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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations. › 201.13 - Stock.

201.13
Stock.
Subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under this chapter and to all other applicable provisions of law relating to water carrier or other special types of corporations, all classes and series of stock of a public service corporation shall be governed by the provisions of ch. 180.
History:  1997 a. 140 s. 15; Stats. 1997 s. 200.13; 1999 a. 150 s. 658; Stats. 1999 s. 201.13; 2005 a. 179.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 201 - Securities of public service corporations. › 201.14 - Validation of securities issued without certificate.

201.14
Validation of securities issued without certificate.
Securities issued by any such corporation, for the issuance of which a certificate should have been, but through excusable neglect or mistake was not, applied for, may be validated by the commission upon application of such corporation, signed and verified by the president and secretary, and setting forth the information required by s. 201.05 (1), and in addition thereto a concise statement of the reasons why such application was not made at the time such securities were issued. If the commission shall find and determine that such failure to make application was due to excusable neglect or mistake, and was not occasioned by any design to evade compliance with the law, and that such issue was otherwise in accordance with law, the commission shall issue to the corporation a validating certificate.
History:  1997 a. 140 s. 16; Stats. 1997 s. 200.14; 1999 a. 150 s. 659; Stats. 1999 s. 201.14.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.01 - Definitions.

202.01
Definitions.
In this subchapter:
(1)
“Applicant" means any of the following:
(a)
A person applying to the department for an initial registration.
(b)
A person applying to the department for renewal of a registration.
(1m)
“Application" includes an application for initial registration and an application for renewal of a registration.
(2)
“Controlling person" has the meaning given in s. 202.21 (3).
(3)
“Department" means the department of financial institutions.
(4)
“Registrant" means a person who is registered under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 or 202.22.
(5)
“Registration" means a registration the department issues under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 or 202.22.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 163; 2015 a. 197 s. 51.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.031 - General duties.

202.031
General duties.
(1)
The department shall establish the content and form of each type of registration. Upon the request of a registrant and payment of a $10 fee, the department may issue to a registrant a wall certificate.
(2)
The department may require a registrant to do any of the following:
(a)
Display the registrant's certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in the registrant's office or place of business.
(b)
Post a notice in a conspicuous place in the registrant's office or place of business, or on the registrant's Internet site, describing the procedures for filing a complaint against the registrant.
(3)
A registrant, or a registrant's officer, director, trustee, or member, who is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor anywhere shall send a notice of the conviction by 1st class mail to the department within 48 hours after the entry of the judgment of conviction.
(4)
A registrant may voluntarily surrender his, her, or its registration. The department may refuse to accept that surrender if a complaint has been filed or a disciplinary proceeding has been commenced against the registrant.
(5)
(a)
Applicants and registrants shall keep current and accurate all material information contained in the application or on file with the department. Material information includes name, mailing address, electronic mail address, and trade names.
(b)
Notification of any change to material information shall be made to the department within 30 days after the change and shall be made in writing or in accordance with other notification procedures approved by the department.
(c)
Any person who fails to comply with par. (b) shall be subject to a forfeiture of $50 for each violation.
(6)
Before using any trade name in this state, the registrant shall inform the department in writing that the registrant intends to use the trade name. Unless the registrant is informed by the department within 30 days of submission of the trade name to the department that it may not use the proposed trade name, the registrant may use the trade name.
History:  2015 a. 163 ss. 2, 4, 5, 9, 25, 30, 33, 35.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.041 - Fees.

202.041
Fees.
(1)
The department shall determine the fees for an initial registration and for a registration renewal, including late fees for each type of registration under ss. 202.12 to 202.14 and 202.22, based on the department's administrative and enforcement costs under this chapter.
(2)
Before the department makes any fee adjustment under sub. (1), the department shall send a notification of the proposed fee adjustments to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of financial institutions within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed fee adjustments, the fee adjustments may be made as proposed. The department shall notify registrants of the fee adjustments by posting the fee adjustments on the department's Internet site and in registration renewal notices sent to affected registrants under s. 202.021 (3) (a). If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the secretary of financial institutions that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed fee adjustments, the fee adjustments may be made only upon approval of the committee.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 163 s. 46; Stats. 2015 s. 202.041.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.051 - Debit or credit card payments; collection of registration for nonpayment by financial institution.

