Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 193 - Unincorporated cooperative associations.
193.111 - Filing fees and other requirements.

193.111 Filing fees and other requirements.
(1) Except as provided under sub. (2), the department shall charge and collect for:
(a) Filing articles for a new cooperative, $25, if the new cooperative is organized with no capital stock. If the new cooperative is organized with capital stock, the department may charge $1.25 for each $1,000 of capital stock, or $25, whichever is greater.
(b) Filing an amendment to or restatement of the articles or articles of consolidation or division, $25, 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 or statement filed to reflect only a change in the name of a registered agent.
(c) Filing articles of merger, $30.
(d) Filing articles or decree of dissolution, $5.
(e) Receiving service of any process, notice, or demand, authorized to be served on the department by this chapter, an amount equal to the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (c).
(g) Filing a report of names and addresses of officers or directors, $3.
(h) Processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed or recorded under this chapter, an amount equal to the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d), in addition to the fee required by other provisions of this chapter.
(2) The department, by rule, may specify a larger fee for filing documents described in sub. (1) in paper format.
(3) No document may be filed or recorded until all fees for the document have been paid.
(4) The department shall endorse on any document filed with the department the word “filed" or a similar word determined by the department and the month, day, and year of filing, record the document in the office of the department, and return the document to the person or entity who delivered it for filing.
History: 2005 a. 441.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 193 - Unincorporated cooperative associations.

193.001 - Citation.

193.005 - Definitions.

193.105 - Use of term “cooperative" restricted.

193.111 - Filing fees and other requirements.

193.115 - Registered office and agent.

193.121 - Legal recognition of electronic records and signatures.

193.201 - Organizational purpose.

193.203 - Exceptions.

193.205 - Organizers.

193.211 - Cooperative name.

193.215 - Articles of organization and notice of mailing address.

193.221 - Amendment of articles.

193.225 - Conversion to cooperative.

193.231 - Curative filing.

193.241 - Bylaws.

193.245 - Cooperative records.

193.301 - Cooperative powers.

193.305 - Emergency powers.

193.311 - Agricultural product and commodity marketing contracts.

193.315 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.

193.401 - Board governs cooperative.

193.405 - Number of directors.

193.411 - Election of directors.

193.415 - Removal of directors.

193.417 - Resignation of directors.

193.421 - Filling vacancies.

193.423 - Allocation of voting authority among directors.

193.425 - Board meetings.

193.431 - Quorum; presence of objecting director.

193.435 - Actions of the board.

193.441 - Actions without a meeting.

193.443 - Board authority concerning certain cooperative property.

193.445 - Audit committee.

193.451 - Committees.

193.455 - Conduct and liability of directors.

193.461 - Director conflicts of interest.

193.465 - Limitation of director's liability in articles or bylaws.

193.471 - Indemnification.

193.475 - Officers.

193.478 - Director Education.

193.501 - Members.

193.505 - Member liability.

193.511 - Regular members' meetings.

193.515 - Special members' meetings.

193.518 - Effect of insufficient notice.

193.521 - Certification of notice.

193.523 - Electronic notice.

193.524 - Revocation of electronic communication.

193.525 - Quorum at members' meeting.

193.531 - Virtual members' meetings and attendance.

193.535 - Actions of the members.

193.541 - Actions without a members' meeting.

193.545 - Member voting rights.

193.551 - Patron member voting based on patronage.

193.553 - Voting rights limited to members as of date certain.

193.555 - Voting rights of nonmembers.

193.557 - Voting of jointly owned membership interests.

193.559 - Cumulative voting by members.

193.561 - Voting by business entities, subsidiaries, legal representatives, and holders of security interests.

193.565 - Voting by proxy.

193.571 - Member authority concerning certain cooperative property.

193.601 - Membership interests.

193.605 - Cooperative securities.

193.611 - Assignment of financial rights.

193.615 - Nature and terms of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.

193.621 - Certificated membership interests.

193.625 - Replacement certificates.

193.631 - Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.

193.701 - Authorization, form, and acceptance.

193.702 - Valuation; presumption and liability.

193.705 - Restated value of previous contributions.

193.711 - Contribution agreements.

193.715 - Contribution rights agreements.

193.721 - Allocations of profits and distributions of cash and other assets.

193.725 - Allocations and distributions of profits to patron members.

193.731 - Member control agreements.

193.735 - Distribution of unclaimed property.

193.801 - Merger and consolidation.

193.805 - Merger of subsidiary or parent.

193.807 - Effective date; effect of merger or consolidation.

193.835 - Abandonment of merger.

193.905 - Voluntary dissolution; winding up.

193.911 - Revocation of dissolution proceedings.

193.925 - Court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

193.931 - Involuntary dissolution.

193.935 - Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

193.941 - Receiver qualifications and powers.

193.951 - Filing claims in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution proceedings.

193.955 - Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.

193.961 - Order of dissolution.

193.971 - Barring of claims.