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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 180.1020

  • 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
   (1)    A corporation‘s board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws or adopt new bylaws except to the extent that any of the following applies:
      (a)    The articles of incorporation, s. 180.1021 (2) or 180.1022 (1) (a) or any other provision of this chapter reserve that power exclusively to the shareholders.
      (b)    The shareholders in adopting, amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide within the bylaws that the board of directors may not amend, repeal or readopt that bylaw.
   (2)   A corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws or adopt new bylaws even though the board of directors may also amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws or adopt new bylaws.