SB 461

This bill modifies the membership requirements for incorporation of a Red

Arrow Club.

Current law allows various state organizations of veterans' clubs or societies to

incorporate by filing for incorporation with the Department of Financial

Institutions. A Red Arrow Club organized in this state, composed exclusively of the

following persons, upon filing a statement of intent and list of its officers with DFI

without fee, becomes a body corporate with corporate powers to transact business in

this state: 1) members of the 32nd Division at any time during World War I; 2)

members who served in the 32nd Division of the U.S. Army at any time in the period

from October 10, 1940, to the termination of World War II; or 3) members who served

in the 32nd Division in federal service at any time in the period from October 15,

1961, to August 10, 1962, during the Berlin Crisis.

This bill modifies the membership requirements for a Red Arrow Club to be

eligible for incorporation as described above. Under the bill, the Red Arrow Club

must be composed of the following persons: 1) members of the 32nd Division who

served at any time from World War II; 2) members who served in the 32nd Division

in the U.S. Army; or 3) members who served with the 32nd Infantry Brigade or the

32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin Army National Guard, in any

conflict, deployment, peacekeeping operation, or domestic response if the member

was deployed in a federal or state status or conducted training to carry out such

missions.