AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,85 185.82 (4) A document required to be filed and recorded under this chapter is
6effective on filing with the secretary of state department, except as provided in s.
7185.62. An error or omission in recording the document or a certificate under s.
8185.815 (2) with a register of deeds does not affect its effectiveness.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4866b 9Section 4866b. 185.82 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,1410 185.82 (5) A document filed with the secretary of state department under this
11chapter before May 7, 1982 is effective unless the records of the secretary of state
12department show that the document was recognized as ineffective because of a
13recording defect and the secretary of state department or the cooperative acted in
14reliance on the ineffectiveness of the document.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4867b 15Section 4867b. 185.82 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,1716 185.82 (6) (a) (intro.) The secretary of state department may waive any of the
17following:
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4868b 18Section 4868b. 185.82 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,2119 185.82 (6) (a) 2. An omission or defect in a document, if the secretary of state
20department determines from the face of the document that the omission or defect is
21immaterial.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4869b 22Section 4869b. 185.83 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,2423 185.83 (1) (intro.) The secretary of state department shall charge and collect
24for:
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4870b 25Section 4870b. 185.83 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,7
1185.83 (1) (b) Filing an amendment to or restatement of the articles or articles
2of merger, consolidation or division, $10, except that no fee may be collected for an
3amendment showing only a change of address resulting from the action of a
4governmental agency if there is no corresponding change in physical location and if
52 copies of the notice of the action are submitted to the secretary of state department;
6and an additional fee of $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock not authorized at
7the time of amendment, restatement, merger, consolidation or division.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4871b 8Section 4871b. 185.83 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,109 185.83 (1) (d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized
10to be served on the secretary of state department by this chapter, $10.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4872b 11Section 4872b. 185.85 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,15 12185.85 (title) Forms to be furnished by secretary of state department
13of financial institutions
. The secretary of state department may provide forms for
14any document to be filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department
15under this chapter.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,17 16610. Page 1534, line 6: on lines 6 and 7, delete "secretary of state" and
17substitute "secretary of state department of financial institutions".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,19 18611. Page 1536, line 15: restore the stricken material and delete the
19underscored material.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,20 20612. Page 1568, line 5: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,21 21" Section 5029b. 187.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,283,1922 187.05 (1) Trustees; terms; purposes. Any diocesan council or convention,
23conference, synod or other body of authorized representatives of any church or
24religious denomination or association or congregation thereof may elect any number

1of trustees, not less than three, to be incorporated; and when a certificate shall have
2been made and signed by the presiding officer and countersigned by the secretary of
3the body by which they were elected, stating that such persons, naming them, were
4elected trustees, the name of the body by whom elected, the corporate name by which
5such trustees are to be known, the term for which they are to hold their offices, and
6the purposes for which it is desired to incorporate them, and filed in the office of the
7secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions, the persons named
8in such certificate as trustees and their successors in office shall be a body corporate
9for the purposes mentioned in such certificate and for such purposes, and no other,
10shall have the usual powers of a corporation; and the members of such corporation
11shall hold their positions for such term as the body electing them shall determine and
12until their successors are duly elected. Upon the receipt of such certificate, the
13secretary of state department of financial institutions shall issue a certificate of
14incorporation. But any diocesan council or convention, conference, synod or other
15body composed of or divided into district synods or other units may provide in its
16constitution for the election of one or more of its trustees by one or more of such
17district synods or other units or that one or more of its trustees shall be elected by
18said diocesan council or convention, conference, synod or other body from one or more
19of such district synods or other units.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5030b 20Section 5030b. 187.05 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,221 187.05 (3) (a) (intro.) Any denominational body mentioned in sub. (1) having
22a constitution (or other instrument of organization), in writing, at any stated
23meeting may vote to become a corporation and designate any of its members of adult
24age, not less than 10 in number, to make, acknowledge and file with the secretary of

