Tex. Util. Code § 162.053 · Subchapter B. CREATION AND OPERATION OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES

NAME OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The name of a telephone cooperative must:

(1) include the words "telephone" and "cooperative" and the abbreviation "Inc."; and

(2) be distinct from the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of or authorized to do business in this state.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.162.htm
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