Tex. Util. Code § 161.053 · Subchapter B. CREATION AND OPERATION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
NAME OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The name of an electric cooperative must:
(1) include the words "Electric Cooperative";
(2) include the term "Corporation," "Incorporated," "Inc.," "Association," or "Company"; and
(3) be distinct from the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.161.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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