180.0120 (1) (f) Be on the form prescribed by the secretary of state department if the document is described in s. 180.0121 (1).
SECTION 4535b. 180.0120 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0120 (1) (g) Be delivered to the office of the secretary of state department for filing and be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy and the filing fee required by s. 180.0122.
SECTION 4536b. 180.0120 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0120 (2) The secretary of state department shall file photocopies or other reproduced copies of typewritten or printed documents if the copies are manually signed and satisfy this section.
SECTION 4537b. 180.0120 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0120 (4) The secretary of state department may waive any of the requirements of subs. (1) to (3) if it appears from the face of the document that the document's failure to satisfy the requirement is immaterial.
SECTION 4538b. 180.0121 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0121 (1) (a) (intro.) The secretary of state department shall prescribe and furnish on request forms for all of the following documents:
SECTION 4539b. 180.0121 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0121 (1) (b) The forms prescribed by the secretary of state department under par. (a) 1., 2. and 3. shall require disclosure of only the information required under ss. 180.1503, 180.1520, 180.1622 and 180.1921, respectively.
SECTION 4540b. 180.0121 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0121 (2) The secretary of state department may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but use of these forms is not mandatory.
SECTION 4541b. 180.0122 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (intro.) The secretary of state department shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him or her for filing or, under pars. (e) and (f), the telephone applications are made:
SECTION 4542b. 180.0122 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (2) The secretary of state department shall collect a $10 fee each time process is served on him or her the department under this chapter. The party to a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding causing service of process may recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
SECTION 4543b. 180.0122 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (3) (intro.) The secretary of state department may not collect a fee for any of the following:
SECTION 4544b. 180.0122 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (4) In addition to the fees required under sub. (1), the secretary of state department shall collect the expedited service fee under s. 14.38 (9) s. 182.01 (4) for processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter or for preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate of status under s. 180.0128 (1) to (3) or a statement of status under s. 180.0128 (4).
SECTION 4545b. 180.0123 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0123 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2) or s. 180.0124 (3), 180.1622 (5) or 180.1921 (4), a document filed by the secretary of state department under this chapter is effective on the date that it is received by the office of the secretary of state department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:
SECTION 4546b. 180.0123 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0123 (1) (b) The date that a document is received by the office of the secretary of state department is determined by the secretary of state's department's endorsement on the original document under s. 180.0125 (1).
SECTION 4547b. 180.0124 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0124 (1) A domestic corporation or foreign corporation may correct a document that is filed by the secretary of state department before, on or after January 1, 1991, if the document contains a statement that was incorrect at the time of filing or was defectively executed, including defects in any attestation, seal, verification or acknowledgment.
SECTION 4548b. 180.0124 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0124 (2) (intro.) To correct a document under sub. (1), a domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall prepare and deliver to the secretary of state department for filing articles of correction that satisfy all of the following:
SECTION 4549b. 180.0125 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (title) Filing duty of secretary of state department of financial institutions.
SECTION 4550b. 180.0125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (1) Upon receipt of a document by the office of the secretary of state department for filing, the secretary of state department shall stamp or otherwise endorse the date and time of receipt on the original, the document copy and, upon request, any additional document copy received. The secretary of state department shall return any additional document copy to the person delivering it, as confirmation of the date and time of receipt.
SECTION 4551b. 180.0125 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a document satisfies s. 180.0120 and the terms of the document satisfy, if applicable, s. 180.0401 (1) and (2) or 180.1506 (1) and (2), the secretary of state department shall file the document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with his or her the department name and official title, on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, the secretary of state department shall deliver the document copy to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative.
SECTION 4552b. 180.0125 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (2) (b) If a domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in default in the payment of any fee required under s. 180.0122 (1) (a) to (j) or (m) to (ym), the secretary of state department shall refuse to file any document relating to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation until all delinquent fees are paid by the domestic corporation or foreign corporation.
SECTION 4553b. 180.0125 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (3) (a) If the secretary of state department refuses to file a document, he or she the department shall return it to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or its representative, within 5 business days after the document was received by the office of the secretary of state department for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his or her the refusal.
SECTION 4554b. 180.0125 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (3) (b) The secretary of state's department's failure to either file or return a document within 5 business days after it was received constitutes a refusal to file the document.
SECTION 4555b. 180.0125 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (3) (c) Except as provided in s. 180.0124 (3), if a document that had been refused for filing by the secretary of state department is resubmitted and filed by the secretary of state department, the effective date of the filed document under s. 180.0123 is the date that the resubmitted document is received by the office of the secretary of state department for filing or a delayed effective date specified in the resubmitted document in accordance with s. 180.0123 (2). The effective time of the resubmitted document shall be determined under s. 180.0123 (1) or (2), whichever is applicable.
