Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers

Section 161.058. Perfecting Defectively Organized Corporation - Sec. 161.058. PERFECTING DEFECTIVELY ORGANIZED CORPORATION. (a) An electric cooperative...

Section 161.059. Nonprofit Operation - Sec. 161.059. NONPROFIT OPERATION. (a) An electric cooperative shall operate...

Section 161.060. Members Not Liable for Debts of Electric Cooperative - Sec. 161.060. MEMBERS NOT LIABLE FOR DEBTS OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE....

Section 161.061. License Fee - Sec. 161.061. LICENSE FEE. Not later than May 1 of...

Section 161.062. Exemption From Excise Taxes - Sec. 161.062. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAXES. An electric cooperative is...

Section 161.063. Exemption From Application of Securities Act - Sec. 161.063. EXEMPTION FROM APPLICATION OF SECURITIES ACT. The Securities...

Section 161.064. Bylaws - Sec. 161.064. BYLAWS. (a) The board may adopt, amend, or...

Section 161.065. Membership - Sec. 161.065. MEMBERSHIP. (a) A person is eligible to become...

Section 161.066. Certificate of Membership - Sec. 161.066. CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP. (a) An electric cooperative shall...

Section 161.067. Meetings of Members - Sec. 161.067. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. (a) An electric cooperative may...

Section 161.068. Notice of Members' Meeting - Sec. 161.068. NOTICE OF MEMBERS' MEETING. (a) Written notice of...

Section 161.069. Quorum of Members - Sec. 161.069. QUORUM OF MEMBERS. Unless otherwise provided by the...

Section 161.070. Voting by Members - Sec. 161.070. VOTING BY MEMBERS. Each member present at a...

Section 161.071. Board of Directors - Sec. 161.071. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The business and affairs...

Section 161.072. Election of Directors; Vacancies - Sec. 161.072. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; VACANCIES. (a) The incorporators of...

Section 161.073. Compensation of Directors - Sec. 161.073. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. A director of an electric...

Section 161.074. Quorum of Directors - Sec. 161.074. QUORUM OF DIRECTORS. (a) A majority of the...

Section 161.075. Board Meetings - Sec. 161.075. BOARD MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold a...

Section 161.076. Officers, Agents, and Employees - Sec. 161.076. OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES. (a) The board shall...

Section 161.077. Executive Committee - Sec. 161.077. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The bylaws of an electric...

Section 161.078. Indemnification - Sec. 161.078. INDEMNIFICATION. An electric cooperative may indemnify and provide...

Section 161.079. Applicability of Chapter to Corporations Organized Under Other Law - Sec. 161.079. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER OTHER...

Subchapter C. Powers of Electric Cooperative

Section 161.121. General Powers - Sec. 161.121. GENERAL POWERS. An electric cooperative may: (1) sue...

Section 161.122. Provision of Rural Electrification - Sec. 161.122. PROVISION OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION. An electric cooperative may...

Section 161.123. Powers Relating to Provision of Electric Energy - Sec. 161.123. POWERS RELATING TO PROVISION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY. An...

Section 161.124. Provision of Electric Energy to Certain Nonmember Entities - Sec. 161.124. PROVISION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO CERTAIN NONMEMBER ENTITIES....

Section 161.125. Eminent Domain - Sec. 161.125. EMINENT DOMAIN. An electric cooperative may exercise the...

Subchapter D. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation

Section 161.151. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation - Sec. 161.151. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. (a) An electric...

Section 161.152. Articles of Amendment - Sec. 161.152. ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT. (a) Articles of amendment of...

Subchapter E. Consolidation of Electric Cooperatives

Section 161.201. Consolidation - Sec. 161.201. CONSOLIDATION. (a) Two or more electric cooperatives may...

Section 161.202. Articles of Consolidation - Sec. 161.202. ARTICLES OF CONSOLIDATION. (a) The articles of consolidation...

Subchapter F. Dissolution

Section 161.251. Dissolution - Sec. 161.251. DISSOLUTION. (a) An electric cooperative may be dissolved...

Section 161.252. Existence Following Dissolution - Sec. 161.252. EXISTENCE FOLLOWING DISSOLUTION. (a) A dissolved electric cooperative...

Section 161.253. Distribution of Net Assets on Dissolution - Sec. 161.253. DISTRIBUTION OF NET ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION. Assets of...

Section 161.254. Dissolution of Defectively Incorporated Electric Cooperative - Sec. 161.254. DISSOLUTION OF DEFECTIVELY INCORPORATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. (a) An...

Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations

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...

Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 163.001. Definitions - Sec. 163.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Electric facility" means...

Subchapter B. Cooperation by Public and Private Entities

Section 163.011. Effect of Subchapter - Sec. 163.011. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not affect:...

Section 163.012. Authority to Make Agreements - Sec. 163.012. AUTHORITY TO MAKE AGREEMENTS. Public and private entities...

Section 163.013. General Rights, Powers, and Duties of Entities - Sec. 163.013. GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ENTITIES. (a)...

Section 163.014. Use of Eminent Domain - Sec. 163.014. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) A participating entity...

Section 163.015. Taxation - Sec. 163.015. TAXATION. (a) A participating private entity shall render...

Section 163.016. Insurance - Sec. 163.016. INSURANCE. A participating entity may: (1) contract for...

Subchapter C. Municipal Power Agencies

Section 163.051. Definitions - Sec. 163.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Agency" means a...

Section 163.052. Construction - Sec. 163.052. CONSTRUCTION. This subchapter shall be liberally construed to...

Section 163.053. Conflicts With Other Law - Sec. 163.053. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. This subchapter prevails to...

