{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-425.03","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 425.03","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) “Rural area” means any area not included within the boundaries of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or borough having a population in excess of 2,500 persons;\n(2) “Person” includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic; and\n(3) “Member” means each incorporator of a cooperative and each person admitted to and retaining membership therein, and shall include a husband and wife admitted to joint membership.\nHistory.—s. 29, ch. 19138, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 6494(44).","path":["CHAPTER 425 RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0400-0499/0425/0425.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:05:49Z","sha256":"e902ceed22449bdbd73c809224c5299d07891fc7342aa539ff7d69906c8acd68","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-425.02","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-425.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}