{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 162.301","heading":"DISSOLUTION.","body":"(a) A telephone cooperative may be dissolved by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the cooperative. The vote must be taken at a regular meeting or at a special meeting of its members called for that purpose. Votes must be cast in person.\n(b) A certificate of dissolution must be:\n(1) signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary, certifying to the dissolution and stating that the officers have been authorized by a vote of the members under Subsection (a) to execute and file the certificate; and\n(2) executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as original articles of incorporation of a telephone cooperative.\n(c) The cooperative is dissolved when the secretary of state accepts the certificate of dissolution for filing and recording and issues a certificate of dissolution.\n(d) The secretary of state shall charge and collect:\n(1) a fee of $5 for filing a certificate of election to dissolve; and\n(2) a fee of $5 for filing articles of dissolution.\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 G. DISSOLUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.162.htm#162.301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"627cfb6477de21c626c22224a3f8161742a1a93698ab1ed95af90e1a25fa828c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.254","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}