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180.1009 Effect of amendment.180.1009(1)
(1) An amendment to a corporation's articles of incorporation, including a restatement of its articles of incorporation under s. 180.1007 that includes an amendment to its articles of incorporation, does not affect any of the following:180.1009(1)(a)
(a) A cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation.180.1009(1)(b)
(b) A civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding to which the corporation is a party.180.1009(1)(c)
(c) The existing rights of persons other than shareholders of the corporation.180.1009(2)
(2) An amendment, or a restatement including an amendment, changing a corporation's name does not abate a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.180.1009 - ANNOT.
History: 1989 a. 303.