Terms Used In South Carolina Code 33-46-420

  • Telephone cooperative: means a corporation which is financed, now or formerly, in whole or in part by the Department of Agriculture made under the provisions of the Rural Electric Act of 1936, Title 26, Section 922 of the United States Code, and acts amendatory thereto for the purposes of owning or operating in this State equipment or facilities for the transmission of intelligence through a communication service system including, but not limited to, telephone services, mobile radio, and cable television on a cooperative basis as is tax exempt pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code 501(c)(12) or an association of like corporations exempt from tax pursuant to 501(c)(6), or operated under a cooperative basis pursuant to Subchapter T of the Internal Revenue Code and originally incorporated pursuant to Title 33, Chapter 45 of the South Carolina Code of Laws or this chapter. See South Carolina Code 33-46-20
An annual meeting of the members must be held at such time as is provided in the bylaws. Special meetings of the members may be called by the president of the board of directors, by any three directors, or by not less than ten percent of the members. Meetings of members must be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings must be held in the county in which the principal office of the telephone cooperative is located.