Section 163.054. Creation of Agency - Sec. 163.054. CREATION OF AGENCY. (a) Public entities may create...

Section 163.055. Re-Creation of Agency - Sec. 163.055. RE-CREATION OF AGENCY. (a) The public entities that...

Section 163.056. Notice - Sec. 163.056. NOTICE. (a) The governing body of each public...

Section 163.057. Contents of Concurrent Ordinance - Sec. 163.057. CONTENTS OF CONCURRENT ORDINANCE. A concurrent ordinance creating...

Section 163.058. Election - Sec. 163.058. ELECTION. (a) An agency may not be created...

Section 163.059. Board of Directors - Sec. 163.059. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The agency shall be...

Section 163.060. Powers - Sec. 163.060. POWERS. (a) An agency may not engage in...

Section 163.061. Construction Contracts - Sec. 163.061. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 163.062. Sale or Exchange of Electric Energy - Sec. 163.062. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY. (a) An...

Section 163.063. Rates and Charges - Sec. 163.063. RATES AND CHARGES. (a) An agency may establish...

Section 163.064. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 163.064. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The agency may issue revenue...

Section 163.065. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 163.065. REFUNDING BONDS. The agency may issue refunding bonds....

Section 163.066. Issuance, Form, and Provisions of Bonds - Sec. 163.066. ISSUANCE, FORM, AND PROVISIONS OF BONDS. (a) Agency...

Section 163.067. Nonnegotiable Purchase Money Notes - Sec. 163.067. NONNEGOTIABLE PURCHASE MONEY NOTES. (a) The agency may...

Section 163.068. Bond Anticipation Notes - Sec. 163.068. BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES. (a) The agency may issue...

Subchapter C. -1. Alternate Governance for Certain Municipal Power Agencies

Section 163.071. Definitions - Sec. 163.071. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Agency" means a...

Section 163.072. Construction - Sec. 163.072. CONSTRUCTION. This subchapter shall be liberally construed to...

Section 163.073. Applicability; Alternate Governance - Sec. 163.073. APPLICABILITY; ALTERNATE GOVERNANCE. (a) This subchapter applies to...

Section 163.074. Conflicts With Other Law - Sec. 163.074. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. This subchapter prevails to...

Section 163.075. Nature of Agency - Sec. 163.075. NATURE OF AGENCY. (a) An agency is a:...

Section 163.076. Addition or Removal of Public Entities - Sec. 163.076. ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF PUBLIC ENTITIES. (a) The...

Section 163.077. Election for Addition of Public Entity - Sec. 163.077. ELECTION FOR ADDITION OF PUBLIC ENTITY. (a) Public...

Section 163.078. Board of Directors - Sec. 163.078. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The agency shall be...

Section 163.079. Separate Boards of Directors - Sec. 163.079. SEPARATE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. (a) The public entities...

Section 163.080. Powers - Sec. 163.080. POWERS. (a) An agency may not engage in...

Section 163.081. Construction Contracts - Sec. 163.081. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 163.082. Sale or Exchange of Electric Energy - Sec. 163.082. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY. (a) An...

Section 163.083. Rates and Charges - Sec. 163.083. RATES AND CHARGES. (a) An agency may establish...

Section 163.084. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 163.084. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The agency may issue revenue...

Section 163.085. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 163.085. REFUNDING BONDS. The agency may issue refunding bonds....

Section 163.086. Issuance, Form, and Provisions of Bonds - Sec. 163.086. ISSUANCE, FORM, AND PROVISIONS OF BONDS. (a) Agency...

Section 163.087. Nonnegotiable Purchase Money Notes - Sec. 163.087. NONNEGOTIABLE PURCHASE MONEY NOTES. (a) The agency may...

Section 163.088. Bond Anticipation Notes - Sec. 163.088. BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES. (a) The agency may issue...

Section 163.089. Public Securities - Sec. 163.089. PUBLIC SECURITIES. (a) It is a public purpose...

Section 163.090. Dissolution - Sec. 163.090. DISSOLUTION. (a) The participating public entities of an...

Subchapter D. Agency Receiving Power Through Interstate System

Section 163.101. Creation - Sec. 163.101. CREATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section 163.054, two or more...

Section 163.102. Powers - Sec. 163.102. POWERS. (a) An agency created under this subchapter...

Subchapter E. Electric Cooperative Corporations

Section 163.121. Creation - Sec. 163.121. CREATION. An electric cooperative corporation may join one...

Section 163.122. Application of Open Meetings Law - Sec. 163.122. APPLICATION OF OPEN MEETINGS LAW. A joint powers...

Section 163.123. Authority of Public Utility Commission - Sec. 163.123. AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION. A joint powers...

Section 163.124. Power to Issue Certain Bonds or Securities - Sec. 163.124. POWER TO ISSUE CERTAIN BONDS OR SECURITIES. This...

Chapter 164 - Joint Ownership of Electric Facilities by Public Entities

Section 164.001. Joint Ownership of Electric Utility Facilities Authorized - Sec. 164.001. JOINT OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC UTILITY FACILITIES AUTHORIZED. (a)...

Section 164.002. Public Purpose - Sec. 164.002. PUBLIC PURPOSE. The exercise by a political subdivision...

Section 164.003. Approval of Agreement by Attorney General - Sec. 164.003. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) An...

Section 164.004. Increase in Ownership Shares - Sec. 164.004. INCREASE IN OWNERSHIP SHARES. (a) An agreement under...

Section 164.005. Contractual Obligations as Lien on System Revenue - Sec. 164.005. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AS LIEN ON SYSTEM REVENUE. (a)...

Section 164.006. Construction With Other Laws - Sec. 164.006. CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS. To provide full authority...

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Texas Statutes Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers

Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers