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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 162.001. Short Title - Sec. 162.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 162.002. Purpose - Sec. 162.002. PURPOSE. A cooperative, nonprofit corporation may be organized...
Section 162.003. Definitions - Sec. 162.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 162.004. Certain Corporate Names Prohibited - Sec. 162.004. CERTAIN CORPORATE NAMES PROHIBITED. A corporation organized under...
Section 162.005. Effect of Recording Certain Mortgages Executed by Telephone Cooperatives - Sec. 162.005. EFFECT OF RECORDING CERTAIN MORTGAGES EXECUTED BY TELEPHONE...
Section 162.006. Construction Standards - Sec. 162.006. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. A telephone cooperative that constructs communication...
Subchapter B. Creation and Operation of Telephone Cooperatives
Section 162.051. Incorporators - Sec. 162.051. INCORPORATORS. (a) Three or more individuals may act...
Section 162.052. Duration of Corporation - Sec. 162.052. DURATION OF CORPORATION. A telephone cooperative may be...
Section 162.053. Name of Telephone Cooperative - Sec. 162.053. NAME OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE. The name of a...
Section 162.054. Articles of Incorporation - Sec. 162.054. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) The articles of incorporation...
Section 162.055. Filing and Recording of Articles of Incorporation - Sec. 162.055. FILING AND RECORDING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a)...
Section 162.056. Revival of Articles of Incorporation - Sec. 162.056. REVIVAL OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) If the...
Section 162.057. Organizational Meeting - Sec. 162.057. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. (a) After the certificate of incorporation...
Section 162.058. Perfecting Defectively Organized Corporations - Sec. 162.058. PERFECTING DEFECTIVELY ORGANIZED CORPORATIONS. (a) A telephone cooperative...
Section 162.059. Nonprofit Operation - Sec. 162.059. NONPROFIT OPERATION. (a) A telephone cooperative shall be...
Section 162.060. Members Not Liable for Debts of Telephone Cooperative - Sec. 162.060. MEMBERS NOT LIABLE FOR DEBTS OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE....
Section 162.061. License Fee - Sec. 162.061. LICENSE FEE. Not later than July 1 of...
Section 162.062. Exemption From Excise Taxes - Sec. 162.062. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAXES. A telephone cooperative doing...
Section 162.063. Exemption From Application of Securities Act - Sec. 162.063. EXEMPTION FROM APPLICATION OF SECURITIES ACT. The Securities...
Section 162.064. Bylaws - Sec. 162.064. BYLAWS. (a) The board shall adopt the initial...
Section 162.065. Membership - Sec. 162.065. MEMBERSHIP. (a) Each incorporator of a telephone cooperative...
Section 162.066. Patrons - Sec. 162.066. PATRONS. (a) A member is a patron of...
Section 162.067. Meetings of Members - Sec. 162.067. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. (a) A telephone cooperative shall...
Section 162.068. Notice of Members' Meeting - Sec. 162.068. NOTICE OF MEMBERS' MEETING. (a) Except as otherwise...
Section 162.069. Waiver of Notice - Sec. 162.069. WAIVER OF NOTICE. A person entitled to notice...
Section 162.070. Members' Meeting: Quorum and Voting - Sec. 162.070. MEMBERS' MEETING: QUORUM AND VOTING. (a) Unless the...
Section 162.071. Board of Directors - Sec. 162.071. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) A board of at...
Section 162.072. Election of Directors; Terms - Sec. 162.072. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The incorporators of...
Section 162.073. Compensation of Directors - Sec. 162.073. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. (a) A director may not...
Section 162.074. Insurance for Directors - Sec. 162.074. INSURANCE FOR DIRECTORS. A telephone cooperative may provide...
Section 162.075. Board Meetings; Quorum - Sec. 162.075. BOARD MEETINGS; QUORUM. (a) The bylaws shall prescribe...
Section 162.076. Districts - Sec. 162.076. DISTRICTS. (a) The bylaws may provide for the...
Section 162.077. Officers, Agents, and Employees - Sec. 162.077. OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES. (a) The board of...
