Texas Utilities Code 162.070 – Members’ Meeting: Quorum and Voting
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(a) Unless the bylaws prescribe a greater percentage or number of members for a quorum, a quorum at a meeting of the members of a telephone cooperative is the personal presence of:
(1) 10 percent of all members, if the cooperative has 500 or fewer members; or
(2) the greater of 50 members or two percent of all members, if the cooperative has more than 500 members.
(b) If fewer than a quorum are present at a meeting, a majority of the members present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 162.070
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
(c) Each member present at a meeting of the members is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at the meeting. Voting must be in person unless the bylaws provide for voting by mail.