Tex. Utilities Code § 162.055
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 162.055, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 162.055. FILING AND RECORDING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state shall receive articles of incorporation of a telephone cooperative if the incorporators of the cooperative:
(1) apply for filing the articles;
(2) furnish satisfactory evidence of compliance with this chapter to the secretary of state; and
(3) pay a fee of $25.
(b) The secretary of state shall:
(1) file the articles of incorporation in the secretary's office;
(2) record the articles at length in a book to be kept for that purpose;
(3) retain the original articles of incorporation on file in the secretary's office; and
(4) issue a certificate showing the recording of the articles of incorporation and the telephone cooperative's authority to do business under the articles.
(c) A copy of the articles of incorporation or of the record of the articles, certified under the state seal, is evidence of the creation of the telephone cooperative.
(d) The existence of the telephone cooperative dates from the filing of the articles in the office of the secretary of state. The certificate of the secretary of state is evidence of that filing.
(1) apply for filing the articles;
(2) furnish satisfactory evidence of compliance with this chapter to the secretary of state; and
(3) pay a fee of $25.
(b) The secretary of state shall:
(1) file the articles of incorporation in the secretary's office;
(2) record the articles at length in a book to be kept for that purpose;
(3) retain the original articles of incorporation on file in the secretary's office; and
(4) issue a certificate showing the recording of the articles of incorporation and the telephone cooperative's authority to do business under the articles.
(c) A copy of the articles of incorporation or of the record of the articles, certified under the state seal, is evidence of the creation of the telephone cooperative.
(d) The existence of the telephone cooperative dates from the filing of the articles in the office of the secretary of state. The certificate of the secretary of state is evidence of that filing.
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