{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 162.071","heading":"BOARD OF DIRECTORS.","body":"(a) A board of at least five directors shall manage the business of a telephone cooperative. Each director must be a member of the cooperative. The bylaws must prescribe the number of directors and their qualifications other than those prescribed by this chapter.\n(b) The board may exercise any power of a telephone cooperative not conferred on the members by this chapter or by the cooperative's articles of incorporation or bylaws.\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#162.071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"edf84023909595ef62c3a56f7eec658bae3b47dc32905bd719ef9f9027414747","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.070","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.072"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}