TITLE: Relating to prohibiting the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages to certain persons.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibiting the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages to certain persons.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages to certain persons. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Section 321.0525 to read as follows: Sec. 321.0525. TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED AFTER REQUEST FOR REMOVAL. A sender or a person acting on behalf of a sender may not transmit an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message to the electronic mail address of a person who requests the removal of that address from the sender's electronic mail list as provided by Section 321.052(a)(2). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.