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2021 Texas Statutes
Business and Commerce Code
Title 10 - Use of Telecommunications
Subtitle A - Telephones
Chapter 302 - Regulation of Telephone Solicitation
Subchapter F. Offenses
Section 302.253. Request for Credit Card Account Number or Checking Account Number After Offer of Free Item
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TX Bus & Com Code § 302.253 (2021)
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Sec. 302.253. REQUEST FOR CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER OR CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBER AFTER OFFER OF FREE ITEM. (a) A seller commits an offense if the seller knowingly:
(1) represents or implies that a purchaser will receive an item without charge, regardless of whether the item is designated as a gift, premium, bonus, or prize or otherwise; and
(2) requests a credit card account number or checking account number from the purchaser to charge to the credit card account or debit from the checking account an amount as a condition precedent to the purchaser's receipt of the item.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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