185.09 Promotion expense; limitation. No cooperative funds may be used, nor any stock issued, in payment of any promotion expenses in excess of 5 percent of the paid-up capital stock or membership fees. This section does not apply to a cooperative association organized under s. 185.981.
History: 2009 a. 165, 177; 2011 a. 258.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
185.031 - Refunds after forfeiture.
185.033 - Restriction on changes to articles.
185.034 - Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
185.035 - Mandatory indemnification.
185.036 - Determination of right to indemnification.
185.037 - Allowance of expenses as incurred.
185.038 - Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.
185.039 - Court-ordered indemnification.
185.04 - Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.
185.042 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.
185.045 - Reserved or registered name.
185.06 - Organization meetings.
185.08 - Principal office; registered agent; service of process.
185.09 - Promotion expense; limitation.
185.15 - Notice to members, stockholders or other persons; waiver.
185.21 - Stock; authorization, issuance, control, use, rights.
185.22 - Subscriptions for stock; liability therefor.
185.23 - Missing securities or records.
185.24 - Liability of cooperative for wrongful transfers of its securities.
185.25 - Applicability of ch. 408 to cooperative securities.
185.31 - Directors; number, election, removal and vacancies.
185.32 - Directors; meetings, quorum and waiver of notice.
185.34 - Action without meeting by directors or members.
185.36 - Compensation and benefits to directors, officers and employees.
185.363 - Reliance by directors or officers.
185.365 - Consideration of interests in addition to members' and stockholders' interests.
185.367 - Limited liability of directors and officers.
185.37 - Liability of directors and members.
185.38 - Disposition of assets; right to secure debts.
185.41 - Cooperative contracts.
185.42 - Recording of cooperative contracts; effect thereof.
185.43 - Relief against breach or threatened breach.
185.44 - Application of ss. 185.41 to 185.43; venue of action.
185.45 - Apportionment and distribution of proceeds.
185.47 - Financial books and records; penalty for refusal to produce.
185.48 - Annual reports; filing thereof.
185.50 - Income or franchise tax returns.
185.51 - Amendments to articles.
185.52 - Stockholder voting on amendments to articles.
185.53 - Filing and recording amendments; effect thereof.
185.55 - Amendments by bankruptcy court.
185.61 - Merger and consolidation.
185.62 - Articles of merger or consolidation; effect thereof.
185.63 - Division of a cooperative.
185.64 - Conversion of corporation.
185.71 - Voluntary dissolution.
185.72 - Involuntary dissolution.
185.73 - Liquidation under court supervision.
185.74 - Property not distributed prior to dissolution.
185.76 - Survival of remedy after dissolution.
185.81 - Admission of foreign cooperatives.
185.815 - Recording change of principal office or registered agent.
185.82 - Procedure on filing and recording of documents.
185.825 - Penalty for false document.
185.84 - Fees or penalty due state.
185.85 - Forms to be furnished by department of financial institutions.
185.91 - Voting requirements of articles.
185.92 - Effect of unauthorized acts.
185.93 - Member or stockholder derivative actions.
185.94 - Use of term “cooperative"; penalty for improper use.
185.95 - Discrimination against association.
185.96 - Application of chapter.
185.981 - Cooperative health care.
185.982 - Manner of practicing medicine, chiropractic and dentistry; payment; promotional expense.
185.983 - Requirements of plan.
185.985 - Inconsistent provisions of the statutes.
185.99 - Health benefit purchasing cooperatives.
185.995 - Extensions of credit by electric cooperatives for certain projects.