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Wisconsin Statutes Banking and Finance (Ch. 214 to 225) § 221.0207. Filed documents

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Proposed bylaws and shareholder list. Within 90 days after the filing of the articles of incorporation under s. 221.0206, unless extended by the division, the incorporators shall file with the division, in duplicate, the proposed bylaws and a complete list of the shareholders of the proposed bank. The list of shareholders shall show the number of shares held by each shareholder and the post-office address of each shareholder. On approval by the division, the bylaws shall be submitted for consideration by the shareholders.

(2) Sworn declaration. Within the period for filing under sub. (1), the incorporators shall also file a declaration subscribed and sworn to by each of the incorporators, stating that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, all of the following are true:

(a) All shareholders have subscribed for the stock accredited to them in the list of shareholders, in good faith and not as the representative or agent of any corporation or other person.

(b) One hundred percent of each stock subscription has been paid in lawful money.

(c) No incorporator has entered into any agreement or promise that the bank, when open, shall loan to any shareholder funds for the purpose of paying any indebtedness that may have been incurred by a shareholder to obtain funds to purchase shares of the bank.

(d) All money received in payment of stock subscriptions, except such amount as may have been paid out by order of the incorporators, is on deposit to the credit of the incorporators in the designated depository.

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