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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Whenever the rights, powers, privileges and franchises of any domestic public service corporation shall be sold at judicial sale or pursuant to the foreclosure of a mortgage, the purchaser shall, within 60 days after the sale, organize a new corporation pursuant to the laws respecting corporations for similar purposes and shall convey to the new corporation the rights, privileges and franchises which the former corporation had, or was entitled to have, at the time of the sale and which are provided by the statutes applicable to domestic public service corporations. The amount of securities that may be issued by the new corporation for the purpose of acquiring the property of the former corporation shall be determined in accordance with ss. 201.04, 201.05 and 201.06.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Utilities (Ch. 196 to 201) § 201.12. Judicial sale of corporation, reorganization - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/utilities-ch-196-to-201/wi-st-201-12/
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