SECTION 4556b. 180.0125 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0125 (4) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 180.0203 (2), the secretary of state's department's filing of a document or refusal to file a document does not do any of the following:
SECTION 4557b. 180.0126 of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0126 Appeal from secretary of state's department of financial institutions' refusal to file document. (1) If the secretary of state department refuses to file a document received by his or her office for filing, the domestic corporation or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal by filing a petition in circuit court to compel the secretary of state department to file the document. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition in the circuit court for the county where the domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is or will be located. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall attach to the petition the document and any explanation by the secretary of state department of the reasons for his or her the refusal to file.
(2) The domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition under sub. (1) within 30 days after the secretary of state department returns the document under s. 180.0125 (3) (a). If the secretary of state department does not return the document within the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b), the domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall file the petition within 30 days after the period specified in s. 180.0125 (3) (b) expires.
(3) The court may summarily order the secretary of state department to file the document or take other action that the court considers appropriate. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
SECTION 4558b. 180.0127 of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. A certificate that contains the secretary of state's signature, produced manually or in facsimile, and this state's seal and that is attached to a certified copy of a document filed by the secretary of state department is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary of state department.
SECTION 4559b. 180.0128 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (1) Any person may obtain from the secretary of state department, upon request, a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or foreign corporation.
SECTION 4560b. 180.0128 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (2) (b) 3. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the secretary of state department an annual report required by s. 180.1622, or, if a service corporation, by s. 180.1921.
SECTION 4561b. 180.0128 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (3) The certificate of status may include other facts of record in the office of the secretary of state department that are requested.
SECTION 4562b. 180.0128 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (4) Upon request, the secretary of state department shall issue, by telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, a statement of status, which shall contain the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may contain any other information permitted under sub. (3).
SECTION 4563b. 180.0128 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (5) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate or statement of status issued by the secretary of state department, the certificate or statement is conclusive evidence that the domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.
SECTION 4564b. 180.0128 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0128 (6) Upon request by telephone or otherwise, the office of the secretary of state department shall confirm, by telephone, any of the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may confirm any other information permitted under sub. (3).
SECTION 4565b. 180.0129 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0129 (1) A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the secretary of state department for filing or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a document to the secretary of state department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any material respect at the time of its delivery.
SECTION 4566b. 180.0203 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0203 (2) The secretary of state's department's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the corporation is incorporated under this chapter, except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.
SECTION 4567b. 180.0401 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), the corporate name of a domestic corporation must be distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state department from all of the following names:
SECTION 4568b. 180.0401 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (3) (intro.) A corporation may apply to the secretary of state department for authorization to use a name that is not distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state department from one or more of the names described in sub. (2). The secretary of state department shall authorize use of the name applied for if any of the following occurs:
SECTION 4569b. 180.0401 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (3) (a) The other corporation or the foreign corporation, limited liability company, nonstock corporation, limited partnership or cooperative association consents to the use in writing and submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the secretary of state department to change its name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state department from the name of the applicant.
SECTION 4570b. 180.0401 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (3) (b) The applicant delivers to the secretary of state department a certified copy of a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in this state.
SECTION 4571b. 180.0402 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0402 (1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the secretary of state department for filing or by making a telephone application. The application shall include the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the secretary of state department finds that the corporate name applied for under this subsection is available, the secretary of state department shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a 120-day period, which may be renewed by the applicant or a transferee under sub. (2) from time to time. If an application to reserve a name or to renew a reserved name is made by telephone, the secretary of state department shall cancel the reservation or renewal if the secretary of state department does not receive the fee required under s. 180.0122 (1) (e) or (f) within 15 business days after the application is made.
SECTION 4572b. 180.0402 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0402 (2) A person who has the right to exclusive use of a reserved corporate name under sub. (1) may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state department a written and signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.
SECTION 4573b. 180.0403 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0403 (1) (a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state department from the names described in s. 180.1506 (2) (a) 1. to 7. and if the foreign corporation delivers to the secretary of state department for filing an application complying with par. (b).
SECTION 4574b. 180.0403 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0403 (1) (c) The registration expires December 31. The foreign corporation may renew its registration by delivering to the secretary of state department for filing a renewal application, which complies with par. (b), between October 1 and December 31 of each year that the registration is in effect. The renewal application when filed renews the registration for the next year.
SECTION 4575b. 180.0403 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0403 (2) A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may, upon merger, change of name or dissolution, register its corporate name for no more than 10 years by delivering to the secretary of state department for filing an application, executed by the domestic corporation or foreign corporation, simultaneously with the delivery for filing of the articles of merger or dissolution, the articles of amendment or restated articles that change the corporate name or an application for an amended certificate of authority that changes the corporate name.
SECTION 4576b. 180.0403 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0403 (3m) A person who has the right to exclusive use of a registered name under sub. (1) or (2) may transfer the registration to another person by delivering to the secretary of state department a written and signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.
SECTION 4577b. 180.0502 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0502 (1) (a) Delivering to the secretary of state department for filing a statement of change.
