186.38 (10) Examinations. The office of the commissioner credit unions shall promptly forward to the corporation a copy of its examination report of the Wisconsin credit union savings insurance corporation, if it becomes a member of the corporation, and shall cooperate with the corporation in obtaining similar examination reports from other state credit union supervisory authorities where member state credit union share or deposit corporations are domiciled.
27,5017
Section 5017
. 186.38 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.38 (11) Bylaws. The board of directors shall subscribe and submit to the commissioner office of credit unions, for filing and approval, the bylaws and any amendments thereto under which the corporation shall operate. These bylaws may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors or at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders.
27,5018
Section 5018
. 186.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (2) (b) An in-state credit union proposing any action under par. (a) shall provide the commissioner
office of credit unions a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency or by an agency of the regional state and of any supplemental material or amendments filed in connection with any application.
27,5019
Section 5019
. 186.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (4) (a) The commissioner
office of credit unions finds that the statutes of the regional state in which the regional credit union has its principal office permit in-state credit unions to both acquire regional credit union assets and merge with one or more regional credit unions in the regional state.
27,5020
Section 5020
. 186.41 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (4) (b) The commissioner office of credit unions has not disapproved the acquisition of in-state credit union assets or the merger with the in-state credit union under sub. (5).
27,5021
Section 5021
. 186.41 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (4) (c) The commissioner
office of credit unions gives a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the official state newspaper, of the application to take an action under sub. (3) and of the opportunity for a hearing and, if at least 25 residents of this state petition for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice or if the commissioner
office of credit unions on his or her its own motion calls for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice, the commissioner office of credit unions holds a public hearing on the application, except that a hearing is not required if the commissioner office of credit unions finds that an emergency exists and that the proposed action under sub. (3) is necessary and appropriate to prevent the probable failure of an in-state credit union that is closed or in danger of closing.
27,5022
Section 5022
. 186.41 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (4) (d) The commissioner
office of credit unions is provided a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency of the acquisition of in-state credit union assets or of the merger with an in-state credit union and of any supplemental material or amendments filed with the application.
27,5023
Section 5023
. 186.41 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (4) (e) The applicant has paid the commissioner office of credit unions a fee of $1,000 together with the actual costs incurred by the commissioner
office in holding any hearing on the application.
27,5024
Section 5024
. 186.41 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (5) Standards for disapproval. (intro.) The commissioner office of credit unions may disapprove of any action under sub. (3) if the commissioner office finds any of the following:
27,5025
Section 5025
. 186.41 (5) (ct) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (5) (ct) The applicant has failed to enter into an agreement prepared by the commissioner office of credit unions to comply with laws and rules of this state regulating consumer credit finance charges and other charges and related disclosure requirements, except to the extent preempted by federal law or regulation.
27,5026
Section 5026
. 186.41 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (5) (e) The applicant fails to meet any other standards established by rule of the commissioner
office of credit unions.
27,5027
Section 5027
. 186.41 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (6) (a) Subsections (1) to (5) do not apply prior to January 1, 1987, except that the commissioner office of credit unions may promulgate rules under sub. (5) (e) to be applicable no earlier than the date that subs. (1) to (5) apply.
27,5028
Section 5028
. 186.41 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.41 (8) Divestiture. Any credit union that has acquired assets of or merged with an in-state credit union under sub. (2) or (3) and that ceases to be an in-state credit union or regional credit union shall immediately notify the commissioner office of credit unions of the change in its status and shall, as soon as practical and, in any case, within 2 years after the event causing it to no longer be one of these entities, divest itself of control of any interest in the assets or operations of any in-state credit union. A credit union that fails to immediately notify the commissioner office of credit unions is liable for a forfeiture of $500 for each day beginning with the day its status changes and ending with the day notification is received by the commissioner office of credit unions.
27,5029b
Section 5029b. 187.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.05 (1) Trustees; terms; purposes. Any diocesan council or convention, conference, synod or other body of authorized representatives of any church or religious denomination or association or congregation thereof may elect any number of trustees, not less than three, to be incorporated; and when a certificate shall have been made and signed by the presiding officer and countersigned by the secretary of the body by which they were elected, stating that such persons, naming them, were elected trustees, the name of the body by whom elected, the corporate name by which such trustees are to be known, the term for which they are to hold their offices, and the purposes for which it is desired to incorporate them, and filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions, the persons named in such certificate as trustees and their successors in office shall be a body corporate for the purposes mentioned in such certificate and for such purposes, and no other, shall have the usual powers of a corporation; and the members of such corporation shall hold their positions for such term as the body electing them shall determine and until their successors are duly elected. Upon the receipt of such certificate, the secretary of state
department of financial institutions shall issue a certificate of incorporation. But any diocesan council or convention, conference, synod or other body composed of or divided into district synods or other units may provide in its constitution for the election of one or more of its trustees by one or more of such district synods or other units or that one or more of its trustees shall be elected by said diocesan council or convention, conference, synod or other body from one or more of such district synods or other units.
