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445.01
(8) "Person" includes firm, corporation, partnership, cooperative
,
10unincorporated cooperative association, and association of individuals.
AB1186, s. 100
11Section
100. 445.12 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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445.12
(3) (a) The solicitation of memberships or the sale of stock or
13memberships in any association organized under ch. 185
or 193 by any person who
14is not a licensed funeral director.
AB1186, s. 101
15Section
101. 551.22 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
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551.22
(12) Any securities of a cooperative corporation organized under ch. 185
17or 193.
AB1186, s. 102
18Section
102. 560.16 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.16
(1) (c) (intro.) "Employee-owned business" means a business located in
20this state which is organized in a manner determined by the secretary to involve
21substantial employee participation or a cooperative organized under ch. 185
or 193 22or a corporation in which the employees own the stock of the corporation through an
23employee stock ownership plan as defined under
26 USC 4975 (e) (7) and in which:
AB1186, s. 103
24Section
103. 560.17 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.17
(1) (b) "Business" includes cooperatives organized under ch. 185
or 193.
AB1186, s. 104
1Section
104. 560.9801 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.9801
(1) (b) A nonprofit cooperative organized under ch. 185
or 193.
AB1186, s. 105
3Section
105. 560.9801 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.9801
(3) (a) 7. If the housing is owned and occupied by members of a
5cooperative
or an unincorporated cooperative association, fees paid to a person for
6managing the housing.
AB1186, s. 106
7Section
106. 560.9804 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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560.9804
(2) (e) A cooperative organized under ch. 185
or 193, if the articles of
9incorporation
, articles of organization, or bylaws of the cooperative limit the rate of
10dividend that may be paid on all classes of stock.
AB1186, s. 107
11Section
107. 600.03 (37m) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act
12.... (Senate Bill 617), is amended to read:
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600.03
(37m) "Preferred provider plan" means a health care plan, as defined
14in s. 628.36 (2) (a) 1., that is offered by an organization established under ch. 185
or
15193, 611, 613, or 614 or issued a certificate of authority under ch. 618 and that makes
16available to its enrollees, without referral and for consideration other than
17predetermined periodic fixed payments, coverage of either comprehensive health
18care services or a limited range of health care services, regardless of whether the
19health care services are performed by participating, as defined in s. 609.01 (3m), or
20nonparticipating providers, as defined in s. 609.01 (5m).
AB1186, s. 108
21Section
108. 609.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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609.01
(2) "Health maintenance organization" means a health care plan
23offered by an organization established under ch. 185
or 193, 611, 613 or 614 or issued
24a certificate of authority under ch. 618 that makes available to its enrollees, in
1consideration for predetermined periodic fixed payments, comprehensive health
2care services performed by providers participating in the plan.
AB1186, s. 109
3Section
109. 616.09 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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616.09
(1) (c) 1. Plans authorized under s. 616.06 are subject to ch. 185
or 193,
5as applicable, except that ss. 185.03 (5) and (6), 185.05 (1) (c), 185.55, 185.61, 185.62,
6185.63, 185.64, 185.71 to 185.76
and, 185.81
, 193.151, 193.215 (2) (a) 2., 193.225,
7193.301 (9), 193.801, 193.805, 193.905 to 193.971, and those provisions applicable to
8cooperatives
or unincorporated cooperative associations with stock do not apply.
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706.05
(2m) (b) 2. Descriptions of property that is subject to liens granted on
12property thereafter acquired by a rural electric cooperative
organized under ch. 185,,
13or by a telephone cooperative
, organized under ch. 185
or 193, by a pipeline company
14under s. 76.02 (5), by a public utility under s. 196.01 (5)
or, by a railroad under s.
15195.02 (1)
, or
by a water carrier under s. 195.02 (5).
AB1186, s. 111
16Section
111. 815.18 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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815.18
(2) (c) "Debtor" means an individual. "Debtor" does not include an
18association,
a corporation,
a partnership,
a cooperative
, an unincorporated
19cooperative association, or
a political body.
AB1186, s. 112
20Section
112. 893.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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893.28
(2) Continuous use of rights in real estate of another for at least 10 years
22by a domestic corporation organized to furnish telegraph or telecommunications
23service or transmit heat, power or electric current to the public or for public purposes,
24or by a cooperative association organized under ch. 185
or 193 to furnish telegraph
25or telecommunications service
, or
by a cooperative organized under ch. 185 to
1transmit heat, power or electric current to its members, establishes the prescriptive
2right to continue the use, except as provided by s. 893.29. A person who has
3established a prescriptive right under this subsection may commence an action to
4establish prescriptive rights under ch. 843.
AB1186, s. 113
5Section
113. 946.69 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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946.69
(1) (c) A cooperative association organized under ch. 185
or 193 to
7furnish or provide telecommunications service,
or a cooperative organized under ch.
8185 to furnish or provide gas, electricity, power or water.
AB1186, s. 114
9Section
114. 990.01 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
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990.01
(14) Homestead exemption. "Exempt homestead" means the dwelling,
11including a building, condominium, mobile home, house trailer or cooperative
or an
12unincorporated cooperative association, and so much of the land surrounding it as
13is reasonably necessary for its use as a home, but not less than 0.25 acre, if available,
14and not exceeding 40 acres, within the limitation as to value under s. 815.20, except
15as to liens attaching or rights of devisees or heirs of persons dying before the effective
16date of any increase of that limitation as to value.
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(1)
This act takes effect on September 1, 2005, or on the day after publication,
19whichever is later.