Sec. 162.121. GENERAL POWERS. A telephone cooperative may:
(1) sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal and use the seal or a facsimile of the seal as required by law;
(3) construct, acquire, lease, improve, install, equip, maintain, and operate, and, subject to Sections 162.125 and 162.126, dispose of, lease, or encumber, communication lines, facilities or systems, lands, structures, plants and equipment, exchanges, and other property, considered appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative is organized;
(4) issue membership certificates as provided by this chapter;
(5) borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness, issue or guarantee notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, and secure the payment of indebtedness by pledge or other encumbrance on any or all of its property or revenue;
(6) conduct its business and exercise its powers inside or outside this state;
(7) adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws;
(8) make any contracts appropriate for the full exercise of the powers granted by this chapter; and
(9) perform any other acts and exercise any other power that may be appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative is organized.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers
Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations
Subchapter C. Powers of Telephone Cooperative
Section 162.121. General Powers
Section 162.122. Powers Relating to Provision of Communication Service
Section 162.123. Connection and Interconnection of Facilities
Section 162.124. Eminent Domain
Section 162.125. Encumbrance and Disposition of Property Without Members' Authorization
Section 162.126. Encumbrance, Lease, and Disposition of Property With Members' Authorization