387 Relating to: methods of voting by members of a cooperative.

Date of enactment: May 18, 2010
2009 Senate Bill 528 Date of publication*: June 1, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 387

An Act to create 185.12 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes; relating to: methods of voting by members of a cooperative.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 185.12 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

185.12 (5) (a) 3. By electronic means, if all of the following apply:

a. The cooperative permits absent members to vote on the motion under subd. 1. or 2.

b. The bylaws provide for electronic voting.

c. The cooperative is able to authenticate that it is a member who is casting a vote.

d. The cooperative gives a vote cast under this subdivision the same effect as it would have if it was cast under subd. 1. or 2., whichever is applicable.