193.518 Effect of insufficient notice.
193.521 Certification of notice.
193.523 Electronic notice.
193.524 Revocation of electronic communication.
193.525 Quorum at members' meeting.
193.531 Virtual members' meetings and attendance.
193.535 Actions of the members.
193.541 Actions without a members' meeting.
193.545 Member voting rights.
193.551 Patron member voting based on patronage.
193.553 Voting rights limited to members as of date certain.
193.555 Voting rights of nonmembers.
193.557 Voting of jointly owned membership interests.
193.559 Cumulative voting by members.
193.561 Voting by business entities, subsidiaries, legal representatives, and holders of security interests.
193.571 Member authority concerning certain cooperative property.
SUBCHAPTER VI
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
193.601 Membership interests.
193.605 Cooperative securities.
193.611 Assignment of financial rights.
193.615 Nature and terms of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.
193.621 Certificated membership interests.
193.625 Replacement certificates.
193.631 Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.
SUBCHAPTER VII
CONTRIBUTIONS, ALLOCATIONS,
AND DISTRIBUTIONS
193.701 Authorization, form, and acceptance.
193.702 Valuation; presumption and liability.
193.705 Restated value of previous contributions.
193.711 Contribution agreements.
193.715 Contribution rights agreements.
193.721 Allocations of profits and distributions of cash and other assets.
193.725 Allocations and distributions of profits to patron members.
193.731 Member control agreements.
193.735 Distribution of unclaimed property.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION
193.801 Merger and consolidation.
193.805 Merger of subsidiary or parent.
193.807 Effective date; effect of merger or consolidation.
193.835 Abandonment of merger.
SUBCHAPTER IX
DISSOLUTION
193.905 Voluntary dissolution; winding up.
193.911 Revocation of dissolution proceedings.
193.925 Court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
193.931 Involuntary dissolution.
193.935 Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.
193.941 Receiver qualifications and powers.
193.951 Filing claims in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution proceedings.
193.955 Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.
193.961 Order of dissolution.
193.971 Barring of claims.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
193.001
193.001
Citation. This chapter may be cited as the "Wisconsin Cooperative Associations Act."
193.001 History
History: 2005 a. 441.
193.005
193.005
Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter:
193.005(2)
(2) "Address" means mailing address and, in the case of a registered address, means the mailing address and the actual office location, which may not be a post office box.
193.005(2m)
(2m) "Affiliate," when used in reference to any person, means another person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the person.
193.005(3)
(3) "Alternative Ballot" means a method of voting, prescribed by the board in advance of the vote, that permits a vote to be cast electronically, telephonically, via the Internet, or by any similar means which reasonably allows members the opportunity to vote.
193.005(3m)
(3m) "Allocation unit" means a separate business unit of a cooperative.
193.005(4)
(4) "Articles" means the articles of organization of a cooperative.
193.005(5)
(5) "Association" means an organization conducting business on a cooperative plan under the laws of any state.
193.005(6)
(6) "Board" means the board of directors of a cooperative.
193.005(7)
(7) "Business entity" means a cooperative, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm, or partnership operated for profit and organized under a law other than a law of this state.
193.005(9)
(9) "Cooperative" means an association organized under this chapter conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter.
193.005(9m)
(9m) "Department" means the department of financial institutions.
193.005(10)
(10) "Domestic business entity" means a business entity organized under the laws of this state.
193.005(11m)
(11m) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
193.005(11p)
(11p) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a writing and executed or adopted by a person with intent to authenticate the writing.
193.005(12)
(12) "File with the department" means to deliver to the department a document meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and accompanied by any required filing fee.
193.005(13)
(13) "Foreign business entity" means a business entity that is organized under the laws of another state or the United States.
193.005(14)
(14) "Foreign cooperative" means a foreign business entity organized to conduct business on a cooperative plan consistent with this chapter or
ch. 185.
193.005(15)
(15) "Member" means a person reflected on the books of the cooperative as the owner of governance rights of a membership interest of the cooperative. The term includes patron and nonpatron members.
193.005(16)
(16) "Membership interest" means a member's interest in a cooperative, consisting of a member's financial rights, a member's right to assign financial rights, a member's governance rights, and a member's right to assign governance rights. The term includes patron membership interests and nonpatron membership interests.
193.005(17)
(17) "Members' meeting" means a regular or special members' meeting.
193.005(18)
(18) "Nonpatron member" means a member who holds a nonpatron membership interest.
193.005(19)
(19) "Nonpatron membership interest" means a membership interest that does not require the holder to conduct patronage business for or with the cooperative to receive financial rights or distributions.
193.005(20)
(20) "Patron" means a person or entity who conducts patronage with the cooperative.
193.005(21)
(21) "Patronage" means transactions or services done for or with a cooperative as defined by the cooperative.
193.005(22)
(22) "Patron member" means a member holding a patron membership interest.
193.005(23)
(23) "Patron membership interest" means a membership interest requiring the holder to conduct patronage for or with the cooperative, as specified by the cooperative, to receive financial rights or distributions.
193.005(24)
(24) "Sign" means to execute or adopt a manual, facsimile, conformed, or electronic signature or any symbol with intent to authenticate a writing and, with respect to a document required under this chapter to be filed with the department, with authority to do so under this chapter and under the articles, bylaws, or a resolution approved by the directors or members.
193.005(25)
(25) "Writing" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other intangible medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
193.005 History
History: 2005 a. 441.
