§ 65-29-130. Jurisdiction of Tennessee Public Utility Commission
Cooperatives and foreign corporations engaged in rendering telephone service in this state pursuant to this chapter fall within the jurisdiction of the Tennessee public utility commission for the sole and specific purposes as set out below: The establishment of territorial boundaries; The hearing and determining of disputes arising between one (1) telephone cooperative and other […]
§ 65-29-131. Securities Act Exemption
Title 48, chapter 16 shall not apply to any note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any cooperative or foreign corporation transacting business in this state pursuant to this chapter to the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to any mortgage or deed of trust executed to secure the same. […]
§ 65-29-132. Construction of Chapter
This chapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
§ 65-29-133. Cooperative Elections — Criminal Penalties
It is a Class C misdemeanor in such cooperative elections to: Commit any act prohibited in title 2, chapter 19, part 1; Prepare more ballots than the number of accounts or eligible members of the cooperative holding the election; Violate the rules or bylaws of the cooperative relative to voting; or Otherwise engage in any […]
§ 65-29-134. Notice to Cooperative Members of Merger
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in any cooperative organized under this chapter which provides service in five (5) or more counties, including a county containing and physically divided by a United States government corps of engineers dam and reservoir project of thirty-four thousand (34,000) acres or more, and which serves less than twenty thousand […]
§ 65-29-126. Waiver of Notice
Whenever any notice is required to be given under this chapter or under the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a cooperative, waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time fixed for the giving of such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to such […]
§ 65-29-127. Acknowledgments by Officers, Directors or Members
No person who is authorized to take acknowledgments under the laws of this state shall be disqualified from taking acknowledgments of instruments executed in favor of a cooperative or to which it is a party, by reason of being an officer, director, or member of such cooperative.
§ 65-29-128. Foreign Corporations
Any corporation organized on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis for the purpose of supplying telephone service and owning or operating telephone service lines in a state adjacent to this state shall be permitted to construct or acquire extensions of such lines and to transact business in this state without complying with any statute of […]
§ 65-29-129. No Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to exempt cooperatives and foreign corporations furnishing telephone service in this state pursuant to this chapter from ad valorem property taxes. Assessment schedules for such property shall be filed with the comptroller of the treasury. Cooperatives and foreign corporations shall also be subject to the sales and use […]
§ 65-29-116. Effect of Consolidation or Merger
The effect of consolidation or merger shall be as follows: The several cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, shall be a single cooperative, which, in the case of a consolidation, shall be the new cooperative provided for in the articles of consolidation, and, in the case of a merger, shall be that cooperative designated […]