Amendment AA26-ASA1-AB150

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4850b Section 4850b. 185.72 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,278,20 185.72 (3) (a) (intro.) If it is established by the records in the office of the secretary of state department that a cooperative failed to file its annual report as required by this chapter for the preceding 3 years, the secretary of state department may involuntarily dissolve the cooperative in the following manner:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4951b Section 4951b. 185.72 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,278,23 185.72 (3) (a) 1. The secretary of state department shall give the cooperative notice of its delinquency by 1st class mail addressed to its situs.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4952b Section 4952b. 185.72 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,5 185.72 (3) (a) 2. If the delinquent cooperative is not restored to good standing under s. 185.48 (6) within 90 days after the notice was mailed, the secretary of state department shall issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution, which shall state the fact of involuntary dissolution, the date and cause of the dissolution and the dissolved cooperative's situs.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4853b Section 4853b. 185.72 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,9 185.72 (3) (a) 3. The secretary of state department shall file the original certificate of involuntary dissolution and mail a copy to the former cooperative at its situs.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4854b Section 4854b. 185.72 (3) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,13 185.72 (3) (bm) (intro.) The secretary of state department shall rescind the dissolution of a cooperative involuntarily dissolved under this subsection and issue a certificate stating the recision if all of the following are met:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4855b Section 4855b. 185.72 (3) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,17 185.72 (3) (bm) 1. The cooperative files with the secretary of state department 2 affidavits, each executed by a different person who is a principal officer of the cooperative, stating that the cooperative did not receive the notice under par. (a) 1.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4856b Section 4856b. 185.72 (3) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,21 185.72 (3) (bm) 2. The cooperative pays to the secretary of state department $100 in liquidated damages to cover the efforts of the secretary of state department in rescinding the involuntary dissolution.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4857b Section 4857b. 185.815 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,279,25 185.815 Recording change of principal office or registered agent. (intro.) If a document submitted to the secretary of state department for filing under this chapter changes the county of the principal office or of the registered agent:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4858b Section 4858b. 185.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,3 185.815 (1) An original of the document or a duplicate original endorsed by the secretary of state department shall be recorded in each county;

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4859b Section 4859b. 185.815 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,7 185.815 (3) A certificate of the secretary of state department listing the type and date of filing of recordable documents previously filed by the cooperative shall be recorded in the county of the new principal office or of the registered agent.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4860b Section 4860b. 185.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,11 185.82 (1) (a) Separate originals of the document for the secretary of state department and for the register of deeds of each county in which the document is required to be recorded.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4861b Section 4861b. 185.82 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,14 185.82 (1) (b) A check payable to the secretary of state department in the amount of the filing fee prescribed under s. 185.83.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4862b Section 4862b. 185.82 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,18 185.82 (2) (a) Unless the document does not conform to law, the secretary of state department shall endorse on each original "Filed" and the date of filing and shall file one original in his or her office.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4863b Section 4863b. 185.82 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,280,22 185.82 (2) (b) The secretary of state department shall forward to each register of deeds the check under sub. (1) (c) and an original document or duplicate endorsed by the secretary of state department, within 5 days of filing.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4864b Section 4864b. 185.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,3 185.82 (3) Each week the secretary of state department shall forward to each register of deeds a listing of all documents received during the preceding week for filing and recording as required under this chapter. For each document, the listing shall specify the type of document, the name of the cooperative, the name of the county of the cooperative's principal office or registered agent, and the date of filing.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4865b Section 4865b. 185.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,8 185.82 (4) A document required to be filed and recorded under this chapter is effective on filing with the secretary of state department, except as provided in s. 185.62. An error or omission in recording the document or a certificate under s. 185.815 (2) with a register of deeds does not affect its effectiveness.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4866b Section 4866b. 185.82 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,14 185.82 (5) A document filed with the secretary of state department under this chapter before May 7, 1982 is effective unless the records of the secretary of state department show that the document was recognized as ineffective because of a recording defect and the secretary of state department or the cooperative acted in reliance on the ineffectiveness of the document.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4867b Section 4867b. 185.82 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,17 185.82 (6) (a) (intro.) The secretary of state department may waive any of the following:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4868b Section 4868b. 185.82 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,21 185.82 (6) (a) 2. An omission or defect in a document, if the secretary of state department determines from the face of the document that the omission or defect is immaterial.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4869b Section 4869b. 185.83 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,281,24 185.83 (1) (intro.) The secretary of state department shall charge and collect for:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4870b Section 4870b. 185.83 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,7 185.83 (1) (b) Filing an amendment to or restatement of the articles or articles of merger, consolidation or division, $10, except that no fee may be collected for an amendment showing only a change of address resulting from the action of a governmental agency if there is no corresponding change in physical location and if 2 copies of the notice of the action are submitted to the secretary of state department; and an additional fee of $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock not authorized at the time of amendment, restatement, merger, consolidation or division.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4871b Section 4871b. 185.83 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,10 185.83 (1) (d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized to be served on the secretary of state department by this chapter, $10.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 4872b Section 4872b. 185.85 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,15 185.85 (title) Forms to be furnished by secretary of state department of financial institutions. The secretary of state department may provide forms for any document to be filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department under this chapter.".

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,17 610. Page 1534, line 6: on lines 6 and 7, delete "secretary of state" and substitute "secretary of state department of financial institutions".

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,19 611. Page 1536, line 15: restore the stricken material and delete the underscored material.

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,20 612. Page 1568, line 5: after that line insert:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,282,21 " Section 5029b. 187.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,283,19 187.05 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5030b Section 5030b. 187.05 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,2 187.05 (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:

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5031b Section 5031b. 187.05 (3) (a) (form) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,6 187.05 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5032b Section 5032b. 187.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,284,24 187.16 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5033b Section 5033b. 187.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,285,7 187.16 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5034b Section 5034b. 187.19 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,285,16 187.19 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5035b Section 5035b. 187.19 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,286,4 187.19 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5036b Section 5036b. 187.19 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,286,17 187.19 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5037b Section 5037b. 188.06 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,287,2 188.06 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5038b Section 5038b. 188.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,287,13 188.08 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5039b Section 5039b. 188.085 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,288,13 188.085 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5040b Section 5040b. 188.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,289,3 188.09 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5041b Section 5041b. 188.095 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,289,21 188.095 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5042b Section 5042b. 188.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,290,5 188.10 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5043b Section 5043b. 188.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,291,6 188.11 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5044b Section 5044b. 188.115 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,2 188.115 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5045b Section 5045b. 188.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,11 188.12 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5046b Section 5046b. 188.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,292,24 188.13 (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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5047b Section 5047b. 188.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,293,6 188.14 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.

AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 5048b Section 5048b. 188.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-ASA1-AA26,293,17 188.15 (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.