SB810,207,2 180.0401 (3) (a) The other corporation or the foreign corporation, limited liability company, nonprofit or nonstock corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, foreign limited partnership, general cooperative association, or unincorporated limited cooperative association consents to the use in writing and submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the department to change its name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records of the department from the name of the applicant, or to cancel the registration or reservation.

SB810,198 Section 198. 180.0401 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB810,207,12 180.0401 (3m) In determining whether a name is the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the department from the name of another person, words, phrases, or abbreviations indicating a type of entity, such as “corporation," “Corp.," “incorporated," “Inc.," “service corporation,” “SC,” “Limited," “Ltd.," “limited partnership," “LP," “limited liability partnership," “LLP," “ limited liability limited partnership," “LLLP," “registered limited liability limited partnership," “RLLLP," “limited liability company," “LLC," “cooperative association," or “cooperative," or a variation of these abbreviations that differs only with respect to capitalization of letters or punctuation, may not be taken into account.

SB810,199 Section 199. 180.0401 (4) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB810,207,21 180.0401 (4) (intro.) A corporation may use in this state the name, including the fictitious name, that is used in this state by another domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state , or by a limited liability company, nonprofit or nonstock corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, general cooperative association, or limited cooperative association, if the corporation proposing to use the name has done any of the following:

SB810,207,22 (a) Merged with the other domestic corporation or foreign corporation entity.

SB810,207,24 (b) Been formed by reorganization of the other domestic corporation or foreign corporation entity.

SB810,200 Section 200. 180.0402 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB810,208,9 180.0402 Reserved Reservation of name. (1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the department for filing or by making a telephone application. The application shall include the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the department finds that the corporate name applied for under this subsection is available, the department shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a 120-day period, which may be renewed by the applicant or a transferee under sub. (2) from time to time.

SB810,208,14 (2) A person who has the right to exclusive use of a reserved corporate name under sub. (1) may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the department a written and signed notice in a record of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee person to which the reservation is being transferred.

SB810,201 Section 201. 180.0403 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB810,208,16 180.0403 (title) Registered Registration of name.

SB810,202 Section 202. 180.0403 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB810,208,23 180.0403 (1) (a) A foreign corporation that has not obtained a certificate of authority to transact business in this state under subch. XV may register its corporate name, or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 180.1506 (1), if the name is distinguishable upon on the records of the department from the names described in that are not available under s. 180.1506 (2) (a) 1. to 7. and if the foreign corporation delivers to the department for filing an application complying with par. (b) 4.

SB810,203 Section 203. 180.0403 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB810,209,6 180.0403 (1) (b) To register its name or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 180.1506 (1), a foreign corporation must deliver to the department for filing an application stating the foreign corporation's name, the jurisdiction and the date of its formation, and any fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 180.1506 (1). If the department finds that the name applied for is available, the department shall register the name for the applicant's exclusive use.

SB810,204 Section 204. 180.0403 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB810,209,9 180.0403 (1) (c) The registration of a name under this section expires annually on December 31. The

SB810,209,15 (d) A foreign corporation whose name registration is effective may renew its the registration by delivering to the department for filing a renewal application, which complies with par. (b), between October 1 and December 31 of each year that the registration is in effect. The, a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application when filed renews the registration for the next year.

SB810,205 Section 205. 180.0501 of the statutes is renumbered 180.0501 (1m), and 180.0501 (1m) (intro.), (b) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB810,209,25 180.0501 (1m) (intro.) Each corporation shall continuously designate and maintain in this state a registered office and registered agent in this state. The designation of a registered agent is an affirmation of the fact by the corporation that the agent has consented to serve. The registered office may, but need not, be the same as any of its the corporation's places of business. The registered office must be an actual physical location with a street address and not solely a post office box, mailbox service, or telephone answering service. The registered agent shall be any of the following:

SB810,210,5 (b) A domestic corporation, a nonprofit or nonstock corporation, a limited liability company, limited partnership, a or limited liability partnership, or a limited liability company, incorporated or organized in this state or that has in effect a statement of qualification under s. 178.0901, whose business office is identical with the registered office.

SB810,210,9 (c) A foreign corporation, nonprofit or nonstock corporation, limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, or limited liability company if that entity is authorized to transact business in this state whose and the entity's business office is identical with the registered office.

SB810,206 Section 206. 180.0501 (2m) and (3m) of the statutes are created to read:

SB810,210,12 180.0501 (2m) A registered agent for a corporation must have an e-mail address and a place of business or activity in this state.

SB810,210,14 (3m) The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent that has complied with this chapter are the following:

SB810,210,17 (a) To forward to the corporation at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the corporation any process, notice, or demand pertaining to the corporation which is served on or received by the agent.

SB810,210,20 (b) If the registered agent resigns, to provide the notice required by s. 180.0503 to the corporation at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the corporation.

SB810,210,22 (c) To keep current the information with respect to the agent in the articles of incorporation.