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Section 33-46-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Telephone Cooperative Act"....
Section 33-46-20. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Person"...
Section 33-46-30. Notice of meeting; waiver. - Whenever any notice is required to be given under the...
Section 33-46-40. Subject to jurisdiction of Public Service Commission; rights and privileges. - Telephone cooperatives transacting business in this State pursuant to this...
Section 33-46-50. Title 35 not applicable to indebtedness. - The provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 35 do not...
Section 33-46-60. Construction of chapter. - This chapter must be construed liberally. The enumeration of any...
Section 33-46-70. No repeal of provisions by implication. - The provisions of this chapter are not intended to be...
Section 33-46-80. Subject to tax laws for cooperatives. - Each telephone cooperative transacting business in the State is subject...
Section 33-46-90. Filing of articles of incorporation, amendments, consolidations, mergers, conversions, or dissolutions and certificates of elections. - Articles of incorporation, amendments, consolidations, mergers, conversions, or dissolutions and...
Section 33-46-100. Rights, privileges, and responsibilities. - Telephone cooperatives transacting business in the State have such rights,...
Section 33-46-210. Purpose. - Telephone cooperative nonprofit membership corporations may be organized under this...
Section 33-46-220. Organization. - Five or more natural persons or two or more telephone...
Section 33-46-230. Articles of incorporation. - The articles of incorporation shall recite in the caption that...
Section 33-46-240. Naming of telephone cooperative. - The name of each telephone cooperative shall include the words...
Section 33-46-300. Powers of telephone cooperatives. - A telephone cooperative operating in accordance with this chapter has...
Section 33-46-310. Representation of ownership interests; voting. - A telephone cooperative by vote of a majority of the...
Section 33-46-320. Bylaws; adoption, amendment, or repeal; contents. - The original bylaws of a telephone cooperative must be adopted...
Section 33-46-330. Sale of assets; procedures. - A telephone cooperative may sell its assets as follows: (A)...
Section 33-46-340. Authority to mortgage or pledge of security of assets. - A mortgage or pledge of or other security interest in...
Section 33-46-400. Membership of telephone cooperative. - No person who is not an incorporator shall become a...
Section 33-46-420. Meetings. - An annual meeting of the members must be held at...
Section 33-46-430. Voting procedures. - A majority vote of the members present and voting at...
Section 33-46-440. Quorum. - Each telephone cooperative shall establish in its bylaws what percentage...
Section 33-46-450. Entitlement to vote; voting by proxy. - Each member is entitled to vote on each matter submitted...
Section 33-46-460. Distribution of excess revenue; allocation of patronage capital; retirement of patronage capital - (A) The bylaws of a telephone cooperative shall provide for...
Section 33-46-470. Members and their property exempt from liability for cooperative's debts. - The private property of the members of a telephone cooperative...
Section 33-46-500. Number and qualifications of directors; removal and election of successors. - (A) The business affairs of a telephone cooperative must be...
Section 33-46-510. Implementation or exercise of emergency bylaws and powers. - Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of...
Section 33-46-520. Immunity. - All directors of telephone cooperatives are immune from suits arising...
Section 33-46-530. Indemnification of expenses of successful director's defense or proceeding. - Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a telephone cooperative...
Section 33-46-540. General standards for directors. - General standards for directors are as follows: (A) A director...
Section 33-46-550. Directors from different districts in service area; staggered elections. - The bylaws may provide that the service area of the...
Section 33-46-560. Quorum. - A majority of the board of directors constitutes a quorum,...
Section 33-46-570. Officers. - Officers are as follows: (1) A telephone cooperative has the...
Section 33-46-600. Requirements for amending articles of incorporation. - A telephone cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation by...
Section 33-46-610. Change of location of principal office; filing of certificate. - A telephone cooperative may, without amending its articles of incorporation,...
Section 33-46-620. Consolidation of cooperatives. - Any two or more telephone cooperatives, each of which is...
Section 33-46-630. Merging of cooperatives. - Any one or more telephone cooperatives, each of which is...
Section 33-46-640. Effect of consolidation or merger. - The effect of consolidation or merger is as follows: (1)...
Section 33-46-650. Merger of telephone cooperative into different corporation. - Any telephone cooperative may merge into a corporation which is...
Section 33-46-700. Dissolution of telephone cooperative prior to commencement of business. - A telephone cooperative which has not commenced business may dissolve...
Section 33-46-710. Dissolution of telephone cooperative which has commenced business. - A telephone cooperative which has commenced business may dissolve voluntarily...
Section 33-46-720. Recommendation of dissolution; membership vote; meeting; notice. - Two-thirds of the membership of the board of directors shall...
Section 33-46-730. Certificate of election to dissolve. - Upon such approval a certificate of election to dissolve, in...
Section 33-46-740. Filing of certificate and affidavit. - Such certificate and affidavit must be submitted to the Secretary...
Section 33-46-750. Notice of winding up proceedings. - After the filing of the certificate and affidavit by the...
Section 33-46-760. Directors' powers to settle affairs. - The board of directors has full power to wind up...
Section 33-46-770. Execution of articles of dissolution. - When all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the telephone cooperative...
Section 33-46-800. Conversion of existing corporation into telephone cooperative. - Any corporation organized under the laws of the State of...
Section 33-46-810. Proposed articles of conversion; contents; approval. - The proposition for the conversion of such corporation into a...
Section 33-46-820. Vote of members on proposed articles of conversion. - The proposition for the conversion of the corporation into a...
Section 33-46-830. Approved articles of conversion; execution. - Upon such approval by the members or shareholders of such...