Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 185 - Cooperatives.
185.83 - Fees for filing.

185.83 Fees for filing.
(1) Except as provided under sub. (1m), the department shall charge and collect for:
(a) Filing articles for a new cooperative, $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock, but in no case less than $25. A cooperative organized without capital stock shall pay a fee of $25.
(b) Filing an amendment to or restatement of the articles or articles of consolidation or division, $10, plus $1.25 for each $1,000 of authorized stock not authorized at the time of the amendment, restatement, consolidation, or division, except that no fee may be collected for any of the following:
1. An amendment showing only a change of address resulting from the action of a governmental agency if there is no corresponding change in physical location and if 2 copies of the notice of the action are submitted to the department.
2. An amendment filed to reflect only a change in the name of a registered agent.
(bm) Filing articles of merger, $30.
(c) Filing articles or decree of dissolution, $5.
(d) Receiving services of any process, notice or demand, authorized to be served on the department by this chapter, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c).
(e) Filing an annual report of a cooperative, $15.
(g) Filing a report of names and addresses of officers or directors, $3.
(h) Processing a document required or permitted to be filed or recorded under this chapter in an expeditious manner, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.
(1m) The department, by rule, may specify a larger fee for filing documents described in sub. (1) in paper format.
(2) No document may be filed or recorded until all fees therefor have been paid.
History: 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1587, 1588, 2204 (47); 1983 a. 134; 1985 a. 29; 1985 a. 30 ss. 39m, 42; 1985 a. 338; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 123; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16, 44.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 185 - Cooperatives.

185.01 - Definitions.

185.02 - Purposes.

185.03 - General powers.

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.

185.041 - Insurance.

185.042 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.

185.043 - Incorporators.

185.045 - Reserved or registered name.

185.05 - Articles.

185.06 - Organization meetings.

185.07 - Bylaws.

185.08 - Principal office; registered agent; service of process.

185.09 - Promotion expense; limitation.

185.11 - Membership.

185.12 - Voting.

185.13 - Member meetings.

185.14 - Quorum.

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.

185.33 - Executive committee.

185.34 - Action without meeting by directors or members.

185.35 - Officers.

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.

185.49 - Omission of seal.

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.

185.54 - Restated articles.

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.

185.75 - Unclaimed assets.

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.

185.83 - Fees for filing.

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.

185.97 - Title.

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.