Indiana Code
Chapter 17. Telephones─rural Telephone Cooperative Act
8-1-17-8. Board of Directors; Powers and Duties

Sec. 8. The board shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient in conducting the business of the cooperative corporation, including but not limited to:
(a) The power to make, alter, amend or repeal by-laws for the regulation and management of the affairs of the cooperative corporation not inconsistent with law or with the articles of incorporation.
(b) To appoint agents and employees and to fix their compensation and the compensation of the officers of the cooperative corporation.
(c) To execute instruments.
(d) To delegate to one or more of the directors or to the agents and employees of the cooperative corporation such powers and duties as it may deem proper.
(e) To make its own rules and regulations as to its procedure.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.193, s.8.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 8. Utilities and Transportation

Article 1. Utilities Generally

Chapter 17. Telephones─rural Telephone Cooperative Act

8-1-17-1. Short Title

8-1-17-2. Formation of Corporation

8-1-17-2.1. Not-for-Profit Corporations Formed Under Acts 1935, C. 157; Amended Articles of Incorporation

8-1-17-2.2. Telephone Cooperative Corporations Formed Before July 1, 2020

8-1-17-3. Definitions

8-1-17-4. Articles of Incorporation

8-1-17-5. Articles of Incorporation; Certificate of Territorial Authority; Commission Review; Notice to Facilities Based Local Exchange Carriers; Issuance of Certificate; Request for Additional Information; Filing With Secretary of State; Status as B...

8-1-17-6. Repealed

8-1-17-7. Board of Directors

8-1-17-8. Board of Directors; Powers and Duties

8-1-17-9. Certificates of Membership; Meetings of Members; Notice; Quorum; Votes Required for Action; Elections

8-1-17-10. Corporate Purpose; Local Cooperative Corporation

8-1-17-11. General Cooperative Corporation and Local Cooperative Corporation Distinguished

8-1-17-12. General Grant of Powers to Corporation

8-1-17-13. Powers of Cooperative Corporation Enumerated

8-1-17-14. Sale, Encumbrance, or Other Disposition of Property

8-1-17-15. Obligations; Authority for Issuance

8-1-17-16. Obligations; Covenants and Agreements to Secure

8-1-17-17. Purchase of Own Obligations

8-1-17-18. Repealed

8-1-17-18.1. Repealed

8-1-17-18.2. Consolidation of Corporations

8-1-17-19. Consolidation of Corporations; Transfer of Assets, Franchises, and Obligations

8-1-17-20. Rates and Charges; Revenues and Receipts Not Needed; Rea Borrowers; Rates Sufficient to Repay Financial Assistance

8-1-17-21. Repealed

8-1-17-22. Repealed

8-1-17-22.5. Repealed

8-1-17-23. Articles of Incorporation; Amendment; Change in Territory Served; Commission Review; Notice to Facilities Based Local Exchange Carriers; Issuance of New or Amended Certificate of Territorial Authority; Request for Additional Information; F...

8-1-17-24. Principal Office; Change of Location

8-1-17-25. Dissolution of Corporation; Articles of Dissolution; Relinquishment of Certificate of Territorial Authority; Disposition of Assets

8-1-17-26. Foreign Nonprofit Corporations; Application for Certificate of Territorial Authority; Review by Commission; Admission to Do Business in Indiana

8-1-17-27. General Nonprofit Corporation Act; Application to Chapter

8-1-17-28. Construction of Chapter

8-1-17-29. Members Not Liable for Corporate Debts or Liabilities