1state
department of financial institutions a certificate substantially in the following
2form:
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5031b 3Section 5031b. 187.05 (3) (a) (form) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,64 187.05 (3) (a) (form) 4. The corporation may amend its constitution (or other
5written instrument of organization) as therein provided, and file with the secretary
6of state
department of financial institutions a certificate thereof duly acknowledged.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5032b 7Section 5032b. 187.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,248 187.16 (1) Incorporation. Any corps of the Salvation Army in the state of
9Wisconsin may become incorporated as a charitable, educational, missionary,
10philanthropic, beneficial and religious organization, by the commander in chief of
11the Salvation Army in the United States of America and the territorial commander
12of the central territory of the Salvation Army in the United States of America,
13together with three other officers or laypersons, members of the said local Salvation
14Army corps, executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation in the
15office of the secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions, giving
16its corporate name, the location of the headquarters of said corps in Wisconsin, the
17names of the incorporators, its general objects and purposes. Said certificate shall
18be recorded in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial
19institutions
and a verified copy thereof in the office of the register of deeds in the
20county wherein the main office of said corps of the Salvation Army is located. When
21such record is made the corporation shall come into existence and possess the powers
22and privileges granted to corporations by ch. 181 so far as the same are applicable
23or necessary to accomplish its purpose, and also such powers as are conferred by this
24section.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5033b 25Section 5033b. 187.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,285,7
1187.16 (5) Amendment of articles. The articles of incorporation of such
2corporation may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote of the trustees of such
3corporation. When adopted, a copy of such amendment accompanied by certificates
4signed by the president and secretary of the corporation shall be filed with the
5secretary of state department of financial institutions and the original documents
6shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the county where such corporation
7shall have its principal office.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5034b 8Section 5034b. 187.19 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,285,169 187.19 (7) Articles to be recorded in office of register of deeds. Whenever
10any of said congregations have complied with the foregoing provisions, the articles
11of incorporation thereof shall be made out accordingly, be signed by the president and
12secretary in the presence of two witnesses, who shall sign their names thereto, and
13acknowledged before some notary public or other person authorized by law thereto
14and filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial
15institutions
, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county or
16counties where such corporation may own real estate.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5035b 17Section 5035b. 187.19 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,286,418 187.19 (9) Amendment of articles. The articles of incorporation of any such
19congregations may be altered or amended by the unanimous vote of the directors of
20such corporation. When adopted, duplicate copies of such amendment, each with a
21certificate thereto affixed, signed by the president and secretary and the other
22directors, and sealed with the corporate seal, if there be any, stating the fact and date
23of the adoption of such amendment and that the same was adopted by unanimous
24vote of the directors of the corporation and that such copy is a true copy of the original,
25shall be made, and one of such duplicate copies shall be filed in the office of the

1secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions and the other shall
2be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where such corporation
3is located and in the office of the register of deeds of any other county or counties
4where the corporation may own real estate.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5036b 5Section 5036b. 187.19 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,286,176 187.19 (10) Dissolution of corporation. Any corporation organized under this
7section may dissolve by adopting a resolution to that effect by unanimous vote of the
8directors of such corporation. When adopted, duplicate copies of such resolution of
9dissolution, each with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the president and
10secretary and the other directors, and sealed with the corporate seal, if there be any,
11stating the fact and date of adoption of such resolution and that the same was
12adopted by unanimous vote of the directors of the corporation and that such copy is
13a true copy of the original, shall be made, and one of such duplicate copies shall be
14filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial
15institutions
and the other shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the
16county where such corporation is located and in the office of the register of deeds of
17any other county or counties where the corporation may own real estate.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5037b 18Section 5037b. 188.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,287,2 19188.06 Powers of trustees. The powers conferred by this chapter upon the
20trustees of a subordinate grange or council of granges of the Patrons of Husbandry
21shall not be exercised until the chief officers of such grange or council of granges shall
22make and sign a certificate setting forth the name, number and date of organization
23of such grange or council and the number and names of its trustees first elected, and
24record the same in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which such
25grange or council is located; nor, in case of the state grange, until the like officers

1thereof shall have made, signed and filed a like certificate in the office of the
2secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5038b 3Section 5038b. 188.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,287,134 188.08 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the American
5Legion organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed September 16,
61919, and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit, county or district council, or
7department of the auxiliary of the American Legion organized in this state, shall
8have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets
9and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils, or departments
10upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a
11statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers,
12and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
13secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5039b 14Section 5039b. 188.085 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,288,13 15188.085 Changing names and dissolving units of the American Legion.
16Any post, county, district council, department or other unit of the American Legion
17or of the auxiliary of the American Legion which has become a body corporate under
18the provisions of s. 188.08 may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a
19written resolution to that effect, by a vote of a majority of its members present at a
20meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such
21resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant,
22or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of the adoption of such
23resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of
24members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed
25with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, and thereupon the

