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TX Util § 162.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter D. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation|Section 162.153. Articles of Amendment

Sec. 162.153.  ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.  (a)  The president or vice president, on behalf of the telephone cooperative, shall execute and acknowledge the approved articles of amendment.  The cooperative's seal must be affixed to the articles of amendment and attested by its secretary.(b)  The articles of amendment must state:(1)  that the articles of amendment are executed under this chapter;(2)  the name of the telephone cooperative;(3)  the address of the cooperative's principal office;  and(4)  the amendment to the articles of incorporation.(c)  The president or vice president executing the articles of amendment shall make and attach to the articles an affidavit stating that the cooperative complied with this subchapter with respect to the amendment set forth in the articles.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter D. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation|Section 162.154. Filing of Articles of Amendment

Sec. 162.154.  FILING OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.  (a)  Articles of amendment shall be filed with the secretary of state in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation.(b)  The secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $25 for filing articles of amendment.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter E. Consolidation or Merger of Telephone Cooperatives|Section 162.201. Consolidation

Sec. 162.201.  CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  Two or more telephone cooperatives may enter into an agreement to consolidate the cooperatives.  The agreement must state:(1)  the terms of the consolidation;(2)  the name of the proposed consolidated cooperative;(3)  the number of directors of the proposed consolidated cooperative;(4)  the time of the annual meeting and election;  and(5)  the names of at least five persons to be directors until the first annual meeting.(b)  A consolidation agreement may be approved only on the votes of a majority of the members of each telephone cooperative at a regular meeting or at a special meeting of its members called for that purpose.(c)  Telephone cooperatives may not consolidate for the purpose of duplicating the facilities of another communication company where the other communication company is giving or is willing to give reasonably adequate communication service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter E. Consolidation or Merger of Telephone Cooperatives|Section 162.202. Articles of Consolidation

Sec. 162.202.  ARTICLES OF CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  The articles of consolidation must:(1)  conform substantially to original articles of incorporation of a telephone cooperative;  and(2)  be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as original articles of incorporation.(b)  The directors named in the consolidation agreement shall as incorporators sign and acknowledge the articles of consolidation.(c)  The secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $50 for filing articles of consolidation.(d)  When the secretary of state accepts the articles of consolidation for filing and recording and issues a certificate of consolidation, the proposed consolidated telephone cooperative described in the articles under its designated name exists as a body corporate, with all the powers of a telephone cooperative originally organized under this chapter.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter E. Consolidation or Merger of Telephone Cooperatives|Section 162.203. Merger

Sec. 162.203.  MERGER.  (a)  One or more telephone cooperatives may merge into another cooperative as provided by this section and Section 162.204.(b)  The proposition for the merger and proposed articles of merger must be submitted at a meeting of the members of each merging cooperative and the surviving cooperative.  A copy of the proposed articles of merger must be attached to the notice of each meeting.(c)  A proposed merger and proposed articles of merger, with any amendments, may be approved only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each cooperative voting on the proposed merger and articles.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|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 corporation organized under the laws of this state that furnishes or is authorized to furnish communication service may be converted into a telephone cooperative in accordance with this subchapter.  On conversion, the corporation is subject to this chapter as if it had been originally organized under this chapter.(b)  The proposition for the conversion and proposed articles of conversion must be submitted at a meeting of the members or stockholders of the corporation or, in the case of a corporation that does not have members or stockholders, at a meeting of the incorporators of the corporation.  A copy of the proposed articles of conversion must be attached to the notice of the meeting.(c)  A proposed conversion and proposed articles of conversion, with any amendments, may be approved only on the affirmative vote of:(1)  at least two-thirds of the members of the corporation voting on the proposed conversion and articles;(2)  the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and voting on the proposition and articles, if the corporation is a stock corporation;  or(3)  at least two-thirds of the corporation's incorporators, if the corporation does not have members or outstanding shares of capital stock.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter F. Conversion of Corporation Into Telephone Cooperative|Section 162.252. Articles of Conversion

