "Per-line blocking" means a telecommunications service that prevents caller identification information from being transmitted to a called party on each call unless the calling party affirmatively acts to permit the transmission.