{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 162.066","heading":"PATRONS.","body":"(a) A member is a patron of a telephone cooperative if the member purchases local telecommunications service or toll telecommunications service or pays end user access charges in the ordinary course of business of the cooperative.\n(b) The use of interexchange access, payment of interexchange access fees or settlements, or purchase of equipment does not qualify a member or other person as a patron.\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 B. CREATION AND OPERATION OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.162.htm#162.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"3f49df8cf39d8068671ed696a5e967fc1beb6e28f0359bb7f33b1c604452de1a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}