202.051
Debit or credit card payments; collection of registration for nonpayment by financial institution.
(1)
If the department permits the payment of a fee by use of a debit or credit card, the department may charge a service charge for each transaction in addition to the fee being paid. The service charge shall be sufficient to cover the cost to the department of permitting the payment of a fee by debit or credit card.
(2)
If a registrant pays a fee required under this chapter by check or by debit or credit card and the check is not paid by the financial institution upon which the check is drawn or if the demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction is not paid by the financial institution upon which demand is made, the department may cancel the registration after 60 days after the department receives a notice of nonpayment from the financial institution, subject to sub. (3).
(3)
At least 20 days before canceling a registration under sub. (2), the department shall provide a notice to the registrant that informs the registrant that the check or demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction was not paid by the financial institution and that the registrant's registration may be canceled, unless the registrant does all of the following before that date:
(a)
Pays the fee for which the unpaid check or demand for payment under the debit or credit card transaction was issued.
(b)
Pays any applicable late fee.
(c)
Pays the charge for an unpaid draft established under s. 20.905 (2).
(4)
The department may extend the date for cancellation to allow the registrant additional time to comply with sub. (3) (a) to (c).
(5)
The department may reinstate a registration that it cancelled under this section only if the former registrant complies with sub. (3) (a) to (c) and pays a $30 reinstatement fee.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 163 s. 47; Stats. 2015 s. 202.051; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.07 - General powers of the department.

202.07
General powers of the department.
(1m)
(a)
The department may conduct investigations and hold hearings to determine whether any person has violated this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter.
(b)
The department may investigate whether a registrant, or an officer, director, trustee, or member of a registrant, has been charged with or convicted of a crime. In conducting this investigation, the department may require a person for whom the department conducts an investigation to provide any information that is necessary for the investigation.
(2m)
The department may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents or other materials prior to the commencement of a disciplinary or other proceeding under this chapter.
(3m)
The department may serve any process, notice, or demand on a registrant by mailing it to the last-known address of the registrant as indicated in the department's records, or by other means established by the department by rule.
(4m)
The department may promulgate rules to implement this chapter.
(5m)
(a)
If the department determines during an investigation of a complaint against a registrant that there is evidence that the registrant committed misconduct, the department may close the investigation by issuing an administrative warning to the registrant if the department determines that no further disciplinary action is warranted, the complaint involves a first occurrence of a minor violation, and the issuance of an administrative warning adequately protects the public.
(b)
A registrant may obtain review of an administrative warning through a personal appearance before the department.
(c)
1.
An administrative warning does not constitute an adjudication of guilt or the imposition of discipline and, except as provided in subd. 2., may not be used as evidence that the registrant is guilty of the alleged misconduct.
2.
If the department receives a subsequent complaint of misconduct by a registrant against whom the department issued an administrative warning, the department may reopen the matter that gave rise to the administrative warning and commence disciplinary proceedings against the registrant, and the administrative warning may be used as evidence that the registrant had actual notice that the misconduct that was the basis for the administrative warning was contrary to law.
(d)
An administrative warning is a public record subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 163 ss. 3, 10, 34, 37, 41 to 45, 49.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.15 - Charitable sales promotions.

202.15
Charitable sales promotions.
If a commercial coventurer conducts a charitable sales promotion on behalf of a charitable organization that is required to be registered under s. 202.12 (1), the commercial coventurer shall disclose in each advertisement for the charitable sales promotion the dollar amount, or percentage of price, per unit of goods or services purchased or used that will benefit the charitable organization or charitable purpose. If the actual dollar amount or percentage cannot reasonably be determined on the date of the advertisement, the commercial coventurer shall disclose an estimated dollar amount or percentage. The estimate shall be based upon all of the relevant facts known to the commercial coventurer and to the charitable organization regarding the charitable sales promotion.
History:  1991 a. 278; 2013 a. 20 s. 2212; Stats. 2013 s. 202.15.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.16 - Prohibited acts.

