Sec. 181.088. CONSOLIDATION OF UTILITIES. (a) A telephone or telegraph corporation organized under the law of this state may consolidate or otherwise unite with one or more other companies organized under the law of a state or the United States if the union or consolidation:
(1) is approved, at a regular meeting of the corporation's stockholders, by a vote of persons holding a majority of the shares of stock of the corporation; and
(2) is done with the consent of each other company.
(b) The company resulting from the consolidation or other union may hold, use, and enjoy the rights and privileges given by the law of this state to, and has the same liabilities of, a company separately organized under the law of this state relating to corporations.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle B - Provisions Regulating Delivery of Services
Chapter 181 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Utilities
Subchapter E. Provisions Applying to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations
Section 181.082. Authority to Install Facility in Relation to Public Property
Section 181.083. Authority to Construct Line on Private Property
Section 181.084. Appropriation or Condemnation of Land
Section 181.085. Prohibition on Land Contract Excluding Another Telegraph Utility
Section 181.086. Lines in or Outside State
Section 181.087. Use of Another's Telegraph Line