1. (a) "Telephone sales call" means a telephone call made to a consumer for any of the following purposes:

   1. (1) Solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services.
   2. (2) Solicitation of a charitable contribution.
   3. (3) Obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services or an extension of credit for such purposes.

2. (b) The term includes any of the following:

   1. (1) A call made by use of an automated dialing device.
   2. (2) A call made by use of a recorded message device.

   3. (3) Transmission of:

      1. (A) a text message;
      2. (B) a graphic message;
      3. (C) an image;
      4. (D) a photograph; or

      5. (E) a multimedia message;

         to a telephone number through the use of short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), over-the-top

      6. (OTT) messaging or voice calling service, or any other technology or service that transmits messages to a device.

As added by P.L.189-2001, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.226-2011, SEC.11; P.L.148-2024, SEC.13.