202.16
Prohibited acts.
(1)
No charitable organization, fund-raising counsel, or professional fund-raiser may, in the conduct of his, her, or its affairs, including the planning, management, or execution of a solicitation or charitable sales promotion, do any of the following:
(a)
Use an unfair or deceptive act or practice.
(b)
Imply that a contribution is for or on behalf of a charitable organization or use any emblem, device, or printed matter belonging to or associated with a charitable organization without first being authorized in writing to do so by the charitable organization.
(c)
Use a name, symbol, or statement so closely related or similar to that used by another charitable organization that the use of the name, symbol, or statement would tend to confuse or mislead a person being solicited.
(d)
Represent or lead anyone in any manner to believe that the person on whose behalf a solicitation or charitable sales promotion is being conducted is a charitable organization or that the proceeds of the solicitation or charitable sales promotion will be used for charitable purposes if that is not the fact.
(e)
Lead anyone in any manner to believe that another person sponsors, endorses, or approves a solicitation or charitable sales promotion if the other person has not sponsored, endorsed, or approved the solicitation or charitable sales promotion in writing.
(f)
Use the fact of registration to lead any person to believe that the registration constitutes an endorsement or approval by the state.
(g)
Represent directly or by implication that a charitable organization will receive a fixed or estimated percentage of the total funds collected greater than that established under s. 202.14 (4).
(h)
Represent or cause another to represent that contributions are tax-deductible unless they so qualify under the federal Internal Revenue Code.
(i)
Represent or cause another to represent that the person has previously approved or agreed to make a contribution when in fact the person has not given this approval or agreement.
(j)
Represent or cause another to represent that the person has previously contributed to the same organization or for the same purpose when in fact the person has not so contributed.
(k)
Fail to apply contributions in a manner substantially consistent with the solicitation or the purposes expressed in the solicitation.
(L)
Represent in any manner that registration constitutes an endorsement or approval by the department or the department of justice.
(2)
In deciding whether an act or practice is unfair or deceptive within the meaning of sub. (1) (a), definitions, standards and interpretations relating to unfair or deceptive acts or practices under chs. 421 to 427 apply.
History:  1991 a. 278; 2013 a. 20 s. 2214; Stats. 2013 s. 202.16; 2015 a. 163.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 202 - Regulation of professional employer organizations and the solicitation of funds for a charitable purpose. › 202.21 - Definitions.

202.21
Definitions.
In this subchapter:
(1)
“Applicant" means a professional employer organization or a professional employer group that applies for initial or renewal registration under s. 202.22.
(2)
“Client" means any person that enters into a written contract with a professional employer organization or a professional employer group for the provision of the nontemporary, ongoing workforce of the person.
(3)
“Controlling person" means any of the following:
(a)
A person who, individually or acting in concert with one or more other persons, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 25 percent or more of the ownership interest of an applicant or registrant.
(b)
A person who serves as president or chief executive officer of an applicant or registrant or who otherwise has the authority to act as the senior executive officer of an applicant or registrant.
(3m)
“Department" means the department of financial institutions.
(4)
“Professional employer group" means 2 or more professional employer organizations that are controlled by the same person.
(5)
“Professional employer organization" means a person that is engaged in the business of entering into written contracts for the provision of the nontemporary, ongoing employee workforce of a client and providing services under those contracts and that under those contracts has the obligation to pay the employees providing services for those clients from its own accounts, regardless of whether the person uses the term “professional employer organization," “PEO," “staff leasing company," “registered staff leasing company," “employee leasing company," or “administrative employer," or uses any other name, as part of the person's business name or to describe the person's business. “Professional employer organization" does not mean a temporary help agency, as defined in s. 102.01 (2) (f), or a temporary help company, as defined in s. 108.02 (24m).
(6)
“Registrant" means a professional employer organization or a professional employer group that is registered under s. 202.22.
History:  2007 a. 189; 2009 a. 174; 2013 a. 20 ss. 1990, 2233; Stats. 2013 s. 202.21; 2015 a. 163.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 an interest exchange, and the surviving, new, or any resulting corporation in the merger, consolidation, division, or interest exchange is to be a benefit corporation, then the plan of merger, consolidation, division, or interest 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; 2021 a. 258.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.095 - Police power of fire chief, rescue squads.

213.095
Police power of fire chief, rescue squads.
The chief, chief engineer, assistant engineer, captain, lieutenant, executive officer or other person in charge of any volunteer fire company, association, fire district, or any other organization organized or created for the purpose of extinguishing fires and preventing fire hazards, or first aid calls involving either persons or property, shall have authority to do any of the following:
(1)
Suppress any disorder and order all individuals or companies to leave the neighborhood of any fire or first aid scene.
(2)
Command from the inhabitants of the city, village or town all necessary assistance for the suppression of fires and the preservation of property exposed to fire.
(3)
Enter any property or premises to do whatever may reasonably be necessary in the performance of the officer's duties while engaged in the work of extinguishing any fire or performing any duties incidental thereto.
(4)
Enter any property or premises to do whatever may reasonably be necessary in the performance of the officer's duties while engaged in the work of aiding persons or minimizing the loss to property at a first aid scene.
History:  1997 a. 254.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.106 - State Police and Fire Fighters Hall of Fame.

