AB150-engrossed,1610,2521
180.1510
(4) (b) 2. If a process, notice or demand is served by the secretary of
22state on a foreign corporation under s. 180.1531 and the address of the foreign
23corporation's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the secretary
24of state, the foreign corporation may be served by publishing a class 2 notice, under
25ch. 985, in the official state newspaper.
AB150-engrossed, s. 4637b
1Section 4637b. 180.1510 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin
2Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB150-engrossed,1611,73
180.1510
(4) (b) 2. If a process, notice or demand is served by the
secretary of
4state department on a foreign corporation under s. 180.1531 and the address of the
5foreign corporation's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the
6secretary of state department, the foreign corporation may be served by publishing
7a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, in the official state newspaper.
AB150-engrossed,1611,119
180.1520
(1) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state
10may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the
11secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1611,1613
180.1520
(2) (intro.) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in
14this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to
15the
secretary of state department for filing. The application shall include all of the
16following:
AB150-engrossed,1611,1918
180.1520
(2) (e) A commitment to notify the
secretary of state department in
19the future of any change in the mailing address of its principal office.
AB150-engrossed,1611,2421
180.1530
(1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the
secretary of state 22department may bring a proceeding under s. 180.1531 to revoke the certificate of
23authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if any
24of the following applies:
AB150-engrossed,1612,2
1180.1530
(1) (a) The foreign corporation fails to file its annual report with the
2secretary of state department within 4 months after it is due.
AB150-engrossed,1612,64
180.1530
(1) (b) The foreign corporation does not pay, within 4 months after
5they are due, any fees or penalties due the
secretary of state department under this
6chapter.
AB150-engrossed,1612,128
180.1530
(1) (d) The foreign corporation does not inform the
secretary of state 9department under s. 180.1508 or 180.1509 that its registered agent or registered
10office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office
11has been discontinued, within 6 months of the change, resignation or
12discontinuance.
AB150-engrossed,1612,1814
180.1530
(1) (f) The
secretary of state department receives a duly
15authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody
16of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation
17is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a
18merger.
AB150-engrossed,1612,2420
180.1530
(1m) If the
secretary of state department receives a certificate under
21sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign corporation that the certificate is submitted
22by the foreign corporation to terminate its authority to transact business in this
23state, the
secretary of state department shall issue a certificate of revocation under
24s. 180.1531 (2) (b).
AB150-engrossed,1613,4
1180.1530
(2) A court may revoke under s. 946.87 the certificate of authority of
2a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall
3notify the
secretary of state department of the action, and the
secretary of state 4department shall issue a certificate of revocation under s. 180.1531 (2) (b).
AB150-engrossed,1613,96
180.1531
(1) If the
secretary of state
department determines that one or more
7grounds exist under s. 180.1530 (1) for revocation of a certificate of authority, the
8secretary of state department shall serve the foreign corporation under s. 180.1510
9with written notice of
his or her the determination.
AB150-engrossed,1613,1411
180.1531
(2) (a) Within 60 days after service of the notice is perfected under
12s. 180.1510, the foreign corporation shall correct each ground for revocation or
13demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the
secretary of state department that
14each ground determined by the
secretary of state
department does not exist.
AB150-engrossed,1613,2016
180.1531
(2) (b) If the foreign corporation fails to satisfy par. (a), the
secretary
17of state department may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by
18signing issuing a certificate of revocation that recites each ground for revocation and
19its effective date. The
secretary of state department shall file the original of the
20certificate and serve a copy on the foreign corporation under s. 180.1510.
AB150-engrossed,1614,222
180.1531
(2) (c) 1. (intro.) If a foreign corporation's certificate of authority is
23revoked after December 31, 1991, the
secretary of state department shall reinstate
24the certificate of authority if the foreign corporation does all of the following within
1the later of October 4, 1993 or 6 months after the effective date of the certificate of
2revocation:
AB150-engrossed,1614,54
180.1531
(2) (c) 1. b. Pays any fees or penalties due the
secretary of state 5department under s. 180.1502 (5) (a) or $5,000, whichever is less.
AB150-engrossed,1614,127
180.1531
(4) If the
secretary of state
department or a court revokes a foreign
8corporation's certificate of authority, the foreign corporation may be served under s.