27,5030b
Section 5030b. 187.05 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.05 (3) (a) (intro.) Any denominational body mentioned in sub. (1) having a constitution (or other instrument of organization), in writing, at any stated meeting may vote to become a corporation and designate any of its members of adult age, not less than 10 in number, to make, acknowledge and file with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a certificate substantially in the following form:
27,5031b
Section 5031b. 187.05 (3) (a) (form) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
187.05 (3) (a) (form) 4. The corporation may amend its constitution (or other written instrument of organization) as therein provided, and file with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a certificate thereof duly acknowledged.
27,5032b
Section 5032b. 187.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.16 (1) Incorporation. Any corps of the Salvation Army in the state of Wisconsin may become incorporated as a charitable, educational, missionary, philanthropic, beneficial and religious organization, by the commander in chief of the Salvation Army in the United States of America and the territorial commander of the central territory of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, together with three other officers or laypersons, members of the said local Salvation Army corps, executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions, giving its corporate name, the location of the headquarters of said corps in Wisconsin, the names of the incorporators, its general objects and purposes. Said certificate shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions and a verified copy thereof in the office of the register of deeds in the county wherein the main office of said corps of the Salvation Army is located. When such record is made the corporation shall come into existence and possess the powers and privileges granted to corporations by ch. 181 so far as the same are applicable or necessary to accomplish its purpose, and also such powers as are conferred by this section.
27,5033b
Section 5033b. 187.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.16 (5) Amendment of articles. The articles of incorporation of such corporation may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote of the trustees of such corporation. When adopted, a copy of such amendment accompanied by certificates signed by the president and secretary of the corporation shall be filed with the secretary of state department of financial institutions and the original documents shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the county where such corporation shall have its principal office.
27,5034b
Section 5034b. 187.19 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.19 (7) Articles to be recorded in office of register of deeds. Whenever any of said congregations have complied with the foregoing provisions, the articles of incorporation thereof shall be made out accordingly, be signed by the president and secretary in the presence of two witnesses, who shall sign their names thereto, and acknowledged before some notary public or other person authorized by law thereto and filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county or counties where such corporation may own real estate.
27,5035b
Section 5035b. 187.19 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.19 (9) Amendment of articles. The articles of incorporation of any such congregations may be altered or amended by the unanimous vote of the directors of such corporation. When adopted, duplicate copies of such amendment, each with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the president and secretary and the other directors, and sealed with the corporate seal, if there be any, stating the fact and date of the adoption of such amendment and that the same was adopted by unanimous vote of the directors of the corporation and that such copy is a true copy of the original, shall be made, and one of such duplicate copies shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions and the other shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where such corporation is located and in the office of the register of deeds of any other county or counties where the corporation may own real estate.
27,5036b
Section 5036b. 187.19 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.19 (10) Dissolution of corporation. Any corporation organized under this section may dissolve by adopting a resolution to that effect by unanimous vote of the directors of such corporation. When adopted, duplicate copies of such resolution of dissolution, each with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the president and secretary and the other directors, and sealed with the corporate seal, if there be any, stating the fact and date of adoption of such resolution and that the same was adopted by unanimous vote of the directors of the corporation and that such copy is a true copy of the original, shall be made, and one of such duplicate copies shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state
with the department of financial institutions and the other shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where such corporation is located and in the office of the register of deeds of any other county or counties where the corporation may own real estate.
27,5037b
Section 5037b. 188.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.06 Powers of trustees. The powers conferred by this chapter upon the trustees of a subordinate grange or council of granges of the Patrons of Husbandry shall not be exercised until the chief officers of such grange or council of granges shall make and sign a certificate setting forth the name, number and date of organization of such grange or council and the number and names of its trustees first elected, and record the same in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which such grange or council is located; nor, in case of the state grange, until the like officers thereof shall have made, signed and filed a like certificate in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions.
