Tex. Business Organizations Code § 2.110: POWERS OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

(a) Except as provided by Chapter 251, a cooperative association may exercise the same powers and privileges and is subject to the same duties, restrictions, and liabilities as a nonprofit corporation.

(b) A cooperative association may:

(1) own and hold membership in other associations or corporations;

(2) own and hold share capital of other associations or corporations;

(3) own and exercise ownership rights in bonds or other obligations;

(4) make agreements of mutual aid or federation with other associations, other groups organized on a cooperative basis, or other nonprofit groups; and

(5) deliver money to a scholarship fund for rural students.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.