Sec. 162.252.  ARTICLES OF CONVERSION.  (a)  The president or vice president, on behalf of the corporation, shall execute and acknowledge the approved articles of conversion.  The corporation's seal must be affixed to the articles and attested by its secretary.(b)  The articles of conversion must state:(1)  that they are executed under this chapter;(2)  the name of the corporation and the address of its principal office before its conversion into a telephone cooperative;(3)  the law under which the corporation was organized;(4)  that the corporation elects to become a cooperative, nonprofit corporation subject to this chapter;(5)  the corporation's name as a cooperative;(6)  the address of the principal office of the cooperative;(7)  the name and address of each director of the cooperative;(8)  the manner in which a member, stockholder, or incorporator of the corporation becomes or may become a member of the cooperative;(9)  the duration of the cooperative;  and(10)  the purpose for which the cooperative is formed.(c)  The articles of conversion may contain any provision consistent with this chapter considered appropriate for the conduct of the business of the cooperative.  The president or vice president executing the articles of conversion shall make and attach to the articles an affidavit stating that the corporation complied with this section with respect to the articles.  The articles of conversion are considered to be the articles of incorporation of the cooperative.(d)  The original and a copy of the articles of conversion shall be delivered to the secretary of state.  If the secretary of state finds that the articles conform to law, the secretary of state, on payment of a fee of $50, shall:(1)  file and record the articles of conversion;(2)  issue a certificate of conversion;  and(3)  attach to the certificate of conversion the copy of the articles of conversion and deliver the certificate and attached copy to the cooperative or its representative.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter F. Conversion of Corporation Into Telephone Cooperative|Section 162.253. Consolidation and Conversion of Corporations Into Telephone Cooperative

Sec. 162.253.  CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION OF CORPORATIONS INTO TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.  (a)  Two or more corporations organized under the laws of this state that furnish or are authorized to furnish communication service may, if otherwise permitted to consolidate under state law, consolidate and convert into a telephone cooperative in accordance with this subchapter.  On consolidation and conversion, the new cooperative is subject to this chapter as if it had been originally organized under this chapter.(b)  The proposition for the consolidation and conversion and the proposed articles of consolidation and conversion, with any amendments, must be approved by each corporation in accordance with:(1)  the law under which it was organized;  and(2)  Sections 162.251 and 162.252.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter F. Conversion of Corporation Into Telephone Cooperative|Section 162.254. Articles of Consolidation and Conversion

Sec. 162.254.  ARTICLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION.  (a)  The approved articles of consolidation and conversion:(1)  shall be executed, acknowledged, and sealed as prescribed by Section 162.252 and by the law under which the consolidating and converting corporations were organized;(2)  must:(A)  state that they are executed under this chapter and the law under which the corporations were organized and that each consolidating corporation elects that the new corporation be a cooperative;  and(B)  contain all other information required by the law under which the corporations were organized;  and(3)  may contain any provision consistent with this chapter considered appropriate for the conduct of the business of the cooperative.(b)  The president or vice president executing the articles of consolidation and conversion shall make and attach to the articles an affidavit stating that the corporations complied with this section and Section 162.253 and with the applicable provisions of the law under which the consolidating corporations were organized with respect to the articles.  The articles of consolidation and conversion are considered to be the articles of incorporation of the cooperative and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions both of this chapter and of the law under which the consolidating corporations were organized.(c)  The original and a copy of the articles of consolidation and conversion shall be delivered to the secretary of state.  If the secretary of state finds that the articles conform to law, the secretary of state, on payment of a fee of $50, shall:(1)  file and record the articles of consolidation and conversion;(2)  issue a certificate of consolidation and conversion;  and(3)  attach to the certificate the copy of the articles and deliver the certificate and attached copy to the cooperative or its representative.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter G. Dissolution|Section 162.301. Dissolution

Sec. 162.301.  DISSOLUTION.  (a)  A telephone cooperative may be dissolved by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the cooperative.  The vote must be taken at a regular meeting or at a special meeting of its members called for that purpose.  Votes must be cast in person.(b)  A certificate of dissolution must be:(1)  signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary, certifying to the dissolution and stating that the officers have been authorized by a vote of the members under Subsection (a) to execute and file the certificate;  and(2)  executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as original articles of incorporation of a telephone cooperative.(c)  The cooperative is dissolved when the secretary of state accepts the certificate of dissolution for filing and recording and issues a certificate of dissolution.(d)  The secretary of state shall charge and collect:(1)  a fee of $5 for filing a certificate of election to dissolve;  and(2)  a fee of $5 for filing articles of dissolution.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter G. Dissolution|Section 162.302. Existence Following Dissolution

Sec. 162.302.  EXISTENCE FOLLOWING DISSOLUTION.  (a)  A dissolved telephone cooperative continues to exist to:(1)  satisfy existing liabilities or obligations;(2)  collect or liquidate its assets;  and(3)  take any other action required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs.(b)  A dissolved telephone cooperative may sue and be sued in its corporate name.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter G. Dissolution|Section 162.303. Distribution of Net Assets on Dissolution

Sec. 162.303.  DISTRIBUTION OF NET ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION.  Assets of a dissolved telephone cooperative that remain after all liabilities or obligations of the cooperative have been satisfied shall be distributed as follows:(1)  first, to patrons for the pro rata return of amounts standing to their credit because of their patronage;  and(2)  second, to members for the pro rata repayment of membership fees.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 162.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 162 - Telephone Cooperative Corporations|Subchapter G. Dissolution|Section 162.304. Dissolution of Defectively Incorporated Telephone Cooperative