27,5038b
Section 5038b. 188.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.08 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the American Legion organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed September 16, 1919, and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit, county or district council, or department of the auxiliary of the American Legion organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5039b
Section 5039b. 188.085 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.085 Changing names and dissolving units of the American Legion. Any post, county, district council, department or other unit of the American Legion or of the auxiliary of the American Legion which has become a body corporate under the provisions of s. 188.08 may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be. In lieu of the foregoing method of dissolution, any corporation formed under s. 188.08 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions reciting that such corporation has ceased to be a unit of the American Legion or its auxiliary. Such certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant of the American Legion or by the state commander and state adjutant of the American Legion, department of Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates shall be signed by the national president and national secretary or the department president and department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall continue to have corporate existence for the time and purposes specified in s. 181.65. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
27,5040b
Section 5040b. 188.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.09 (1) Any chapter, county or district council, or department of the Disabled American Veterans, organized in this state pursuant to an act of congress of the United States, known as Public No. 186, seventy-second congress (H.R. 4738), and the acts amendatory thereto, any unit or department of the auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans in this state and any dugout or state department of the National Order of Trench Rats, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department thereof, organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing chapters, county or district councils, department of Wisconsin, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department thereof, upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5041b
Section 5041b. 188.095 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.095 Changing names and dissolving units of the Disabled American Veterans. Any chapter, county or district council, or department of the Disabled American Veterans, or other unit of the Disabled American Veterans, or of the auxiliaries of the Disabled American Veterans, which has become a body corporate under s. 188.09, may, whenever its articles do not provide the manner in which its name shall be changed or of its dissolution, change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of the majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose, and by filing the same as herein provided. A certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, and thereupon, the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist as the case may be, except that in case of dissolution, it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
27,5042b
Section 5042b. 188.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.10 Corporate powers of the Wisconsin Veterans Council. The Wisconsin Veterans Council shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. The Wisconsin Veterans Council shall during each succeeding year of its existence file with the secretary of state department of financial institutions on or before the first day of January of each succeeding year thereafter a like list of its duly elected officers. No filing fees shall be charged by the secretary of state
department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5043b
Section 5043b. 188.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.11 (1) Any post, county or district council, or department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, organized in this state pursuant to an act of the seventy-fourth Congress of the United States, and the acts amendatory thereto, any unit or department of the Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in this state and any Pup-Tent or Grand Pup-Tent of the Military Order of the Cooties, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department thereof, organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, county or district councils, department of Wisconsin, their auxiliaries and affiliated organizations, or any department thereof, upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent, signed by commander and adjutant so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. Provided, a duplicate of such statement and certificate of the secretary of state department of financial institutions, showing the date when such statement was filed by him the department of financial institutions, shall within 30 days of such filing be recorded by the register of deeds of the county in which such organization or its principal office is located, and until such recording no such organization shall have legal corporate existence. Notwithstanding such recording requirement any organization having acquired corporate existence prior to July 4, 1945, shall continue to have such corporate existence if it shall within 90 days after said date cause a duplicate or certified copy of its statement of intent and such certificate of the secretary of state department of financial institutions to be recorded with the register of deeds of the county where it or its principal office is located. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5044b
Section 5044b. 188.115 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.115 Changing names and dissolving units of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and affiliates. Any post, county or district council, department or other unit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, or of the auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, or any Pup-Tent or Grand Pup-Tent of the Military Order of the Cooties or of the auxiliaries of the Military Order of the Cooties, which has become a body corporate under s. 188.11, may, whenever its articles do not provide the manner in which its name shall be changed or of its dissolution, change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of the majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions, and thereupon, the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist as the case may be, except that in case of dissolution, it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
27,5045b
Section 5045b. 188.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.12 (1) Any Grand Voiture or Voiture Locale of the La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux organized in this state pursuant to authority granted by La Societe Nationale des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and take over the assets and liabilities of the existing Voitures Locale and Grand Voiture of the state of Wisconsin, upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. No filing fees shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5046b
Section 5046b. 188.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.13 (1) Any Red Arrow Club, composed exclusively of persons who were members of the 32nd Division at any time during World War I, members who served in the 32nd Division of the United States Army at any time in the period from October 10, 1940, to the termination of World War II as proclaimed by the President or the Congress, or members who served in the 32nd Division in Federal Service at any time in the period from October 15, 1961, to August 10, 1962, during the Berlin Crisis, organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing clubs in this state, upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5047b
Section 5047b. 188.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.14 Corporate powers of the Military Order of the World Wars. Any chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars in this state shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fees shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5048b
