AB854: Bill Text

AB854,271,25 181.0103 (18m) “Person" means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit or nonstock corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

AB854,394 Section 394. 181.0103 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,272,6 181.0103 (19) “Principal office" means the office, whether in or outside this state, of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation in which are located its principal executive offices and, if the domestic corporation or foreign corporation has filed an annual report under s. 181.1622 181.0214, that is designated as the principal office in its most recent annual report.

AB854,395 Section 395 . 181.0103 (20m) and (20r) of the statutes are created to read:

AB854,272,9 181.0103 (20m) “Property" means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein.

AB854,272,12 (20r) “Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

AB854,396 Section 396 . 181.0103 (21m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,272,16 181.0103 (21m) “Registered agent" means an agent of a corporation or foreign corporation that is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation or foreign corporation.

AB854,397 Section 397 . 181.0103 (23m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,272,20 181.0103 (23m) “State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

AB854,398 Section 398 . 181.0103 (24m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,272,22 181.0103 (24m) “Transfer" includes all of the following:

AB854,272,23 (a) An assignment.

AB854,272,24 (b) A conveyance.

AB854,272,25 (c) A sale.

AB854,273,1 (d) A lease.

AB854,273,2 (e) An encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest.

AB854,273,3 (f) A gift.

AB854,273,4 (g) A transfer by operation of law.

AB854,399 Section 399. 181.0105 of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,273,7 181.0105 Knowledge; notice. (1) A person knows a fact if any of the following applies:

AB854,273,8 (a) The person has actual knowledge of the fact.

AB854,273,9 (b) The person is deemed to know the fact under law other than this chapter.

AB854,273,11 (2) A person has notice of a fact if the person has reason to know the fact from all the facts known to the person at the time in question.

AB854,273,15 (3) Subject to s. 181.0212 (7) or the law other than this chapter, a person notifies another person of a fact by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not those steps cause the other person to know the fact.

AB854,273,18 (4) This subsection applies to notice that is required under this chapter and that is made subject to this subsection by express reference to this subsection. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following:

AB854,273,19 (a) When received.

AB854,273,21 (b) Five days after its deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

AB854,273,24 (c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.

AB854,274,2 (d) For notices from the department, upon successful transmission by e-mail as provided in this chapter.

AB854,400 Section 400. 181.0107 of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,274,4 181.0107 Governing law. The law of this state governs all of the following:

AB854,274,5 (1) The internal affairs of a corporation.

AB854,274,7 (2) The liability of a member as member and a director as director for a debt, obligation, or other liability of a corporation.

AB854,401 Section 401. 181.0120 of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,402 Section 402. 181.0121 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,274,11 181.0121 (1) (a) 3. A domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's annual report under s. 181.1622 181.0214.

AB854,403 Section 403. 181.0121 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,404 Section 404. 181.0121 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,274,16 181.0121 (1) (b) The forms prescribed by the department under par. (a) 1. and 2. shall require disclosure of only the information required under ss. 181.1503, 181.1520, and 181.1622 181.0214, respectively.

AB854,405 Section 405. 181.0122 of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,406 Section 406 . 181.0123 of the statutes is renumbered 181.0209, and 181.0209 (title), (1) (a) (intro.) and (b) and (2), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB854,274,23 181.0209 (title) Effective date and time of document. (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2) or s. 181.0124 (3) or 181.1622 (5), a document record filed by the department under this chapter is effective on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:

AB854,275,3 (b) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department's endorsement on the original document under s. 181.0125 (1) 181.0212 (2).

AB854,275,9 (2) Delayed effective date and time. A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except that the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date, but no time, is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.

AB854,407 Section 407. 181.0124 of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,408 Section 408 . 181.0125 of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,409 Section 409 . 181.0126 of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,410 Section 410. 181.0128 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (title) and amended to read:

AB854,275,15 181.0213 (title) Confirmation Certificate of status.

AB854,411 Section 411. 181.0128 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,412 Section 412. 181.0128 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (1) and amended to read:

AB854,275,20 181.0213 (1) Any person may obtain from the department, upon request, a certificate of status for a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation.

AB854,413 Section 413. 181.0128 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,414 Section 414. 181.0128 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (2), and 181.0213 (2) (b) 1., 3. and 5. and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB854,276,3 181.0213 (2) (b) 1. The domestic corporation is incorporated under the laws a corporation whose governing law is the law of this state, or the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state.

AB854,276,6 3. The domestic corporation or foreign corporation has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the department an annual report required by s. 181.1622 181.0214.

AB854,276,9 5. The foreign corporation has not applied filed an application for a certificate of withdrawal under s. 181.1520 and is not the subject of a proceeding under s. 181.1531 to revoke its certificate of authority (2).

AB854,276,12 (c) The domestic corporation's effective date of incorporation and the period of its duration if less than perpetual its articles of incorporation or the foreign corporation's effective date of its certificate of authority.

AB854,415 Section 415. 181.0128 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,416 Section 416. 181.0128 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (3).

AB854,417 Section 417. 181.0128 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,418 Section 418. 181.0128 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,419 Section 419. 181.0128 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (5) and amended to read:

AB854,276,22 181.0213 (5) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate or statement of status issued by the department, the certificate or statement is conclusive evidence that the domestic corporation or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.

AB854,420 Section 420. 181.0128 (6) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,421 Section 421. 181.0128 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 181.0213 (6).

AB854,422 Section 422. 181.0141 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,277,7 181.0141 (4) Address to be used. Written notice to a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be addressed to its registered agent at its registered office or to the domestic corporation or foreign corporation at its principal office. With respect to a foreign corporation that has not yet filed an annual report under s. 181.1622 181.0214, the address of the foreign corporation's principal office may be determined from its application for a certificate of authority.

AB854,423 Section 423 . 181.0141 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB854,424 Section 424. 181.0162 of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,277,15 181.0162 Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 USC 7001 (c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 (b) of that act, 15 USC 7003 (b).

AB854,425 Section 425 . 181.0163 of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,277,20 181.0163 Forum selection provisions. The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may require, consistent with applicable jurisdictional requirements, that any or all claims pertaining to the internal affairs of the corporation be brought solely and exclusively in the courts in this state.

AB854,426 Section 426 . Subchapter II (title) of chapter 181 [precedes 181.0201] of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,277,23 CHAPTER 181

AB854,278,2 SUBCHAPTER II formation; articles of INCORPORATION and other filings

AB854,427 Section 427 . 181.0202 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,278,5 181.0202 (1) (d) The street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name and e-mail address of its initial registered agent at that office.

AB854,428 Section 428. 181.0203 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB854,278,9 181.0203 (1) When corporate existence begins. The corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation become effective under s. 181.0123 181.0209.

AB854,429 Section 429. 181.0208 of the statutes is created to read:

AB854,278,13 181.0208 Filing requirements. (1) Subject to sub. (1m), to be filed by the department pursuant to this chapter, a record must be received by the department, comply with this chapter, and satisfy all of the following:

AB854,278,14 (a) The filing of the record must be required or permitted by this chapter.

AB854,278,16 (b) The record must be physically delivered in written form unless and to the extent the department permits electronic delivery of records.

AB854,278,19 (c) The words in the record must be in English, and numbers must be in Arabic or Roman numerals, but the name of an entity need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

AB854,278,21 (d) The record must be signed by a person authorized or required under this chapter to sign the record.

AB854,278,25 (e) The record must state the name and capacity, if any, of each individual who signed it, either on behalf of the individual or the person authorized or required to sign the record, but need not contain a seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification.

AB854,279,1 (f) The record must contain the name of the drafter, if required by s. 182.01 (3).