213.106
State Police and Fire Fighters Hall of Fame.
The Old Firehouse Police and Fire Museum, located in the city of Superior, is designated the official hall of fame to honor police officers and fire fighters of this state for their dedicated public service.
History:  1995 a. 217.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.107 - State-sanctioned fire fighter service medal.

213.107
State-sanctioned fire fighter service medal.
If the board of directors of the State Fire Fighters Memorial submits to the secretary of administration a recommended design for a state-sanctioned medal honoring the service of the fire fighters of this state, the secretary shall review and may approve the design. If the secretary approves the design, the medal shall become the only state-sanctioned fire fighter service medal and the board of directors of the State Fire Fighters Memorial has the exclusive right to sell or authorize sale of the medal.
History:  2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.12 - Pay.

213.12
Pay.
The common council of any city and the board of trustees of any village which owns a fire engine shall annually pay to each active fire fighter belonging to any fire company organized by authority of the city or village an amount that the common council or board of trustees considers a reasonable compensation for the services of the fire fighter.
History:  1983 a. 242; 1997 a. 254.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.13 - Rest days for fire fighters.

213.13
Rest days for fire fighters.
(1)
Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), the common council or governing body of every city having a paid fire department shall provide for, and the chief engineer of the department shall assign to, each fire fighter in the service of the city full rest days as follows:
(a)
In 1st class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 72 hours.
(b)
In 2nd and 3rd class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 96 hours.
(c)
In 4th class cities, one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 168 hours.
(2)
The rest day requirements under sub. (1) do not apply in cases of positive necessity by some sudden and serious fire, accident or other peril, which, in the judgment of the chief engineer, or other officers in charge, demands that a day of rest not be given at that time, but arrangements shall be made so that each full rest day may be had at such time or times as will not impair the efficiency of the department.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities having the 2 platoon or double shift.
History:  1983 a. 242; 1997 a. 254.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 213 - Police and fire fighting service. › 213.15 - Fire hose threads and fittings to be uniform.

213.15
Fire hose threads and fittings to be uniform.
All fire hose fittings, apparatus fittings, 1.5 and 2.5 inches in diameter purchased or procured by a fire department or fire company shall be of the national standard hose thread as adopted by the national fire protection association. No fire department shall utilize hose and equipment not in conformance with the requirement that all threads shall be national standard hose thread as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association. Any person offering for sale nonstandard hose couplings, fittings or apparatus fittings may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500.
History:  1997 a. 254.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 214 - Savings banks. › 214.02 - Applicability.

214.02
Applicability.
(1)
This chapter applies to a savings bank.
(2)
A person who is not a savings bank may not transact business within the scope of this chapter or do business under any name or title or circulate or use any advertising or make any representations or give any information to anyone using any media, including electronic media, that indicates or implies the operation of a business within the scope of this chapter.
History:  1991 a. 221.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 214 - Savings banks. › 214.025 - Insurance of accounts.

214.025
Insurance of accounts.
A savings bank shall secure insurance of its deposit accounts by a deposit insurance corporation before commencing business and may, subject to rules of the division, obtain insurance of deposits in excess of the amount eligible for insurance by a deposit insurance corporation.
History:  1991 a. 221; 1995 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 214 - Savings banks. › 214.03 - Parity.

214.03
Parity.
(1)
Subject to the regulation of the division and in addition to the powers granted by this chapter, a savings bank may, directly or through a subsidiary, undertake any activity, exercise any power or offer any financially related product or service in this state that any other provider of financial products or services may undertake, exercise or provide or that the division finds to be financially related.
(2)
The activities, powers, products and services that may be undertaken, exercised or offered by a savings bank under sub. (1) are limited to those specified by rule of the division. The division may direct a savings bank to cease any activity, the exercise of any power or the offering of any product or service authorized by rule under this subsection. Among the factors that the division may consider in so directing a savings bank are the savings bank's net worth, assets, management rating, liquidity ratio and ratio of net worth to assets.
(3)
This section does not authorize a savings bank, directly or through a subsidiary, to engage in the business of underwriting insurance.
History:  1991 a. 221; 1995 a. 27.