Section 5048b. 188.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.15 (1) Any detachment or state department of the Marine Corps League, organized and existing in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed August 4, 1937, and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit of the auxiliary of the Marine Corps League organized in this state and recognized by the local detachment, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state, to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing detachments, units or departments, upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5049b
Section 5049b. 188.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.16 (1) Any chapter, county or district council or department composed exclusively of persons who were awarded the medal known as the Purple Heart organized in this state pursuant to the constitution and bylaws of the national organization of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and any unit, county or district council or department of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart organized in this state shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing chapters, units, county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers and thereupon it shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5050b
Section 5050b. 188.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.16 (4) Any chapter, county, district council, department or other unit of the Military Order of the Purple Heart or of the auxiliary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart which has become a body corporate under the provisions of this section may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect, by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the facts, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be, except that in case of dissolution it shall continue to exist for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
27,5051b
Section 5051b. 188.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.17 (1) Any unit, department or auxiliary of the Navy Club of the United States of America organized in this state under 36 USC 140 to 140c shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of existing navy clubs and navy club auxiliaries upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5052b
Section 5052b. 188.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.18 (1) The department of Wisconsin and any chapter or unit of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of such association or such department, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing department, chapters or other units upon filing with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions, a statement of its intention so to do, its name, location and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and by so doing shall become a body corporate. No filing fees shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for so doing.
27,5053b
Section 5053b. 188.18 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.18 (3) Any department, chapter or other unit which has become a body corporate under the provisions of this section, whenever its constitution or bylaws do not provide the manner in which its name shall be changed or the dissolution effected, may change its name or dissolve by a majority vote of its members at a meeting called for that purpose. A certificate signed by the president and secretary stating the facts shall be filed with the secretary of state department of financial institutions, and thereupon the name shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs. No filing fee shall be charged for such filing.
27,5054b
Section 5054b. 188.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.19 (1) Any post, county, district council, and department of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed July 23, 1947 and the acts amendatory thereto, and any unit, county or district council, and department of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) organized in this state, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils, or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
27,5055b
Section 5055b. 188.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
188.20 Changing names and dissolving units. Any post, county, district council, department or other unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or of the auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) which has become a body corporate under the provisions of s. 188.19 may change its name or dissolve by the adoption of a written resolution to that effect by a vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting called for that purpose and by filing the same as herein provided. Such resolution, with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the commander and adjutant, or like or similar officers, stating the fact, including the date of the adoption of such resolution, the number of members present at such meeting, and the number of members who voted for the adoption of the resolution, shall be forwarded to and filed with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions, and thereupon the name of such corporation shall be changed or the corporation shall cease to exist, as the case may be. Or any corporation formed under s. 188.19 may be dissolved by the filing of a certificate in the office of the secretary of state department of financial institutions reciting that such corporation has ceased to be a unit of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) auxiliary. Such certificate shall be signed by the national commander and national adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) or by the state commander and state adjutant of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) department of Wisconsin. In the case of units of the auxiliary the certificates shall be signed by the national president and national secretary or the department president and department secretary. Corporations dissolved under this section shall continue to have corporate existence for the time and purposes specified in s. 181.65. No fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions for such filing.
27,5056b
Section 5056b. 188.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.21 (1) The department of Wisconsin and any post, unit, barracks, department or auxiliary of the American Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc. organized in this state pursuant to the acts of congress passed July 18, 1958 (P.L. 85-530) (72 Stats. at Large pp. 370-375) and the acts amendatory thereto, shall have full corporate power to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing department of Wisconsin, posts, barracks, units, departments or auxiliaries of the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc. upon filing with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions a statement of its intent so to do, and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers, and shall by so doing become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
27,5057b
Section 5057b. 188.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.22 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Jewish War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
27,5058b
Section 5058b. 188.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.23 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (P.L.A.V.) organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization, and any unit, county or district council or department of the auxiliary of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
27,5059b
Section 5059b. 188.235 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.235 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A. organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state
department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
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Section 5060b. 188.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
188.24 (1) Any post, county or district council or department of the Catholic War Veterans organized in this state pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and rules and regulations of said organization shall have full corporate powers to transact business in this state and to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing posts, units, county or district councils or departments upon filing with the secretary of state department of financial institutions a statement of its intent to do so and a full and complete list of its duly elected officers. By so doing such organization shall become a body corporate. No filing fee shall be charged by the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
