{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 162.003","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Board\" means the board of directors of a telephone cooperative.\n(2) \"Communication service\" means:\n(A) the transmission or reception of information, signals, or messages by any means, including by wire, radio, cellular radio, microwave, or fiber optics; and\n(B) the provision of lines, facilities, and systems used in the transmission or reception described by Paragraph (A).\n(3) \"Member\" means:\n(A) an incorporator of a telephone cooperative; or\n(B) a person admitted to membership in a telephone cooperative as provided by Section 162.065.\n(4) \"Patron\" means a member who is eligible to receive patronage dividends or to earn capital credits as a result of purchasing certain services from a telephone cooperative as provided by Section 162.066.\n(5) \"Telephone cooperative\" means a corporation that is organized under this chapter or that becomes subject to this chapter as provided by this chapter.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 162. TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.162.htm#162.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2ab8afd29f829d7e28985ed7925ef828ff65f506ff7acce0e6fc2605cb85c437","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}