Sec. 162.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of a telephone cooperative.
(2) "Communication service" means:
(A) the transmission or reception of information, signals, or messages by any means, including by wire, radio, cellular radio, microwave, or fiber optics; and
(B) the provision of lines, facilities, and systems used in the transmission or reception described by Paragraph (A).
(3) "Member" means:
(A) an incorporator of a telephone cooperative; or
(B) a person admitted to membership in a telephone cooperative as provided by Section 162.065.
(4) "Patron" means a member who is eligible to receive patronage dividends or to earn capital credits as a result of purchasing certain services from a telephone cooperative as provided by Section 162.066.
(5) "Telephone cooperative" means a corporation that is organized under this chapter or that becomes subject to this chapter as provided by this chapter.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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