AB163,526 Section 526. 601.72 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,134,7 601.72 (3) Others affected. The commissioner and department of financial institutions and professional standards shall also be attorneys for the personal representatives, receivers, trustees, or other successors in interest of the persons specified in sub. (1).

AB163,527 Section 527. 601.73 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,134,11 601.73 (1) Requirements for effective service. (intro.) Service upon the commissioner or department of financial institutions and professional standards under s. 601.72 is service on the principal, if:

AB163,528 Section 528. 601.73 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,134,15 601.73 (1) (a) Two copies of the process are left in the hands or office of the commissioner or department of financial institutions and professional standards respectively; and

AB163,529 Section 529. 601.73 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,134,19 601.73 (1) (b) The commissioner or department of financial institutions and professional standards mails a copy of the process to the person served according to sub. (2) (b).

AB163,530 Section 530. 601.73 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,134,23 601.73 (2) (a) Records. The commissioner and department of financial institutions and professional standards shall give receipts for and keep records of all process served through them.

AB163,531 Section 531. 601.73 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,135,5 601.73 (2) (b) Process mailed. The commissioner or department of financial institutions and professional standards shall send immediately by certified mail to the person served, at the person's last-known principal place of business, residence or post-office address or at an address designated in writing by the person, one copy of any process received and shall retain the other copy.

AB163,532 Section 532. 601.73 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,135,11 601.73 (3) Proof of service. A certificate by the commissioner or the department of financial institutions and professional standards, showing service made upon the commissioner or department of financial institutions and professional standards, and attached to a copy of the process presented for that purpose is sufficient evidence of the service.

AB163,533 Section 533. 601.93 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,135,24 601.93 (2) Every insurer doing a fire insurance business in this state shall, before March 1 in each year, file with the commissioner a statement, showing the amount of premiums upon fire insurance due for the preceding calendar year. Return premiums may be deducted in determining the premium on which the fire department dues are computed. Payments of quarterly installments of the total estimated payment for the then current calendar year under this subsection are due on or before April 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15. On March 1 the insurer shall pay any additional amounts due for the preceding calendar year. Overpayments will be credited on the amount due April 15. The commissioner shall, prior to May 1 each year, report to the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards the amount of dues paid under this subsection and to be paid under s. 101.573 (1).

AB163,534 Section 534. 610.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,136,4 610.70 (1) (a) "Health care provider" means any person licensed, registered, permitted or certified by the department of health services or the department of safety and professional services financial institutions and professional standards to provide health care services, items or supplies in this state.

AB163,535 Section 535. 611.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,136,13 611.29 (1) Right to amend articles. A stock corporation may amend its articles under ss. 180.0726, 180.1001 to 180.1007, 180.1706, 180.1707 and 180.1708 (4) and a mutual may amend its articles under ss. 181.1001, 181.1002 (1), 181.1003, 181.1005 and 181.1006, except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions and professional standards shall instead be filed with the commissioner. Subject to sub. (3), the stock corporation or mutual may amend its articles in any desired respect including substantial changes of its original purposes. No amendment may be made contrary to s. 611.12 (1) to (3).

AB163,536 Section 536. 611.72 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,136,19 611.72 (1) General. Subject to this section, ss. 180.1101, 180.1103 to 180.1106, 180.1706, 180.1707, and 180.1708 (5) apply to the merger of a domestic stock insurance corporation or its parent insurance holding corporation, except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions and professional standards shall instead be filed with the commissioner.

AB163,537 Section 537. 611.73 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,136,24 611.73 (1) (a) In general. Any 2 or more domestic mutuals may merge under the procedures of this section and ss. 181.1105 and 181.1106, except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions and professional standards shall instead be filed with the commissioner.

AB163,538 Section 538. 611.74 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,137,15 611.74 (1) Plan of dissolution. At least 60 days prior to the submission to shareholders or policyholders of any proposed voluntary dissolution of an insurance corporation under s. 180.1402 or 181.1401 the plan shall be filed with the commissioner. The commissioner may require the submission of additional information to establish the financial condition of the corporation or other facts relevant to the proposed dissolution. If the shareholders or policyholders adopt the resolution to dissolve, the commissioner shall, within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution, begin to examine the corporation. The commissioner shall approve the dissolution unless, after a hearing, the commissioner finds that it is insolvent or may become insolvent in the process of dissolution. Subject to chs. 600 to 645, upon approval, the corporation may dissolve under ss. 180.1402 to 180.1408 and 180.1706, or ss. 181.1401 to 181.1407, except that papers required by those sections to be filed with the department of financial institutions and professional standards shall instead be filed with the commissioner. Upon disapproval, the commissioner shall petition the court for liquidation or for rehabilitation under ch. 645.

AB163,539 Section 539. 611.76 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB163,137,20 611.76 (11) Security regulation. The filing with the division of securities department of financial institutions and professional standards of a certified copy of the plan of conversion as approved by the commissioner constitutes registration under s. 551.305 of the securities authorized to be issued thereunder.

AB163,540 Section 540. 613.01 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: