(a) Articles of amendment of an electric cooperative must be:
- (1) signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary, certifying to the amendment and its lawful adoption; and
- (2) executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation.
- (b) An amendment takes effect when the secretary of state accepts the articles of amendment for filing and recording and issues a certificate of amendment. The certificate of amendment is evidence of the filing of the amendment.
- (c) The secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of $2.50 for filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.