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SB643,29 7Section 29. 242.094 of the statutes is created to read:
SB643,8,9 8242.094 Governing law. (1) In this section, the following rules determine a
9debtor's location:
SB643,8,1110 (a) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual's principal
11residence.
SB643,8,1312 (b) A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located
13at its place of business.
SB643,8,1514 (c) A debtor that is an organization and that has more than one place of
15business is located at its chief executive office.
SB643,8,18 16(2) A claim for relief in the nature of a claim for relief under this chapter is
17governed by the local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located when the
18transfer is made or the obligation is incurred.
SB643,30 19Section 30. 242.096 of the statutes is created to read:
SB643,8,20 20242.096 Application to series organization. (1) In this section:
SB643,8,2321 (a) “Protected series” means an arrangement, however denominated, created
22by a series organization that, pursuant to the law under which the series
23organization is organized, has the characteristics set forth in par. (b).
SB643,8,2524 (b) “Series organization” means an organization that, pursuant to the law
25under which it is organized, has the following characteristics:
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11. The organic record of the organization provides for creation by the
2organization of one or more protected series, however denominated, with respect to
3specified property of the organization, and for records to be maintained for each
4protected series that identify the property of or associated with the protected series.
SB643,9,85 2. Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities of, or property of or
6associated with, a particular protected series is enforceable against the property of
7or associated with the protected series only, and not against the property of or
8associated with the organization or other protected series of the organization.
SB643,9,119 3. Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities or property of the
10organization is enforceable against the property of the organization only, and not
11against the property of or associated with a protected series of the organization.
SB643,9,15 12(2) A series organization and each protected series of the organization is a
13separate person for purposes of this chapter, even if for other purposes a protected
14series is not a person separate from the organization or other protected series of the
15organization.
SB643,31 16Section 31. 242.12 of the statutes is created to read:
SB643,9,22 17242.12 Relation to electronic signatures in global and national
18commerce act.
This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic
19Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, but does not
20modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 USC 7001 (c), or authorize
21electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 (b) of that act, 15 USC
227003
(b).
SB643,32 23Section 32. 242.13 of the statutes is created to read:
SB643,9,25 24242.13 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Voidable
25Transactions Law.
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1Section 33. 402.402 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB643,10,62 402.402 (3) (b) Where identification to the contract or delivery is made not in
3current course of trade but in satisfaction of or as security for a preexisting claim for
4money, security or the like and is made under circumstances which under any rule
5of law of the state where the goods are situated would apart from this chapter
6constitute the transaction a fraudulent or voidable transfer or voidable preference.
SB643,34 7Section 34. 411.308 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB643,10,108 411.308 (2) (b) The lease contract is made under circumstances that under any
9statute or rule of law apart from this chapter would constitute the transaction a
10fraudulent or voidable transfer or voidable preference.
SB643,35 11Section 35. 705.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB643,11,212 705.07 (2) For purposes of ch. 242, a debtor party shall be deemed to have made
13a transfer only at the time some other party withdraws all or part of the sums on
14deposit, or at the time of the debtor party's death as to sums not previously
15withdrawn. In the case of a withdrawal while the debtor party is living, the sole
16grounds for determining any such transfer to be fraudulent voidable shall be
17whether the debtor party is or will be thereby rendered insolvent under s. 242.05 (1)
18or whether the debtor party is engaged or is about to engage in a business or
19transaction for which the assets remaining in the debtor party's hands after the
20transfer are unreasonably small under s. 242.04 (1) (b) 1. In the case of a transfer
21by reason of the death of the debtor party, the sole ground for determining any such
22transfer to be fraudulent voidable shall be whether the debtor party's estate subject
23to administration is insolvent under s. 242.02. For purposes of this subsection, the
24amount transferred shall be deemed to consist of those assets which the creditors of
25the debtor party could have made subject to their claims immediately prior to the

1transfer, less any sums which such creditors could have made so subject to their
2claims immediately after the transfer.
SB643,36 3Section 36. 815.18 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB643,11,154 815.18 (10) Fraudulent and voidable transfers. A conveyance or transfer of
5wholly exempt property shall not be considered a fraudulent conveyance or a
6fraudulent or voidable
transfer. Property that is not totally exempt in value under
7this section may be subject to a fraudulent voidable transfer action under ch. 242 to
8set aside that transfer to the extent that the property's value is not exempt under this
9section. If a court is required to satisfy the claim of a creditor and if that relief is
10demanded, the court may determine the manner of dividing fraudulently transferred
11property or property for which the transfer is voidable into exempt and nonexempt
12portions, or may order the sale of the whole property and an accounting of the exempt
13portion. Any or all of the exemptions granted by this section may be denied if, in the
14discretion of the court having jurisdiction, the debtor procured, concealed or
15transferred assets with the intention of defrauding creditors.
SB643,37 16Section 37. 893.425 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB643,11,19 17893.425 Fraudulent Voidable transfers and obligations. An action with
18respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation under ch. 242 shall be barred unless the
19action is commenced:
SB643,11,22 20(1) Under s. 242.04 (1) (a), within not later than 4 years after the transfer is
21made or the obligation is incurred or, if later, within not later than one year after the
22transfer or obligation is or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant.
SB643,11,24 23(2) Under s. 242.04 (1) (b) or 242.05 (1), within not later than 4 years after the
24transfer is made or the obligation is incurred.
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1(3) Under s. 242.05 (2), within not later than one year after the transfer is made
2or the obligation is incurred.
SB643,12,33 (End)
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