KRS 279.310: Definitions for KRS 279.320 to 279.600.

As used in KRS 279.320 to 279.600, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Cooperative" means any corporation organized under KRS 279.320 to 279.600 or

which becomes subject to those sections in the manner provided therein;

(2) "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, or

partnership;

(3) As used in this chapter, the term "telephone service" shall include in its meaning

communications services of all kinds allowed to any other telephone utility,

authorized by reg ulatory agency and with some unregulated, that being the

transmission of voice, data, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds,

by use of wire, radio, light, electromagnetic impulse, broadband (wideband)

spectrum, or any other transmission mode and facility used in rendition of such

services; but shall not include in their meaning message telegram service, or radio

broadcasting services or facilities within the meaning of Section 153(O) of the

Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended;

(4) "Acquire" means to construct, purchase, obtain by lease, devise, gift, or eminent

domain, or to obtain by any other lawful means;

(5) "Board" means the board of trustees of a corporation formed under KRS 279.320 to

279.600;

(6) "Federal agency" means and includes the United States, the President of the United

States, and all federal authorities, instrumentalities, and agencies in the ordinary

sense;

(7) "Improve" means to construct, reconstruct, extend, enlarge, alter, better, or repair;

(8) "Member" means and includes each person signing the articles of incorporation of a

corporation formed under KRS 279.320 to 279.600, each person later admitted to

membership according to law or according to the articles of incorporation or bylaws

of the corporation, and each common stockholder in a corporation, having capital

stock, organized under KRS 279.320 to 279.600;

(9) "Obligations" means and includes negotiable bonds, notes, debentures, interim

certificates or receipts, and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued or the

payment thereof assumed by a corporation organized under KRS 279.320 to

279.600;

(10) "System" means and includes any plant, works, facilities, and properties, and all

parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the oper ation and

maintenance of telephone communication service;

(11) "Rural area" shall be deemed to mean any area of this state not included within the

boundaries of any incorporated or unincorporated city or of a consolidated local

government, having a population in excess of fifteen hundred (1,500) inhabitants;

(12) "Telephone company" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation, or

partnership owning, leasing, or operating any line, facility, or system used in the

furnishing of telephone service within this state;

(13) "Business entity" means a domestic and foreign limited liability company,

corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, business or statutory trust, and

not-for-profit unincorporated association;

(14) "Corporation" means a profit or nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of any

state or a foreign country;

(15) "Name of record with the Secretary of State" means any real, fictitious, reserved,

registered, or assumed name of a business entity; and

(16) "Real name" shall have the meaning set forth in KRS 365.015.