Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 38.001
§ 38.001. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"Item" means property or service and includes a coupon book that is
to be used with a business or company.
(2)
"Owner" means a person who has control of or is entitled to, by
ownership or other claim, at least 10 percent of the net income of a
seller.
(3)
"Purchaser" means a person who is:
(A)
solicited to become or becomes obligated for the purchase or
rental of an item; or
(B)
offered the opportunity to claim or receive an item.
(4)
"Salesperson" means a person 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.
(7)
"Telephone solicitation" means a telephone call initiated by a
seller or salesperson to or from a person for the purpose of inducing
the person to purchase, rent, claim, or receive an item. The term
includes a call made by a purchaser in response to a solicitation sent
by mail or made by any other means.
