614.80 Tax exemption. Every domestic and nondomestic fraternal, except those that offer a health maintenance organization as defined in s. 609.01 (2) or a limited service health organization as defined in s. 609.01 (3) is exempt from all state, county, district, municipal and school taxes or fees, except the fees required by s. 601.31 (2), but is required to pay all taxes and special assessments on its real estate and office equipment, except as provided in ss. 70.11 (4) and 70.1105 (1).
History: 1975 c. 373; 1979 c. 102 s. 237; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 35; 2001 a. 16.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 614 - Insurance — fraternals.
614.03 - Orders imposing and relaxing restrictions.
614.05 - Applicability of other insurance laws to fraternals.
614.07 - General corporate powers and procedures.
614.09 - Reservation of corporate name.
614.10 - Members and applicants in fraternals.
614.12 - Articles of incorporation and bylaws.
614.13 - Organization permit and certificate of incorporation.
614.14 - Powers under organization permit and deposit of proceeds of subscriptions.
614.16 - Termination of organization permit and payment of organization expenses.
614.18 - Incorporators' liability and organization expenses.
614.19 - Initial surplus requirements.
614.20 - Certificate of authority.
614.22 - Accelerated organization procedure.
614.24 - Segregated accounts, variable benefits and subsidiaries.
614.28 - Changes in business plan.
614.29 - Amendment of articles of incorporation.
614.31 - Securities regulation.
614.33 - Authorized securities.
614.41 - Communications to members.
614.42 - Representative form of government.
614.43 - Annual report to fraternal members.
614.53 - Removal of directors and officers and filling of vacancies.
614.54 - Supervision of management changes.
614.55 - Continuity of management in emergencies.
614.56 - Committees of directors.
614.57 - Interlocking directorates and other relationships.
614.60 - Transactions with affiliates and in which directors and others are interested.
614.62 - Directors' liability and indemnification.
614.63 - Executive compensation.
614.66 - Exclusive agency contracts and management contracts.
614.73 - Merger and consolidation of fraternals.
614.74 - Voluntary dissolution of solvent domestic fraternals.
614.76 - Voluntary conversion of fraternals to mutuals.
614.77 - Rehabilitation or involuntary conversion.
614.78 - Maintenance of solvency.
614.79 - Rehabilitation and liquidation.
614.82 - Fraternal expenditures and activities.