9180.1510 (3) and (4) or the foreign corporation's registered agent may be served until
10the registered agent's authority is terminated, in any civil, criminal, administrative
11or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action which arose while the foreign
12corporation was authorized to transact business in this state.
AB150-engrossed,1614,2114
180.1532
(1) A foreign corporation may appeal the
secretary of state's 15department's revocation of its certificate of authority under s. 180.1530 (1) to the
16circuit court for the county where the foreign corporation's principal office or, if none
17in this state, its registered office is located, within 30 days after service of the
18certificate of revocation is perfected under s. 180.1510. The foreign corporation shall
19appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the
20petition copies of its certificate of authority and the
secretary of state's department's 21certificate of revocation.
AB150-engrossed,1614,2523
180.1532
(2) The court may order the
secretary of state department to reinstate
24the certificate of authority or may take any other action that the court considers
25appropriate.
AB150-engrossed,1615,3
2180.1622 (title)
Annual report for secretary of state department of
3financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1615,85
180.1622
(1) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 180.1921, each domestic
6corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this
7state shall file with the
secretary of state department an annual report that includes
8all of the following information:
AB150-engrossed,1615,2110
180.1622
(1) (i) With respect to a foreign corporation, the proportion of the
11capital represented in this state by its property located and business transacted in
12this state during the preceding year. The proportion of capital employed in the state
13shall be computed by taking the gross business of the foreign corporation in the state
14and adding the same to the value of its property located in the state. The sum so
15obtained shall be the numerator of a fraction of which the denominator shall consist
16of its total gross business of said year added to the value of its entire property. The
17fraction so obtained shall represent the proportion of the capital within the state.
18The
secretary of state department may demand, as a condition precedent to the filing
19of the annual report, such further information and statements as
he or she may deem 20the department considers proper in order to determine the accuracy of the report
21submitted.
AB150-engrossed,1616,223
180.1622
(2) (a) Information in the annual report shall be current as of the date
24on which the annual report is executed on behalf of a domestic corporation, except
25that the information required by sub. (1) (f) and (g) shall be current as of the close
1of the domestic corporation's fiscal year immediately before the date by which the
2annual report is required to be delivered to the
secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1616,94
180.1622
(2) (b) Information in the annual report shall be current as of the date
5on which the annual report is executed on behalf of a foreign corporation, except that
6the information required by sub. (1) (f) to (i) shall be current as of the date of the close
7of the foreign corporation's fiscal year in the 12 months ending on the September 30
8immediately before the date by which the annual report is required to be delivered
9to the
secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1616,1411
180.1622
(3) (a) A domestic corporation shall deliver its annual report to the
12secretary of state department in each year following the calendar year in which the
13domestic corporation was incorporated, during the calendar year quarter in which
14the anniversary date of the incorporation occurs.
AB150-engrossed,1616,1916
180.1622
(3) (b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this
17state shall deliver its annual report to the
secretary of state department during the
18first calendar quarter of each year following the calendar year in which the foreign
19corporation becomes authorized to transact business in this state.
AB150-engrossed,1617,221
180.1622
(4) If an annual report does not contain the information required by
22this section, the
secretary of state department shall promptly notify the reporting
23domestic corporation or foreign corporation in writing and return the report to it for
24correction. The notice shall comply with s. 180.0141. If the annual report is corrected
25to contain the information required by this section and delivered to the
secretary of
1state department within 30 days after the effective date of the notice under s.
2180.0141 (5), the annual report is timely filed.
AB150-engrossed,1617,54
180.1622
(5) An annual report is effective on the date that it is filed by the
office
5of the secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1617,97
180.1708
(1) Filing duty; appeal. Sections 180.0125 and 180.0126 apply to a
8document delivered to the
office of the secretary of state department for filing on or
9after January 1, 1991.
AB150-engrossed,1617,1411
180.1708
(8) (b) Sections 180.1530 (2) and 180.1531 (2) (b) and (3) to (5) apply
12to a judicial revocation under s. 946.87 of which the
secretary of state department 13is notified under s. 180.1530 (2) on or after January 1, 1991. Section 180.1531 (2) (c)
14applies to a revocation based on grounds arising before, on or after January 1, 1991.