Sec. 162.304.  DISSOLUTION OF DEFECTIVELY INCORPORATED TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.  (a)  A telephone cooperative that purports to have been incorporated or reincorporated under this chapter but that has not complied with a requirement for legal corporate existence may file a certificate of dissolution in the same manner as a validly incorporated telephone cooperative.(b)  The certificate of dissolution may be authorized by a majority of the incorporators or directors at a meeting called by an incorporator and held at the principal office of the cooperative named in the articles of incorporation.(c)  The incorporator calling the meeting must give at least ten days' notice of the meeting by mail to the last known post office address of each incorporator or director.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 163.001. Definitions

Sec. 163.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Electric facility" means a facility necessary or incidental to generating or transmitting electric power and energy, including:(A)  a generating unit or plant or a plant site;(B)  transmission lines;(C)  a right-of-way or other right relating to a facility;  and(D)  property and equipment.(2)  "Entity" means a person who engages in the authorized generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale to the public.(3)  "Private entity" means an entity that is not a public entity.(4)  "Public entity" means an entity that is an agency or political subdivision of this state.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|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:(1)  the statutory purposes prescribed by state law relating to creating, establishing, or operating an entity that co-owns a facility;(2)  an entity's rights or powers in effect on August 27, 1973, relating to the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric power and energy;  or(3)  a contract in effect on August 27, 1973.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|Subchapter B. Cooperation by Public and Private Entities|Section 163.012. Authority to Make Agreements

Sec. 163.012.  AUTHORITY TO MAKE AGREEMENTS.  Public and private entities may by agreement jointly plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain electric facilities to:(1)  achieve economies of scale in providing electric energy to the public;(2)  promote the economic development of this state and its natural resources;  and(3)  meet the state's future power needs.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|Subchapter B. Cooperation by 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)  A participating entity may:(1)  use its means and assets to plan, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain its interest in an electric facility;(2)  issue bonds and other securities to raise money for a purpose described by Subdivision (1) in the same manner and to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as would be applicable if the entity had sole ownership of the electric facility;(3)  acquire, for the use and benefit of each participating entity, land, easements, and property for an electric facility by purchase or by exercising the power of eminent domain;  and(4)  transfer or otherwise convey the acquired land, property, or property interest or otherwise cause the land, property, or interest to become vested in other participating entities to the extent to which and in the manner in which the participating entities agree.(b)  Each participating entity is a cotenant or co-owner of the electric facility and in relation to the entity's undivided interest in the facility has each right, privilege, exemption, power, duty, and liability the entity would have had if the entity had sole ownership.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|Subchapter B. Cooperation by Public and Private Entities|Section 163.014. Use of Eminent Domain

Sec. 163.014.  USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  A participating entity has the power of eminent domain to be exercised as provided by this section.(b)  The use of eminent domain authority by a participating entity is governed by the law relating to an eminent domain proceeding involving a municipality in this state.(c)  A participating entity may acquire a fee title to the condemned real property.(d)  A participating entity may not use eminent domain authority to acquire:(1)  an interest in an electric facility that belongs to another entity;  or(2)  an interest in real property to drill, mine, or produce from that property oil, gas, geothermal resources, geothermal/geopressured resources, or lignite, coal, sulphur, uranium, plutonium, or other minerals that belong to another person regardless of whether the material is in place or is in the process of being drilled, mined, or produced.(e)  Subsection (d) does not affect the authority of a participating entity to acquire full title to real property for a plant site and any related surface installation or equipment, including a cooling reservoir.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 163.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services|Subtitle A - Utility Corporations and Other Providers|Chapter 163 - Joint Powers Agencies|Subchapter B. Cooperation by Public and Private Entities|Section 163.015. Taxation

Sec. 163.015.  TAXATION.  (a)  A participating private entity shall render for ad valorem taxation its undivided fractional interest in a jointly owned electric facility.  An ad valorem or similar tax shall be imposed separately against the undivided interest of the participating private entity.(b)  A tax or assessment, including an excise tax or sales and use tax, attributable to a property or service bought, sold, leased, or used to construct, maintain, repair, or operate a jointly owned electric facility shall be imposed separately against each participating entity in proportion to the entity's respective undivided interest in the facility.(c)  A participating entity is not liable for a tax or assessment attributable to another participating entity under Subsection (a) or (b).(d)  A participating entity is entitled to each constitutional or statutory ad valorem or other tax exemption attributable to the jointly owned electric facility or to a property or service bought, sold, leased, or used to construct, maintain, repair, or operate the facility to the extent the entity would have been exempt from the tax if the entity's undivided interest were an entire interest in the facility or in the property or service.  The entity is entitled to any applicable exemption certificate or statement provided by law to claim or prove the exemption.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|