177.25 (1m) At any time after December 1 following the reporting, under s. 177.17, of property that is in the form of amounts credited under s. 20.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund or amounts not distributable from the support collections trust fund to the persons for whom the amounts were awarded, another state may recover the property under any of the circumstances described in sub. (1) (a) to (d).
16,2909
Section 2909. 177.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
177.25 (2) The claim of another state to recover escheated or abandoned property shall be presented in a form prescribed by the administrator, who shall decide the claim within 90 days after it is presented. The administrator shall allow the claim if he or she determines that the other state is entitled to the abandoned property under sub. (1) or (1m).
16,2910
Section 2910. 177.265 of the statutes is created to read:
177.265 Reimbursement for claims and administrative expenses. (1) At least quarterly, the department of workforce development shall reimburse the administrator, based on information provided by the administrator, for all of the following:
(a) Any claims paid under ss. 177.24 to 177.26, since the last reimbursement was made, with respect to abandoned property in the form of amounts credited under s. 20.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund and amounts not distributable from the support collections trust fund to the persons for whom the amounts were awarded.
(b) Any administrative expenses specified in s. 177.23 (2) (a) to (e), incurred since the last reimbursement was made, with respect to abandoned property in the form of amounts credited under s. 20.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund and amounts not distributable from the support collections trust fund to the persons for whom the amounts were awarded.
(2) The administrator shall deposit in the general fund all moneys received under sub. (1).
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Section 2911. 177.35 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 177.35 (2) (a) and amended to read:
177.35 (2) (a) An agreement entered into under this section is not enforceable if the agreement is entered into within 24 12 months after payment or delivery of the property is due under s. 177.19 (1) 177.17 (4) (a).
16,2912
Section 2912. 177.35 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
177.35 (2) (b) An agreement entered into under this section that relates to property that is in the form of amounts credited under s. 20.912 (1) to the support collections trust fund or amounts not distributable from the support collections trust fund to the persons for whom the amounts were awarded is not enforceable if the agreement is entered into within 12 months after December 1 following the reporting of the property under s. 177.17.
16,2913
Section 2913. 178.48 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
178.48 (2) The department shall collect a $10 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c) each time process is served on the department under this chapter.
16,2914
Section 2914. 178.48 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
178.48 (3) In addition to the fees required under sub. (1), the department shall collect $25 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed with the department under this chapter.
16,2915
Section 2915. 179.16 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2916
Section 2916. 179.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
179.16 (5) The department shall charge and collect, for processing a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter in an expeditious manner, or preparing the information under sub. (4) in an expeditious manner, the expedited service the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.
16,2917
Section 2917. 179.88 of the statutes is amended to read:
179.88 Substituted service. Service of process on the department under this subchapter shall be made by serving of duplicate copies of the process on the department, together with a the fee
of $10 established under s. 182.01 (4) (c). The department shall mail notice of the service and a copy of the process within 10 days addressed to the foreign limited partnership at its office in the state of its organization. The time within which the foreign limited partnership may answer or move to dismiss under s. 802.06 (2) does not start to run until 10 days after the date of the mailing. The department shall keep a record of service of process under this section showing the day and hour of service and the date of mailing.
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Section 2917b. 180.0122 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (a) Articles of incorporation, 1 cent for each authorized share, except the minimum fee is $90 and the maximum fee is $10,000 and except that the fee for investment companies is determined under sub. (1m) $100.
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Section 2917d. 180.0122 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (m) Amendment of articles of incorporation, $40; plus 1 cent for each authorized share after the amendment, less a credit of 1 cent for each authorized share immediately before the amendment; except the maximum fee under this paragraph is $10,000 and except that the fee for investment companies is determined under sub. (1m).
16,2917f
Section 2917f. 180.0122 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (n) Restatement of articles of incorporation with or without amendment of articles, $40; plus 1 cent for each authorized share after the restatement and any amendment, less a credit of 1 cent for each authorized share immediately before the restatement and any amendment; except the maximum fee under this paragraph is $10,000 and except that the fee for investment companies is determined under sub. (1m).
16,2917h
Section 2917h. 180.0122 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (o) Articles of merger, $50 for each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state that is a party to the merger; plus 1 cent for each authorized share of the surviving domestic corporation after the merger, less a credit of 1 cent for each share that is authorized immediately before the merger by each domestic corporation that is a party to the merger; except the maximum fee under this paragraph is $10,000 and except that the fee for investment companies is determined under sub. (1m).
16,2917j
Section 2917j. 180.0122 (1) (om) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (om) Articles of share exchange, $50 for each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state that is a party to the share exchange; plus 1 cent for each authorized share of the acquiring domestic corporation after the share exchange, less a credit of 1 cent for each share that is authorized immediately before the share exchange by the acquiring domestic corporation; except the maximum fee under this paragraph is $10,000.
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Section 2917m. 180.0122 (1) (x) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (x) Annual report of a domestic corporation that is submitted to the department by authorized electronic means, $25; annual report of a domestic corporation that is submitted to the department on paper, $40.
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Section 2917p. 180.0122 (1) (y) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (y) Annual report of a foreign corporation, $50, that is submitted to the department by authorized electronic means, $65, and annual report submitted to the department on paper, $80, and in case the annual report shows that the foreign corporation employs in this state capital in excess of the amount of capital on which a fee has previously been paid, computed as provided in s. 180.1503, an additional fee which, with previous payments made on account of capital employed in this state, will amount to $2 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the excess.
16,2918
Section 2918. 180.0122 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (1) (z) Request for certificate or statement of status, $5 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (b).
16,2918m
Section 2918m. 180.0122 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2919
Section 2919. 180.0122 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (2) The department shall collect a $10 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c) each time process is served on 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.
