(a) The person has actual knowledge of the fact.
(b) The person is deemed to know the fact under law other than this chapter.
(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.
(3) Subject to s. 180.0504 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.
258,187 Section 187 . 180.0141 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0141 (5) (a) (intro.) 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. Except as provided in par. (b) and ss. 180.0807 (2) and 180.0843 (1), written notice is effective at the earliest of the following:
258,188 Section 188 . 180.0141 (5) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
180.0141 (5) (a) 4. For notices from the department, upon successful transmission by e-mail as provided in this chapter.
258,189 Section 189 . 180.0141 (6) and (7) of the statutes are created to read:
180.0141 (6) (a) A person shall give notice in writing, except as provided in par. (b). For purposes of this section, notice by electronic transmission is written notice.
(b) A person may give oral notice if oral notice is permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws and not otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
(7) Except as provided in s. 180.0721 (4) or unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, notice may be communicated in person; by mail or other method of delivery; by telephone, including voice mail, answering machine or answering service; or by any other electronic means. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication.
258,190 Section 190. 180.0143 of the statutes is created to read:
180.0143 Withdrawal of filed documents before effectiveness. (1) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 180.11031 (2) and (3) and 180.1173 (2), a document delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.
(2) A statement of withdrawal must satisfy all of the following:
(a) It must be signed by each person that signed the document being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.
(b) It must identify the document to be withdrawn.
(c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the document being withdrawn, it must state that the document is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the document.
(3) On filing by the department of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original document does not take effect.
258,191 Section 191. 180.0144 of the statutes is created to read:
180.0144 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).
258,192 Section 192 . 180.0145 of the statutes is created to read:
180.0145 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 shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts in this state.
258,193 Section 193 . 180.0202 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0202 (1) (h) 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.
258,194 Section 194. 180.0401 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
180.0401 (1) (a) 3. May not contain language stating or implying that the entity is organized for a purpose subject to regulation under another statute of this state, unless its purpose is not prohibited by, and the entity is subject to all the limitations of, the other statute.
258,195 Section 195. 180.0401 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
180.0401 (2) (a) 1. Any name of an existing person whose formation required the filing of a record by the department and which is not at the time administratively dissolved.