SB810,452,2222 4. This paragraph does not affect liability under any taxation laws.
SB810,452,2423 (b) The title to all property owned by the converting entity is vested in the
24converted entity without transfer, reversion, or impairment.
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1(c) The converted entity has all debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the
2converting entity.
SB810,453,53 (d) A civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding pending by or against the
4converting entity may be continued as if the conversion did not occur, or the
5converted entity may be substituted in the proceeding for the converting entity.
SB810,453,86 (e) The organizational documents of the converted entity are as provided in the
7plan of conversion and, to the extent such organizational documents are to be
8reflected in a public record, as provided in the articles of conversion.
SB810,453,169 (f) The interests of the converting entity that are to be converted into interests,
10securities, or obligations of the surviving entity, rights to acquire such interests or
11securities, money, other property, or any combination of the foregoing, are converted
12as provided in the plan of conversion, and the former interest holders of the
13converting entity are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of conversion or
14to their rights, if any, under ss. 178.1161, 179.1161, 180.0301 to 180.1331, 181.1180,
15183.1061, or otherwise under the governing law of the converting entity. All other
16terms and conditions of the conversion also take effect.
SB810,453,1917 (g) Except as prohibited by other law or as otherwise provided in the articles
18and plan of conversion, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and
19purposes of the converting entity vest in the converted entity.
SB810,453,2320 (h) Except as otherwise provided in the articles and plan of conversion, if the
21converting entity is a partnership, limited liability company, or other entity subject
22to dissolution under its governing law, the conversion does not dissolve the
23converting entity for the purposes of its governing law.
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1(2) (a) When a conversion takes effect, the department is the agent of any
2foreign converted entity for service of process in a proceeding to enforce any
3obligation or the rights of interest holders of any domestic converting entity.
SB810,454,64 (b) When a conversion takes effect, any foreign converted entity shall timely
5honor the rights and obligations of interest holders under this chapter with respect
6to each domestic limited liability company converting entity.
SB810,454,15 7183.1051 Domestication authorized. A domestic limited liability company
8may domesticate as a non-United States entity subject to non-United States
9governing law while continuing to be a domestic limited liability company, and a
10non-United States entity may domesticate as a domestic limited liability company
11subject to this chapter while continuing to be an entity subject to its non-United
12States governing law pursuant to ss. 183.1051 to 183.1055 and a plan of
13domestication, if the domestication is permitted under the governing law of the
14domesticating entity and permitted under the governing law of the domesticated
15entity.
SB810,454,17 16183.1052 Plan of domestication. (1) A plan of domestication must be in a
17record and contain all of the following:
SB810,454,1818 (a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticating entity.
SB810,454,1919 (b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticated entity.
SB810,454,2020 (c) The terms and conditions of the domestication.
SB810,454,2421 (d) The organizational documents of the domesticated entity that are to be in
22a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective, including any
23proposed amendments to the organizational documents of the domesticating entity
24that are to be in a record immediately after the domestication becomes effective.
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1(2) In addition to the requirements of sub. (1), a plan of domestication may
2contain any other provision relating to the domestication and not prohibited by law.
SB810,455,7 3183.1053 Approval of domestication; amendment; abandonment. (1)
4Subject to s. 183.1061, a plan of domestication must be approved by all the members
5of a domesticating Wisconsin limited liability company. A plan of domestication of
6a domesticating non-United States entity must be approved pursuant to the
7governing law of the domesticating entity.
SB810,455,13 8(2) Subject to s. 183.1061 and the governing law of the domesticating entity,
9after a plan of domestication is approved, and at any time before a domestication
10becomes effective, the domesticating entity may amend the plan of domestication or
11abandon the domestication as provided in the plan of domestication or, except as
12otherwise provided in the plan of domestication, with the same vote or consent as was
13required to approve the plan of domestication.
SB810,455,21 14(3) If, after articles of domestication have been delivered to the department for
15filing and before the domestication becomes effective, the plan of domestication is
16amended in a manner that requires an amendment to the articles of domestication
17or if the domestication is abandoned, a statement of amendment or abandonment,
18signed by the domesticating entity, must be delivered to the department for filing
19before the domestication becomes effective. When a statement of abandonment
20becomes effective, the domestication is abandoned and does not become effective.
21The statement of amendment or abandonment must contain all of the following:
SB810,455,2322 (a) The name of the domesticating entity and the domesticated entity under the
23plan of domestication.
SB810,455,2424 (b) The amendment to or abandonment of the articles of domestication.
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1(c) A statement that the amendment or abandonment was approved in
2accordance with this section.
SB810,456,6 3183.1054 Filings required for domestication; effective date. (1) After
4the domesticating entity has approved a plan of domestication in accordance with its
5governing law, the domesticating entity shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
6department for filing articles of domestication setting forth all of the following:
SB810,456,77 (a) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticating entity.
SB810,456,88 (b) The name, type of entity, and governing law of the domesticated entity.
SB810,456,109 (c) A statement that a plan of domestication has been approved and adopted
10by the domesticating entity in accordance with its governing law.
SB810,456,1411 (d) Any amendments to the organizational documents of the domesticating
12entity and any organizational documents of the domesticated entity under s.
13183.1052 (1) (d) that are to be in a public record under their respective governing
14laws.
SB810,456,1615 (e) A statement that the plan of domestication is on file at the principal office
16of the domesticated entity.