16,2920
Section 2920. 180.0122 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0122 (4) In addition to the fees required under sub. (1), the department shall collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter or and shall collect the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (f) 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).
16,2920c
Section 2920c. 180.0701 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0701 (4) (c) Ratification of the selection of independent certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442.
16,2920g
Section 2920g. 180.0826 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0826 (2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other persons as to matters that the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
16,2920n
Section 2920n. 180.1903 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.1903 (1) One Except as provided in sub. (1m), one or more natural persons licensed, certified, or registered pursuant to any provisions of the statutes, if all have the same license, certificate, or registration or if all are health care professionals, may organize and own shares in a service corporation. A service corporation may own, operate, and maintain an establishment and otherwise serve the convenience of its shareholders in carrying on the particular profession, calling, or trade for which the licensure, certification, or registration of its organizers is required.
16,2920r
Section 2920r. 180.1903 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
180.1903 (1m) A service corporation for carrying on the profession of certified public accounting may be organized under sub. (1) if more than 50% of the shareholders are certified public accountants.
16,2920w
Section 2920w. 180.1921 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.1921 (2) The report shall show the address of this service corporation's principal office and the name and post-office address of each shareholder, director, and officer of the service corporation and shall certify that, with the exceptions permitted in s. ss. 180.1903 (1m) and 180.1913, each shareholder, director, and officer is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional or other personal service in this state or is a health care professional. The service corporation shall prepare the report on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, and the report shall contain no fiscal or other information except that expressly called for by this section. The department shall forward report blanks by 1st class mail to every service corporation in good standing, at least 60 days before the date on which the service corporation is required by this section to file an annual report.
16,2921
Section 2921. 181.0122 (1) (zm) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.0122 (1) (zm) Request for certificate or statement of status, $5 or, if information other than the information provided under s. 181.0128 (2) is requested, $10 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (b).
16,2922
Section 2922. 181.0122 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.0122 (2) Process fee. The department shall collect a $10 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c) each time process is served on the department under this chapter. The party to a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding who is causing service of process may recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
16,2923
Section 2923. 181.0122 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.0122 (4) Expedited service fee. In addition to the fees required under sub. (1), the department shall collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing, in an expeditious manner, a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter or and shall collect the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (f) for preparing, in an expeditious manner, a certificate of status under s. 181.0128 (2) or a statement of status under s. 181.0128 (4).
16,2923g
Section 2923g. 181.0850 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.0850 (2) Professionals and experts. Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other persons as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
16,2923r
Section 2923r. 181.1620 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
181.1620 (2) (intro.) Accountant's Certified public accountant's report or officer's statement. If annual financial statements are reported upon by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442, the certified public accountant's report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporation's financial accounting records that includes all of the following:
16,2924
Section 2924. 182.01 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
182.01 (4) Preparation of copies, issuance of certificates, and performance of services. The department shall establish by rule the fees for all of the following:
(a) Providing electronic access to, or preparing and supplying copies or certified copies of, any resolution, deed, bond, record, document, or paper deposited with or kept by the department under this section.
(b) Issuing certificates or statements, in any form, relating to the results of searches of records and files of the department.
(c) Processing any service of process, notice, or demand served on the department.
(d) Processing, in an expeditious manner, a document required or permitted to be filed with the department.
(e) Providing, in an expeditious manner, electronic access to any resolution, deed, bond, record, document, or paper deposited with or kept by the department under this section.
(f) Preparing, in an expeditious manner, any copies, certified copies, certificates, or statements provided under this section.
16,2927
Section 2927. 183.0114 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
183.0114 (1) (t) Request for certificate or statement of status, $5 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (b).
16,2928
Section 2928. 183.0114 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read:
183.0114 (1) (u) Processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter, or preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate or statement of status, $25 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d).
16,2928r
Section 2928r. 183.0114 (1) (w) of the statutes is amended to read:
183.0114 (1) (w) Annual report of a foreign limited liability company, $50 that is submitted to the department by authorized electronic means, $65; annual report submitted to the department on paper, $80.
16,2932d
Section 2932d. 185.363 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
185.363 (2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other persons as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
16,2932h
Section 2932h. 185.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
185.61 (1) (a) If otherwise lawful, any 2 or more associations may merge or consolidate under this chapter or under the law of the state where the surviving or new association will exist.
(b) Before a cooperative may merge or consolidate with any other association, a written plan of merger or consolidation shall be prepared by the board or by a committee selected by the board or the members for that purpose. The plan shall set forth all the terms of the merger or consolidation, including any provisions for abandonment of the plan, and the proposed effect of the plan on all members and stockholders of the cooperative, including the treatment of the equity interest of the members upon merger or consolidation.
(c) In case of consolidation, the plan of consolidation shall also contain the articles of the new association.
16,2932r
Section 2932r. 185.62 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
185.62 (5) The surviving association, in the case of a merger, or the new association, in the case of consolidation, shall prepare an annual report on the implementation of any provision in the plan of merger or consolidation relating to the equity interest of any member that was affected by the merger or consolidation. The report shall be kept in the principal office of the surviving association, in the case of a merger, or in the principal office of the new association, in the case of consolidation, and shall be available for inspection by any member whose equity interest was affected by the merger or consolidation. The surviving association, in the case of a merger, or the new association, in the case of consolidation, shall prepare the report until such time that the implementation of any provision in the plan of merger or consolidation relating to the equity interest of any member that was affected by the merger or consolidation is complete.
16,2933
Section 2933. 185.83 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
185.83 (1) (d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized to be served on the department by this chapter, $10 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c).
16,2934
Section 2934. 185.83 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2935
Section 2935. 185.83 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2936
Section 2936. 185.83 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
