(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(a) It must be signed by each person that signed the document being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.
(b) It must identify the document to be withdrawn.
(c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the document being withdrawn, it must state that the document is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the document.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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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.
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196. 180.0401 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (2) (a) 2. A corporate
Any name reserved or registered under s. 178.0906, 178.0907, 179.0115, 179.0116, 180.0402, 180.0403, 181.0402 or, 181.0403 183.0113, or 183.0114 or other law of this state providing for the reservation or registration of a name by a filing of a record by the department.
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197. 180.0401 (2) (a) 5., 6., 7. and 8. of the statutes are repealed.
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198. 180.0401 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
180.0401 (2) (a) 9. The Any name of a limited liability partnership formed under the laws of, or registered in, this state whose statement of qualification is in effect.
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199. 180.0401 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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.
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200. 180.0401 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
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.
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201. 180.0401 (4) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
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:
(a) Merged with the other domestic corporation or foreign corporation entity.
(b) Been formed by reorganization of the other domestic corporation or foreign corporation entity.
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202. 180.0402 of the statutes is amended to read: