reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WI Stat § 202.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose.|202.23 - Financial capability.

202.23  Financial capability. Except as provided in s. 202.22 (5) (e) or (7) (b), a professional employer organization or professional employer group shall maintain one of the following: (1)  Working capital requirement. Working capital, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, of not less than $100,000, as shown in the financial statement submitted to the department under s. 202.22 (2) (f) 1., (4) (a), or (6). (2)  Alternative commitment. A bond in an amount that is not less than $100,000 or, if the financial statement submitted to the department under s. 202.22 (2) (f) 1., (4), or (6) indicates negative working capital, a bond in an amount that is not less than $100,000 plus an amount that is sufficient to cover that negative amount. The bond shall be in a form approved by the department and shall secure the payment by the professional employer organization or professional employer group of any wages, salaries, employee benefits, worker's compensation insurance premiums, payroll taxes, unemployment insurance contributions, or other amounts that are payable to or with respect to an employee performing services for a client if the professional employer organization or professional employer group does not make those payments when due. The bond shall be established in favor of the department, for the benefit of the state and any employee to whom or with respect to whom the professional employer organization or professional employer group does not make a payment described in this subsection when due. The professional employer organization or professional employer group shall file with the department any agreement, instrument, or other document that is necessary to enforce the commitment against the professional employer organization or professional employer group, or against any relevant 3rd party, or both.History:  2007 a. 189; 2009 a. 174; 2013 a. 20 s. 2249; Stats. 2013 s. 202.23; 2013 a. 168 s. 21; 2015 a. 163.
WI Stat § 202.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose.|202.26 - Rules.

202.26  Rules. The rules the department promulgates under s. 202.07 (4m) that implement this subchapter may include rules providing for reasonable fees for any service provided under this chapter that do not exceed an amount that is necessary to cover the cost of providing that service.History:  2007 a. 189; 2013 a. 20 s. 2252; Stats. 2013 s. 202.26; 2015 a. 163.
WI Stat § 202.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose.|202.29 - Short title.

202.29  Short title. This subchapter shall be known as the “Wisconsin Professional Employer Organizations Act."History:  2009 a. 174; 2013 a. 20 s. 2253; Stats. 2013 s. 202.29.
WI Stat § 204.101 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.101 - Application and effect of chapter.

204.101  Application and effect of chapter. (1) General rule. This chapter shall be applicable to all benefit corporations. (2)  Application of business corporation law generally. The existence of a provision of this chapter shall not of itself create an implication that a contrary or different rule of law is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation. This chapter shall not affect any statute or rule that is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation. (3)  Laws applicable to benefit corporations. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, ch. 180 shall be generally applicable to all benefit corporations. The specific provisions of this chapter shall control over the general provisions of ch. 180. A benefit corporation may be simultaneously subject to this chapter and provisions of other chapters. (4)  Organic records. A provision of the articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not relax, be inconsistent with, or supersede a provision of this chapter.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.102 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.102 - Definitions.

204.102  Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, in this chapter: (1) “Benefit corporation" means a business corporation that has elected to become subject to this chapter and whose status as a benefit corporation has not been terminated under s. 204.105. (2) “Benefit director" means the person designated as the benefit director of a benefit corporation as provided in s. 204.302. (3) “Benefit officer" means the officer of a benefit corporation, if any, designated as the benefit officer as provided in s. 204.304. (4) “Entity" has the meaning given in s. 180.0103 (8). (5) “General public benefit" means a material positive impact on society and the environment by the operations of a benefit corporation taken as a whole, through activities that promote some combination of specific public benefits. (6) “Service corporation" has the meaning given in s. 180.1901 (2). (7) “Specific public benefit" includes all of the following:(a) Providing low-income or underserved individuals or communities with beneficial products or services.(b) Promoting economic opportunity for individuals or communities beyond the creation of jobs in the normal course of business.(c) Preserving the environment.(d) Improving human health.(e) Promoting the arts, sciences, or advancement of knowledge.(f) Increasing the flow of capital to entities with a public benefit purpose.(g) The accomplishment of any other particular benefit for society or the environment.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.103 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.103 - Formation of benefit corporations.

204.103  Formation of benefit corporations. A benefit corporation shall be formed in accordance with ch. 180, except that its articles shall also state that it is a benefit corporation.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.104 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.104 - Election of an existing business corporation to become a benefit corporation.

204.104  Election of an existing business corporation to become a benefit corporation. (1) Amendment. An existing business corporation may become a benefit corporation under this chapter by amending its articles so that they contain, in addition to the requirements of s. 180.0202, a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation. (2)  Fundamental transactions. If a corporation that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger, consolidation, or division or is the exchanging corporation in a share exchange, and the surviving, new, or any resulting corporation in the merger, consolidation, division, or share exchange is to be a benefit corporation, then the plan of merger, consolidation, division, or share exchange shall not be effective unless the articles of the surviving, new, or resulting corporation contain a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation. (3)  Shareholder vote. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the corporation's articles of incorporation, bylaws, or shareholder agreements, the amendment of a corporation's articles or its entry into a fundamental transaction under this chapter requires approval by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote on the matter. If the amendment or fundamental transaction is approved, a shareholder who did not vote in favor of the amendment or fundamental transaction is entitled to assert dissenters' rights under ss. 180.1301 to 180.1331.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.105 - Termination of benefit corporation status.

204.105  Termination of benefit corporation status. A benefit corporation may terminate its status as such and cease to be subject to this chapter by amending its articles to delete the provision required by ss. 204.103 and 204.104 to be stated in the articles of a benefit corporation. Once terminated, the corporation's status as a benefit corporation may not be revived for a period of one year from the most recent date of termination of the corporation's status as a benefit corporation.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.201 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.201 - Corporate purposes.

204.201  Corporate purposes. (1) General public benefit purpose. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose under s. 180.0301 and any specific purpose set forth in its articles under sub. (2). (2)  Optional specific public benefit purpose. The articles of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under s. 180.0301 and sub. (1). The identification of a specific public benefit under this subsection does not limit the obligation of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit. (3)  Effect of purposes. The creation of general public benefit and specific public benefit as provided in subs. (1) and (2) shall be considered to be in the best interests of the benefit corporation. (4)  Amendment. A benefit corporation may amend its articles to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create. (5)  Service corporations. A service corporation that is a benefit corporation is not limited by ss. 180.1903 and 180.1905 in its authority to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.302 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.302 - Benefit director.

204.302  Benefit director. (1) General rule. The board of directors of a benefit corporation shall include one director who shall be designated the “benefit director" and shall have, in addition to all of the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of the other directors of the benefit corporation, the powers, duties, rights, and immunities provided in this section. (2)  Election, removal, and qualifications. The benefit director shall be elected, and may be removed, in the manner provided by subch. VIII of ch. 180. The benefit director may serve as the benefit officer at the same time as serving as the benefit director. The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may prescribe additional qualifications of the benefit director not inconsistent with this subsection. (3)  Status of actions. The acts of an individual in the capacity of a benefit director shall constitute for all purposes acts of that individual in the capacity of a director of the benefit corporation. (4)  Alternative governance arrangements. If a benefit corporation has elected under s. 180.1821 not to have a board of directors, then the bylaws of the benefit corporation must provide that the shareholders who perform the duties of a board of directors shall include a person with the powers, duties, rights, and immunities of a benefit director. (5)  Exoneration from personal liability. Notwithstanding s. 180.0828 and any provision of a benefit corporation's bylaws, a benefit director shall not be personally liable for any act or omission in the capacity of a benefit director unless the act or omission constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.303 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.303 - Standard of conduct for officers.

204.303  Standard of conduct for officers. (1) General rule. Each officer of a benefit corporation shall consider the interests and factors described in s. 204.301 (1) in the manner provided in that subsection when the officer has discretion to act with respect to a matter and it reasonably appears to the officer that the matter may have a material effect on the creation of general or specific public benefit by the benefit corporation or on any of the interests or factors referred to in s. 204.301 (1). (2)  Coordination with other provisions of law. The consideration of interests and factors in the manner described in sub. (1) shall not constitute a violation of s. 180.0841 or any other provision of ch. 180. (3)  Exoneration from personal liability. An officer of a benefit corporation is not personally liable, as such, for monetary damages for any action taken as an officer if the officer performed the duties of the position in compliance with this section and the provisions of ch. 180.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.304 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.304 - Benefit officer.

204.304  Benefit officer. (1) Designation. A benefit corporation may have an officer designated the “benefit officer." (2)  Functions. A benefit officer shall have the powers and duties, as provided in the bylaws and as determined by the board of directors, relating to the benefit corporation's purpose of creating general public benefit or specific public benefit.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 204.401 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 204 - Benefit corporations.|204.401 - Annual benefit statement.

204.401  Annual benefit statement. (1) A benefit corporation shall annually provide its shareholders, within 30 days of the end of the benefit corporation's fiscal year, with a statement as to the benefit corporation's promotion of general public benefit or any specific public benefit identified in its articles. The statement shall include all of the following:(a) The objectives the board of directors has established to promote general public benefit or any specific public benefit.(b) The standards the board of directors has adopted to measure the corporation's progress in promoting general public benefit or any specific public benefit.(c) Objective, factual information based on the standards under par. (b) regarding the benefit corporation's success in meeting the objectives under par. (a) and in promoting public benefits and interests.(d) An assessment of the corporation's success in meeting the objectives under par. (a) and in promoting general public benefit or any specific public benefit. (2) The articles or bylaws of a benefit corporation may require that the benefit corporation do any of the following:(a) Make the statement described in sub. (1) available to the public.(b) Use a 3rd-party standard in connection with or attain a periodic 3rd-party certification addressing the corporation's promotion of general public benefit or any specific public benefit identified in its articles.History:  2017 a. 77.
WI Stat § 213.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.01 - Fire Fighters' Association; powers; military duty.

213.01  Fire Fighters' Association; powers; military duty. (1) The Wisconsin State Fire Fighters' Association organized under the laws of this state is continued, with all of its powers and privileges; and any person having served for the term of 7 years in any company belonging to the association shall be exempt from military duty, except in case of insurrection or invasion. (2) No engine company or independent hose company belonging to said association shall at any time exceed 50 persons; and no hook and ladder company, 40 persons.History:  1975 c. 94 s. 91 (9); 1977 c. 318; 1983 a. 36, 242.
WI Stat § 213.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.02 - City and village fire company trustees: election, powers.