1name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as
2the case may be. In lieu of the foregoing method of dissolution, any corporation
3formed under s. 188.08 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of
4the secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions reciting that such
5corporation has ceased to be a unit of the American Legion or its auxiliary. Such
6certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant of the
7American Legion or by the state commander and state adjutant of the American
8Legion, department of Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates
9shall be signed by the national president and national secretary or the department
10president and department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall
11continue to have corporate existence for the time and purposes specified in s. 181.65.
12No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions
13for such filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5040b 14Section 5040b. 188.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,289,315 188.09 (1) Any chapter, county or district council, or department of the
16Disabled American Veterans, organized in this state pursuant to an act of congress
17of the United States, known as Public No. 186, seventy-second congress (H.R. 4738),
18and the acts amendatory thereto, any unit or department of the auxiliary of the
19Disabled American Veterans in this state and any dugout or state department of the
20National Order of Trench Rats, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any
21department thereof, organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to
22transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the
23existing chapters, county or district councils, department of Wisconsin, their
24auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department thereof, upon filing with
25the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent

1so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing
2become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state
3department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5041b 4Section 5041b. 188.095 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,289,21 5188.095 Changing names and dissolving units of the Disabled
6American Veterans.
Any chapter, county or district council, or department of the
7Disabled American Veterans, or other unit of the Disabled American Veterans, or of
8the auxiliaries of the Disabled American Veterans, which has become a body
9corporate under s. 188.09, may, whenever its articles do not provide the manner in
10which its name shall be changed or of its dissolution, change its name or dissolve by
11the adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of the majority of its
12members present at a meeting called for that purpose, and by filing the same as
13herein provided. A certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and
14adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of adoption
15of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number
16of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and
17filed with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, and thereupon,
18the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist
19as the case may be, except that in case of dissolution, it shall continue to exist for the
20purpose of winding up its affairs. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state
21department of financial institutions for such filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5042b 22Section 5042b. 188.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,290,5 23188.10 Corporate powers of the Wisconsin Veterans Council. The
24Wisconsin Veterans Council shall have full corporate power to transact business in
25this state upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions

1a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. The Wisconsin Veterans Council
2shall during each succeeding year of its existence file with the secretary of state
3department of financial institutions on or before the first day of January of each
4succeeding year thereafter a like list of its duly elected officers. No filing fees shall
5be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5043b 6Section 5043b. 188.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,291,67 188.11 (1) Any post, county or district council, or department of the Veterans
8of Foreign Wars of the United States, organized in this state pursuant to an act of
9the seventy-fourth Congress of the United States, and the acts amendatory thereto,
10any unit or department of the Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
11States in this state and any Pup-Tent or Grand Pup-Tent of the Military Order of
12the Cooties, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department
13thereof, organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business
14in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, county
15or district councils, department of Wisconsin, their auxiliaries and affiliated
16organizations, or any department thereof, upon filing with the secretary of state
17department of financial institutions a statement of its intent, signed by commander
18and adjutant so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall
19by so doing become a body corporate. Provided, a duplicate of such statement and
20certificate of the secretary of state department of financial institutions, showing the
21date when such statement was filed by him the department of financial institutions,
22shall within 30 days of such filing be recorded by the register of deeds of the county
23in which such organization or its principal office is located, and until such recording
24no such organization shall have legal corporate existence. Notwithstanding such
25recording requirement any organization having acquired corporate existence prior

1to July 4, 1945, shall continue to have such corporate existence if it shall within 90
2days after said date cause a duplicate or certified copy of its statement of intent and
3such certificate of the secretary of state department of financial institutions to be
4recorded with the register of deeds of the county where it or its principal office is
5located. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of
6financial institutions
for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5044b 7Section 5044b. 188.115 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,2 8188.115 Changing names and dissolving units of the Veterans of
9Foreign Wars of the United States and affiliates.
Any post, county or district
10council, department or other unit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
11States, or of the auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, or
12any Pup-Tent or Grand Pup-Tent of the Military Order of the Cooties or of the
13auxiliaries of the Military Order of the Cooties, which has become a body corporate
14under s. 188.11, may, whenever its articles do not provide the manner in which its
15name shall be changed or of its dissolution, change its name or dissolve by the
16adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of the majority of its members
17present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein
18provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the
19commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the
20date of adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting,
21and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be
22forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state department of financial
23institutions
, and thereupon, the name of such corporation shall be changed or the
24corporation shall cease to exist as the case may be, except that in case of dissolution,

