Section 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.Tex. Util. Code § 162.003
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.