2023 WISCONSIN ACT 252
An Act to amend 187.11 of the statutes; relating to: specifying Crossroads College as the entity in which the Church of Christ’s property vests if the Church of Christ becomes defunct or is dissolved.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
252,1Section 1. 187.11 of the statutes is amended to read: 187.11 Property of Church of Christ or Christian Church. Whenever any local religious society of the denomination known as the Church of Christ or the Christian Church, which that accepts the Wisconsin Christian Missionary Association Crossroads College, or any predecessor or successor organization of Crossroads College, as its missionary organization becomes defunct or is dissolved, the property thereof shall vest in the Wisconsin Christian Missionary Association, the state institution of said denomination Crossroads College, or any successor organization of Crossroads College, and if within 3 years from the date when such local society becomes defunct or is dissolved it is reincorporated in the manner prescribed in s. 187.01, the said property so belonging to such defunct or dissolved local corporation at the time of its dissolution shall vest in such new corporation. Any local religious society shall be deemed defunct within the meaning of this section when it shall have ceased to maintain at least one regular service per month for a period of 2 years. Section 187.03 shall not apply to or affect religious societies of the denomination known as the Church of Christ or the Christian Church.