1it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No fee shall be
2charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5045b 3Section 5045b. 188.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,114 188.12 (1) Any Grand Voiture or Voiture Locale of the La Societe des 40
5Hommes et 8 Chevaux organized in this state pursuant to authority granted by La
6Societe Nationale des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux shall have full corporate power to
7transact business in this state and take over the assets and liabilities of the existing
8Voitures Locale and Grand Voiture of the state of Wisconsin, upon filing with the
9secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to
10do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. No filing fees shall be
11charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5046b 12Section 5046b. 188.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,2413 188.13 (1) Any Red Arrow Club, composed exclusively of persons who were
14members of the 32nd Division at any time during World War I, members who served
15in the 32nd Division of the United States Army at any time in the period from October
1610, 1940, to the termination of World War II as proclaimed by the President or the
17Congress, or members who served in the 32nd Division in Federal Service at any time
18in the period from October 15, 1961, to August 10, 1962, during the Berlin Crisis,
19organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this
20state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing clubs in this state, upon
21filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of
22its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall
23by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary
24of state
department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5047b 25Section 5047b. 188.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,293,6
1188.14 Corporate powers of the Military Order of the World Wars. Any
2chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars in this state shall have full corporate
3power to transact business in this state upon filing with the secretary of state
4department of financial institutions a full and complete list of its duly elected
5officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fees shall be charged
6by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5048b 7Section 5048b. 188.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,293,178 188.15 (1) Any detachment or state department of the Marine Corps League,
9organized and existing in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed August
104, 1937, and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit of the auxiliary of the Marine
11Corps League organized in this state and recognized by the local detachment, shall
12have full corporate power to transact business in this state, to take over the assets
13and liabilities of the existing detachments, units or departments, upon filing with the
14secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to
15do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become
16a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department
17of financial institutions
for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5049b 18Section 5049b. 188.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,294,519 188.16 (1) Any chapter, county or district council or department composed
20exclusively of persons who were awarded the medal known as the Purple Heart
21organized in this state pursuant to the constitution and bylaws of the national
22organization of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and any unit, county or
23district council or department of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple
24Heart organized in this state shall have full corporate power to transact business in
25this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing chapters, units,

1county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the secretary of state
2department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and
3complete list of its duly elected officers and thereupon it shall become a body
4corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of
5financial institutions
for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5050b 6Section 5050b. 188.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,294,217 188.16 (4) Any chapter, county, district council, department or other unit of the
8Military Order of the Purple Heart or of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the
9Purple Heart which has become a body corporate under the provisions of this section
10may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect,
11by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose
12and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto
13affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the
14facts, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members
15present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of
16the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state department
17of financial institutions
, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be
18changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be, except that in case
19of dissolution it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No
20fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for
21such filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5051b 22Section 5051b. 188.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,295,523 188.17 (1) Any unit, department or auxiliary of the Navy Club of the United
24States of America organized in this state under 36 USC 140 to 140c shall have full
25corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and

1liabilities of existing navy clubs and navy club auxiliaries upon filing with the
2secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to
3do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers and shall by so doing become
4a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department
5of financial institutions
for so doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5052b 6Section 5052b. 188.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,295,167 188.18 (1) The department of Wisconsin and any chapter or unit of the Reserve
8Officers Association of the United States, organized in this state pursuant to the
9constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of such association or such
10department, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to
11take over the assets and liabilities of the existing department, chapters or other units
12upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, a
13statement of its intention so to do, its name, location and a full and complete list of
14its duly elected officers, and by so doing shall become a body corporate. No filing fees
15shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so
16doing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5053b 17Section 5053b. 188.18 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,296,218 188.18 (3) Any department, chapter or other unit which has become a body
19corporate under the provisions of this section, whenever its constitution or bylaws
20do not provide the manner in which its name shall be changed or the dissolution
21effected, may change its name or dissolve by a majority vote of its members at a
22meeting called for that purpose. A certificate signed by the president and secretary
23stating the facts shall be filed with the secretary of state department of financial
24institutions
, and thereupon the name shall be changed or the corporation shall cease