213.02  City and village fire company trustees: election, powers. (1) The members of any fire company, in any city or village, which has been organized and has elected those officers required by law, and whose organization and election of officers have been confirmed by the governing body of the city or village, may, when assembled at their usual place of meeting and according to the rules of the company, elect annually not less than 3 nor more than 9 trustees. The trustees shall have the power to do any of the following:(a) Take charge of the property of the fire company, and transact all business relative to the investment, care and disposal of the property.(b) Have a common seal that the trustees may alter at their pleasure.(c) Take possession of, and, pursuant to the rules of the company, manage, control, purchase, take, receive, recover and hold, sell, convey, mortgage, demise, lease and improve all of the property of the company, including all burial places belonging to the company and erect and put in repair all buildings necessary for the company.(d) Sue and be sued in all matters pertaining to the property and the debts, claims, demands and liabilities of the company under the name “trustees of .... (name the company of which they are trustees)". (2) All property conveyed to a fire company or to any person as trustee for the use of a fire company shall vest in the trustees of the company as fully as if originally conveyed to the trustees, and shall be held by the trustees and their successors in trust for the company, subject to the provisions of sub. (1).History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 213.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.03 - City and village fire company trustees: term; vacancies.

213.03  City and village fire company trustees: term; vacancies. Trustees of a fire company, elected under s. 213.02, shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected. A trustee may be removed at any time by the company for cause, after the trustee has had an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. Every vacancy in the office of trustee may be filled for the residue of the term. Any 2 trustees may call a meeting of the trustees and a majority, being convened according to the bylaws of the company, may transact any business authorized to be done by them.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 213.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.04 - City and village fire companies: how disbanded.

213.04  City and village fire companies: how disbanded. The common council of any city or the board of trustees of any village in which any fire company may be located shall have power to disband any fire company for misconduct or when they consider it proper. Whenever any fire company is disbanded under this section, the foreman of the fire company shall immediately call a meeting of the company to provide for the disposal of the company's property. The powers of the trustees then in office shall continue for the purpose of disposing of the company's property and settling up its business affairs.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 213.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.05 - Organization of town fire companies.

213.05  Organization of town fire companies. Any number of persons, not less than 15, not residing in any city or village may organize a fire company as a nonstock corporation under ch. 181 for the protection of life and property. A corporation organized under this section shall have all of the powers of a corporation, including the powers respecting real estate necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes prescribed by the company's articles of organization, and shall be governed by all of the provisions of the statutes applicable to fire companies and nonstock corporations.History:  1997 a. 254.Cross-reference:  See s. 102.07 (7) for provision as to worker's compensation liability.Volunteer fire department organized as nonprofit corporations under s. 213.05 are not subject to the open meeting law. 66 Atty. Gen 113.Whether a private sector fire department may be transformed into a public department upon reaching a certain level of governmental involvement is discussed. 80 Atty. Gen. 61.
WI Stat § 213.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.06 - Purposes of town fire companies; refusal to act.

213.06  Purposes of town fire companies; refusal to act. The purposes and objects of a corporation organized under s. 213.05 shall be to aid and assist in the extinguishment of fires at or near the place of the corporation's location. If the company refuses, when notified, to attend any fire within three-quarters of a mile from the location of the engine or truck house, the corporation shall forfeit $50.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 213.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.07 - Town fire company reports; exemptions.

213.07  Town fire company reports; exemptions. The secretary of each corporation organized under s. 213.05 shall, within 10 days after the election of officers in each year, deliver to the town clerk a report giving the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year and the names of all active members of the corporation on the date of the election. The town clerk shall file the report in the clerk's office and, when required, give a receipt therefor. Each member of the corporation reported to the clerk under this section shall be exempted from military duty except in case of war, invasion or insurrection. A corporation organized under s. 213.05 and each of the active members of the corporation shall have and be entitled to all of the benefits conferred upon fire companies and the members of fire companies by any general law of the state. Any secretary of a corporation organized under s. 213.05 who falsely reports to the town clerk that any person is a member of the corporation for the purpose of getting the person the benefits conferred in this section shall forfeit $25 for each offense.History:  1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 213.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service.|213.08 - What is a town fire department.

213.08  What is a town fire department. One or more companies organized under s. 213.05, with not less than 30 active members, having at least one good fire engine and not less than 500 feet of sound hose kept in an engine house, fit and ready at all times for actual service, and one or more companies organized under s. 213.05, with not less than 15 active members and equipped with at least one good hook and ladder truck, located not more than one mile apart in the same town, shall constitute a fire department. The members of the companies that make up the fire department may meet and elect one of their members chief of the fire department. The chief shall hold office for one year and until a successor is elected. The chief shall have control of the companies that make up the fire department and those companies shall obey the chief's orders at all times. The chief shall also have all of the powers and privileges and be subject to the same penalties as fire wardens.History:  1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 254.