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.
16,2917m 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.
16,2917p 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:
185.83 (1) (h) Processing a document required or permitted to be filed or recorded under this chapter in an expeditious manner, or preparing the information under par. (f) or (fm) in an expeditious manner, $25 the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.
16,2943m Section 2943m. 186.094 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.094 (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.
16,2952m Section 2952m. 186.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
186.15 (1) Annual audit. Except as provided in sub. (2), the board of directors shall hire a licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 or other qualified person to conduct a comprehensive annual audit of the records, accounts and affairs of the credit union.
16,2972d Section 2972d. 187.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.31 (2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other professional persons or experts employed by the incorporated Roman Catholic church, as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
16,2972g Section 2972g. 187.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
187.41 (2) Legal counsel, certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, or other professional persons or experts employed by the religious organization, as to matters the director or officer believes in good faith are within the person's professional or expert competence.
16,2972k Section 2972k. 194.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.01 (7) "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, tractor, motor bus or any self-propelled or motor driven vehicle, except a low-speed vehicle, motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle or a vehicle operated on rails.
16,2972t Section 2972t. 195.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
195.60 (2) The office shall annually, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, ascertain the total of its expenditures during such year which are reasonably attributable to the performance of its duties relating to railroads. For purposes of such calculation, 90% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures of the office and 10% of the expenditures so determined shall be expenditures for state government operations. The office shall deduct therefrom all amounts chargeable to railroads under sub. (1) and s. 201.10 (3). A sum equal to the remainder plus 10% of the remainder shall be assessed by the office to the several railroads in proportion to their respective gross operating revenues during the last calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Such assessment shall be paid within 30 days after the bill has been mailed to the several railroads, which bill shall constitute notice of assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be assessed to the railroads under authority of this subsection shall not exceed 1.75% 1.85% of the total gross operating revenues of such railroads, during such calendar year, derived from intrastate operations. Ninety percent of the payment shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.155 (2) (g). The railroads shall furnish such financial information as the office requires.
16,2973 Section 2973. 196.01 (3n) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2974 Section 2974. 196.01 (3p) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2975 Section 2975. 196.01 (3q) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (6m) and amended to read:
101.91 (6m) "Mobile Manufactured home park contractor" means a person, other than a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5) (a), who, under a contract with a mobile manufactured home park operator, provides water or sewer service to a mobile manufactured home park occupant or performs a service related to providing water or sewer service to a mobile manufactured home park occupant.
16,2976 Section 2976. 196.01 (3s) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (7) and amended to read:
101.91 (7) "Mobile Manufactured home park occupant" means a person who rents or owns a mobile manufactured home in a mobile manufactured home park.
16,2977 Section 2977. 196.01 (3t) of the statutes is renumbered 101.91 (8) and amended to read:
101.91 (8) "Mobile Manufactured home park operator" means a person engaged in the business of owning or managing a mobile manufactured home park.
16,2977b Section 2977b. 196.01 (5) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
196.01 (5) (b) 6. A person that owns an electric generating facility or improvement to an electric generating facility that is subject to a leased generation contract, as defined in s. 196.52 (9) (a) 3., unless the person furnishes, directly to the public, telecommunications or sewer service, heat, light, water or power or, by means of pipes or mains, natural gas.
16,2978 Section 2978. 196.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
196.07 (2) If a public utility fails to file a report with the commission containing its balance sheet and other information prescribed by the commission by the date the report is due under sub. (1), the commission may prepare the report from the records of the public utility. All expenses of the commission in preparing the report, plus a penalty equal to 50% of the amount of the expenses, shall be assessed against and collected from the public utility under s. 196.85. The amount of the charge to a public utility shall not be limited by s. 196.85 (1) (b) and shall be in addition to any other charges assessable under s. 196.85. The penalty provision of the charge shall be credited to the general fund under s. 20.906.
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