Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 180.1008

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
   (1)    Except as provided in sub. (4), a corporation‘s articles of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors or shareholders to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by a court having jurisdiction under federal statute.
   (2)   The persons designated by the court shall deliver to the department for filing articles of amendment that include all of the following information:
      (a)    The name of the corporation.
      (b)    The text of each amendment approved by the court.
      (c)    The date of the court’s order or decree approving the articles of amendment.
      (d)    The title of the reorganization proceeding in which the order or decree was entered.
      (e)    A statement that the court had jurisdiction of the proceeding under federal statute.
   (3)   Notwithstanding s. 180.1302, shareholders of a corporation undergoing reorganization do not have dissenters’ rights except as and to the extent provided in the reorganization plan.
   (4)   This section does not apply after entry of a final decree in the reorganization proceeding even though the court retains jurisdiction of the proceeding for limited purposes unrelated to consummation of the reorganization plan.