AB150-engrossed,1617,18
16180.1909 Filing articles of incorporation. Before commencing operations,
17a service corporation shall deliver its articles of incorporation to the
office of the
18secretary of state department for filing.
AB150-engrossed,1617,2420
180.1921
(1) A service corporation shall deliver to the
office of the secretary of
21state department for filing a report in each year following the year in which the
22service corporation's articles of incorporation were filed by the
secretary of state 23department, during the calendar year quarter in which the anniversary of the filing
24occurs.
AB150-engrossed,1618,12
1180.1921
(2) The report shall show the address of this service corporation's
2principal office and the name and post-office address of each shareholder, director
3and officer of the service corporation and shall certify that, with the exceptions
4permitted in s. 180.1913, each shareholder, director and officer is licensed, certified,
5registered or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional or other
6personal service in this state or is a health care professional. The service corporation
7shall prepare the report on forms prescribed and furnished by the
secretary of state 8department, and the report shall contain no fiscal or other information except that
9expressly called for by this section. The
secretary of state department shall forward
10report blanks by 1st class mail to every service corporation in good standing, at least
1160 days before the date on which the service corporation is required by this section
12to file an annual report.
AB150-engrossed,1618,1514
180.1921
(4) An annual report is effective on the date that it is filed by the
office
15of the secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1618,1717
181.02
(4m) "Department" means the department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1619,219
181.06
(3) (intro.) Shall not be the same as or deceptively similar to the name
20of any corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership existing under
21any law of this state, or any foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company or
22foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this
23state, or a name the exclusive right to which is at the time reserved in the manner
24provided in this chapter or reserved or registered in the manner provided in ch. 180,
1except that this subsection shall not apply if the applicant files with the
secretary of
2state department either of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1619,124
181.07
(2) The reservation shall be made by filing with the
secretary of state 5department an application to reserve a specified corporate name, executed by the
6applicant or making a telephone application to reserve a specified corporate name.
7If the
secretary of state department finds that the name is available for corporate use,
8the
secretary of state department shall reserve the same for the exclusive use of the
9applicant for a period of 60 days. The
secretary of state department shall cancel the
10telephone application to reserve a specified corporate name if the
secretary of state 11department does not receive the proper fee within 15 business days after the
12application.
AB150-engrossed,1619,2114
181.07
(3) Any corporation, domestic or foreign entitled to the use of its
15corporate name under the laws of this state, may upon merger, consolidation, change
16of name or dissolution reserve the exclusive right to that corporate name for a period
17of not to exceed 10 years by filing with the
secretary of state department an
18application to reserve the right to that name, executed by the corporation. This
19application shall be filed with the
secretary of state
department simultaneously with
20the filing of articles of merger, consolidation or dissolution or with the filing of
21articles of amendment or restated articles which change the corporate name.
AB150-engrossed,1620,223
181.07
(5) The right to the exclusive use of a specified corporate name so
24reserved may be transferred to any other person or corporation by filing
in the office
25of the secretary of state with the department a notice of such transfer, executed by
1the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and specifying the name and address
2of the transferee.
AB150-engrossed,1620,9
4181.08 Registered agent. Each corporation shall have and continuously
5maintain in this state a registered agent, which agent may be an individual resident
6in this state, a domestic corporation organized under this chapter or ch. 180, a
7domestic limited liability company or a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability
8company authorized to transact business in this state. The name and address of the
9registered agent shall be filed with the
secretary of state department.
AB150-engrossed,1620,1311
181.09
(1) (intro.) A corporation may change its registered agent or the
12registered agent's address by executing and filing with the
secretary of state 13department a statement setting forth:
AB150-engrossed,1620,1615
181.095
(1) (intro.) A registered agent may resign by executing and filing with
16the
secretary of state department a statement in duplicate setting forth:
AB150-engrossed,1620,2018
181.095
(3) The
secretary of state
department shall note on one of the
19duplicates the date of filing and mail the same to the corporation at its principal office
20as shown by the statement filed.
AB150-engrossed,1621,222
181.10
(3) If the address of the corporation's principal office cannot be
23determined from the records
of the secretary of state
held by the department, the
24corporation may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the
1community where the corporation's principal office or registered office, as most
2recently designated in the records of the
secretary of state department, is located.