Texas § UT.55.251 - CHARGE FOR HOTEL OR MOTEL CALL
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§ UT.55.251. CHARGE FOR HOTEL OR MOTEL CALL
CHARGE FOR HOTEL OR MOTEL CALL. A hotel or motel may not charge more than 50 cents for: (1) a local telephone call; (2) a credit card telephone call; (3) a collect telephone call; or (4) any other local telephone call for which assistance from the hotel or motel operator is not required. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Sec. 55.252. 900 SERVICE USED BY PROBATIONERS OR PAROLEES. (a) This section applies only to a telecommunications utility that transports or provides an intrastate 900 service that is: (1) covered by a contract authorized by Chapter 76 or 508 , Government Code; and (2) used by a defendant under the supervision of a community supervision and corrections department or the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to: (A) pay a fee or cost; or (B) comply with telephone reporting requirements. (b) A telecommunications utility may adjust or authorize the adjustment of an end-user's bill for 900 service described by Subsection (a) only with the consent of the contracting community supervision and corrections department or the contracting parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 25.155, eff. September 1, 2009.
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Section UT.55.251 ("CHARGE FOR HOTEL OR MOTEL CALL") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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