Wisconsin § 201.06 - Certificate of authority, impounding securities.

§ 201.06. Certificate of authority, impounding securities.

201.06(1) (1) 201.06(1)(a) (a) Upon the conclusion of its investigation, if the commission shall find that the proposed issue complies with the provisions of this chapter and that the financial condition, plan of operation and proposed undertakings of the corporation will afford reasonable protection to purchasers of the securities to be issued, the commission shall issue to the corporation a certificate of authority stating all of the following: 201.06(1)(a)1. 1. The amount of securities reasonably necessary and the character of the securities. 201.06(1)(a)2. 2. The purposes for which the securities are to be issued in such detail as the commission may consider necessary. 201.06(1)(a)3. 3. The terms on which the securities are to be sold or otherwise disposed of, including a description and a determination of the value of any property or services to be received in partial or full payment therefor. 201.06(1)(b) (b) A corporation shall not issue the securities on any other terms or for any other purposes than that stated in the certificate issued under par. (a) . 201.06(1)(c) (c) If any portion of the securities authorized by the certificate are evidences of indebtedness which are to be pledged to secure lawful obligations of the applicant, the commission in its certificate shall state the minimum price at which the securities may be sold in the event of any enforcement of the pledge. If the purpose of the issue is, in whole or in part, to provide funds for properties to be constructed or acquired, the commission may, if it finds that the public interest so requires, require the applicant to impound the proceeds of the securities, or furnish suitable bonds to guarantee the completion of the project, under conditions that the commission finds to be reasonable and specifies in the certificate. 201.06(2) (2) The commission may attach to the issuance of any certificate under this chapter such terms, conditions or requirements as in its judgment are reasonably necessary to protect the public interest. Any public service corporation dissatisfied with any of the terms or conditions so imposed by the commission in such certificate of authority shall be limited in its remedy to an action to modify or set aside the commission order authorizing a certificate of authority, as provided by s.