Section 162.078. Executive Committee - Sec. 162.078. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The bylaws of a telephone...
Section 162.079. Indemnification - Sec. 162.079. INDEMNIFICATION. Article 2.22A, Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article...
Section 162.080. Change of Location of Principal Office - Sec. 162.080. CHANGE OF LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL OFFICE. (a) A...
Section 162.081. Director, Officer, or Member Acting as Notary - Sec. 162.081. DIRECTOR, OFFICER, OR MEMBER ACTING AS NOTARY. A...
Section 162.082. Applicability to Corporations Organized Under Other Law - Sec. 162.082. APPLICABILITY TO CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER OTHER LAW. A...
Subchapter C. Powers of Telephone Cooperative
Section 162.121. General Powers - Sec. 162.121. GENERAL POWERS. A telephone cooperative may: (1) sue...
Section 162.122. Powers Relating to Provision of Communication Service - Sec. 162.122. POWERS RELATING TO PROVISION OF COMMUNICATION SERVICE. (a)...
Section 162.123. Connection and Interconnection of Facilities - Sec. 162.123. CONNECTION AND INTERCONNECTION OF FACILITIES. A telephone cooperative...
Section 162.124. Eminent Domain - Sec. 162.124. EMINENT DOMAIN. A telephone cooperative may exercise the...
Section 162.125. Encumbrance and Disposition of Property Without Members' Authorization - Sec. 162.125. ENCUMBRANCE AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY WITHOUT MEMBERS' AUTHORIZATION....
Section 162.126. Encumbrance, Lease, and Disposition of Property With Members' Authorization - Sec. 162.126. ENCUMBRANCE, LEASE, AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY WITH MEMBERS'...
Subchapter D. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
Section 162.151. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation - Sec. 162.151. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. A telephone cooperative...
Section 162.152. Presentation and Approval of Proposed Amendment - Sec. 162.152. PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT. (a) A...
Section 162.153. Articles of Amendment - Sec. 162.153. ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT. (a) The president or vice...
Section 162.154. Filing of Articles of Amendment - Sec. 162.154. FILING OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT. (a) Articles of...
Subchapter E. Consolidation or Merger of Telephone Cooperatives
Section 162.201. Consolidation - Sec. 162.201. CONSOLIDATION. (a) Two or more telephone cooperatives may...
Section 162.202. Articles of Consolidation - Sec. 162.202. ARTICLES OF CONSOLIDATION. (a) The articles of consolidation...
Section 162.203. Merger - Sec. 162.203. MERGER. (a) One or more telephone cooperatives may...
Section 162.204. Articles of Merger - Sec. 162.204. ARTICLES OF MERGER. (a) The president or vice...
Subchapter F. Conversion of Corporation Into Telephone Cooperative
Section 162.251. Conversion of Corporation Into Telephone Cooperative - Sec. 162.251. CONVERSION OF CORPORATION INTO TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE. (a) A...
Section 162.252. Articles of Conversion - Sec. 162.252. ARTICLES OF CONVERSION. (a) The president or vice...
Section 162.253. Consolidation and Conversion of Corporations Into Telephone Cooperative - Sec. 162.253. CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION OF CORPORATIONS INTO TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE....
Section 162.254. Articles of Consolidation and Conversion - Sec. 162.254. ARTICLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION. (a) The approved...
Subchapter G. Dissolution
Section 162.301. Dissolution - Sec. 162.301. DISSOLUTION. (a) A telephone cooperative may be dissolved...
Section 162.302. Existence Following Dissolution - Sec. 162.302. EXISTENCE FOLLOWING DISSOLUTION. (a) A dissolved telephone cooperative...
Section 162.303. Distribution of Net Assets on Dissolution - Sec. 162.303. DISTRIBUTION OF NET ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION. Assets of...
Section 162.304. Dissolution of Defectively Incorporated Telephone Cooperative - Sec. 162.304. DISSOLUTION OF DEFECTIVELY INCORPORATED TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE. (a) A...