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Section
185.01

Definitions.

Section
185.02

Purposes.

Section
185.03

General powers.

Section
185.04

Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.

Section
185.05

Articles.

Section
185.06

Organization meetings.

Section
185.07

Bylaws.

Section
185.08

Principal office; registered agent; service of process.

Section
185.09

Promotion expense; limitation.

Section
185.031

Refunds after forfeiture.

Section
185.033

Restriction on changes to articles.

Section
185.034

Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.

Section
185.035

Mandatory indemnification.

Section
185.036

Determination of right to indemnification.

Section
185.037

Allowance of expenses as incurred.

Section
185.038

Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.

Section
185.039

Court-ordered indemnification.

Section
185.041

Insurance.

Section
185.042

Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.

Section
185.043

Incorporators.

Section
185.045

Reserved or registered name.

Section
185.11

Membership.

Section
185.12

Voting.

Section
185.13

Member meetings.

Section
185.14

Quorum.

Section
185.15

Notice to members, stockholders or other persons; waiver.

Section
185.21

Stock; authorization, issuance, control, use, rights.

Section
185.22

Subscriptions for stock; liability therefor.

Section
185.23

Missing securities or records.

Section
185.24

Liability of cooperative for wrongful transfers of its securities.

Section
185.25

Applicability of ch. 408 to cooperative securities.

Section
185.31

Directors; number, election, removal and vacancies.

Section
185.32

Directors; meetings, quorum and waiver of notice.

Section
185.33

Executive committee.

Section
185.34

Action without meeting by directors or members.

Section
185.35

Officers.

Section
185.36

Compensation and benefits to directors, officers and employees.

Section
185.37

Liability of directors and members.

Section
185.38

Disposition of assets; right to secure debts.

Section
185.41

Cooperative contracts.

Section
185.42

Recording of cooperative contracts; effect thereof.

Section
185.43

Relief against breach or threatened breach.

Section
185.44

Application of ss. 185.41 to 185.43; venue of action.

Section
185.45

Apportionment and distribution of proceeds.

Section
185.47

Financial books and records; penalty for refusal to produce.

Section
185.48

Annual reports; filing thereof.

Section
185.49

Omission of seal.

Section
185.50

Income or franchise tax returns.

Section
185.51

Amendments to articles.

Section
185.52

Stockholder voting on amendments to articles.

Section
185.53

Filing and recording amendments; effect thereof.

Section
185.54

Restated articles.

Section
185.55

Amendments by bankruptcy court.

Section
185.61

Merger and consolidation.

Section
185.62

Articles of merger or consolidation; effect thereof.

Section
185.63

Division of a cooperative.

Section
185.64

Conversion of corporation.

Section
185.71

Voluntary dissolution.

Section
185.72

Involuntary dissolution.

Section
185.73

Liquidation under court supervision.

Section
185.74

Property not distributed prior to dissolution.

Section
185.75

Unclaimed assets.

Section
185.76

Survival of remedy after dissolution.

Section
185.81

Admission of foreign cooperatives.

Section
185.82

Procedure on filing and recording of documents.

Section
185.83

Fees for filing.

Section
185.84

Fees or penalty due state.

Section
185.85

Forms to be furnished by department of financial institutions.

Section
185.91

Voting requirements of articles.

Section
185.92

Effect of unauthorized acts.

Section
185.93

Member or stockholder derivative actions.

Section
185.94

Use of term “cooperative"; penalty for improper use.

Section
185.95

Discrimination against association.

Section
185.96

Application of chapter.

Section
185.97

Title.

Section
185.99

Health benefit purchasing cooperatives.

Section
185.363

Reliance by directors or officers.

Section
185.365

Consideration of interests in addition to members' and stockholders' interests.

Section
185.367

Limited liability of directors and officers.

Section
185.815

Recording change of principal office or registered agent.

Section
185.825

Penalty for false document.

Section
185.981

Cooperative health care.

Section
185.982

Manner of practicing medicine, chiropractic and dentistry; payment; promotional expense.

Section
185.983

Requirements of plan.

Section
185.985

Inconsistent provisions of the statutes.

Section
185.995

Extensions of credit by electric cooperatives for certain projects.