1to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No filing fee shall be charged
2for such filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5054b 3Section 5054b. 188.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,296,144 188.19 (1) Any post, county, district council, and department of the American
5Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) organized in this state pursuant to the acts of
6congress passed July 23, 1947 and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit, county
7or district council, and department of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World
8War II (AMVETS) organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact
9business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts,
10units, county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the secretary of
11state
department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full
12and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body
13corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of
14financial institutions
.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5055b 15Section 5055b. 188.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,297,15 16188.20 Changing names and dissolving units. Any post, county, district
17council, department or other unit of the American Veterans of World War II
18(AMVETS) or of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS)
19which has become a body corporate under the provisions of s. 188.19 may change its
20name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect by a vote of a
21majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the
22same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed
23by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the fact, including
24the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such
25meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution,

1shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state department of financial
2institutions
, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the
3corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be. Or any corporation formed under
4s. 188.19 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of the secretary
5of state
department of financial institutions reciting that such corporation has
6ceased to be a unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) auxiliary.
7Such certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant
8of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or by the state commander and
9state adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) department of
10Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates shall be signed by the
11national president and national secretary or the department president and
12department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall continue to
13have corporate existence for the time and purposes specified in s. 181.65. No fee shall
14be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such
15filing.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5056b 16Section 5056b. 188.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,298,217 188.21 (1) The department of Wisconsin and any post, unit, barracks,
18department or auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.
19organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed July 18, 1958 (P.L.
2085-530) (72 Stats. at Large pp. 370-375) and the acts amendatory thereto, shall have
21full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and
22liabilities of the existing department of Wisconsin, posts, barracks, units,
23departments or auxiliaries of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc. upon
24filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of
25its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall

1by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary
2of state
department of financial institutions.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5057b 3Section 5057b. 188.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,298,124 188.22 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Jewish War
5Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and
6regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business
7in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units,
8county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state
9department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and
10complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become
11a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department
12of financial institutions
.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5058b 13Section 5058b. 188.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,298,2414 188.23 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Polish
15Legion of American Veterans (P.L.A.V.) organized in this state pursuant to the
16constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization, and any unit,
17county or district council or department of the auxiliary of the Polish Legion of
18American Veterans, shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this
19state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or
20district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department
21of financial institutions
a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list
22of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body
23corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of
24financial institutions
.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5059b 25Section 5059b. 188.235 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,299,9
1188.235 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Army and
2Navy Union of the U.S.A. organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws
3and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to
4transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the
5existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the
6secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do
7so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such
8organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the
9secretary of state department of financial institutions.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5060b 10Section 5060b. 188.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,299,1911 188.24 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Catholic
12War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules
13and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact
14business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts,
15units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of
16state
department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full
17and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall
18become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state
19department of financial institutions.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5061b 20Section 5061b. 188.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,300,5 21188.25 Annual reports of veterans' organizations. The state organization
22of any veterans' society or society affiliate which has a unit incorporated under this
23chapter shall file with the secretary of state department of financial institutions on
24or before January 1 an annual report showing the elected officers of the state
25organization. No filing fee shall be charged. The secretary of any such state

1organization shall on request furnish the secretary of state department of financial
2institutions
information about subordinate units. If any veterans' society or society
3affiliate has no state organization each unit incorporated under this chapter shall file
4an annual report of the elected officers with the secretary of state department of
5financial institutions
on or before January 1.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5062b 6Section 5062b. 188.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,300,17 7188.26 Veterans; corporations. Whenever any corporation is formed under
8ch. 180 or 181 or this chapter for the purpose of assisting any veteran, as defined in
9s. 45.37 (1a), or operating social clubs in which the name "veteran" appears, the
10secretary of state department of financial institutions shall investigate the same to
11ascertain the character thereof, and whether or not the same has been procured by
12fraudulent representation or concealment of any material fact relating to such
13veteran's name, purpose, membership, organization, management or control or
14other material fact. If the secretary of state department of financial institutions so
15finds, such findings, misrepresentation or concealment shall be reported to the
16attorney general, and the attorney general thereupon shall as provided in s. 776.35
17bring an action to vacate or annul the corporate charter.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,300,18 18613. Page 1568, line 18: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,300,19 19" Section 5067b. 190.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,300,2420 190.01 (4) A railroad that is incorporated in another state is not required to
21form a corporation in this state, but any railroad first transacting business in this
22state after January 1, 1994, is required to obtain a certificate of authority from the
23secretary of state department of financial institutions in the manner required of
24foreign corporations before the railroad transacts business in this state.
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