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NY Rel Corps L § 50-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-BB - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.

§  50-bb. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for   the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated Holy Orthodox  Church  in   America,  parish  or  congregation  acknowledging  the apostolic eastern   confession and order, shall be given as follows:1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that  a   meeting  of  such  unincorporated church or congregation will be held at   its usual place of worship at a specific day and hour, for  the  purpose   of  incorporating  such church or congregation, electing laymen trustees   thereof and selecting a corporate name therefor.2. The notice  shall  also  state  that  the  archbishop  who  is  the   ecclesiastical administrator aforesaid has given sanction and permission   in writing to proceed with the incorporation of such church.3.  The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age, who   are baptised, have statedly worshipped with such church or  congregation   and  have regularly contributed to its support, according to its usages,   for at least one year or since it was formed.4. A copy of such notice shall be publicly read at a  regular  meeting   of  such unincorporated church for public worship, on the two successive   Sundays immediately preceding the meeting, by the minister in charge  of   such church, or by any one of the persons qualified to sign such notice.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-DD (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-DD - Resolution to Be Adopted at Incorporation Meeting.

§  50-dd.  Resolution  to be adopted at incorporation meeting. At such   meeting  held  for  the  incorporation  of  such   parish,   church   or   congregation  as  of  the  Holy  Orthodox Church in America, by whatever   corporate name said church shall take, the following resolution shall be   passed by a majority of the qualified voters of such meeting, to wit:"Resolved, that whereas, it has been decided by  a  majority  vote  to   incorporate  said church under the name of (here give the corporate name   by which such church is to be known)  as  a  congregation  of  the  Holy   Orthodox  Church  in  America  and  under  the spiritual jurisdiction of   Metropolitan Synod of such denomination; we likewise, by a majority vote   of the duly qualified voters at this meeting, held for the incorporation   of said church, now decide that the  clergymen  trustees  of  this  said   church  shall be the archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator,   the vicar-general and the chancellor of the aforesaid metropolitan synod   and the rector or vicar of this church, and their successors in  office,   shall  by  virtue  of  their  offices, be the clergymen trustees of this   church, which said four  officers  together  with  the  ................   laymen  trustees elected at this incorporation meeting, shall constitute   the trustees thereof. Said clergymen  trustees'  term  of  office  shall   continue  until  their  successors  in  said  office  are elected by the   Metropolitan Synod Holy Orthodox Church  in  America,  and  said  laymen   trustees term of office shall be that fixed by statute. "
NY Rel Corps L § 50-EE (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-EE - Certificate of Incorporation.

§  50-ee. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If the meeting shall decide that such unincorporated church shall become an incorporated  church  or congregation  of  the  Holy Orthodox Church in America, a certificate of incorporation  therefor  shall  be  executed  and  acknowledged  by  the archbishop  who  is  the ecclesiastical administrator, the vicar-general and the  chancellor  of  Metropolitan  Synod  Holy  Orthodox  Church  in America,  the  rector  or vicar of the church or congregation and by the laymen trustees that  have  been  elected,  and  by  the  clerk  of  the corporation, and the said certificate of incorporation shall contain the following:  (a) The name of the proposed corporation;  (b)  The  number  of laymen trustees thereof, the names of the persons elected as laymen trustees, the terms of  office  for  which  they  were respectively elected as laymen trustees;  (c)  An  exact  copy of the resolution which provides for the clerical trustees by virtue of their offices;  (d) The county and town, city or village in which the principal  place of worship is or is intended to be located.   2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such church is or is intended to be located, such church shall  be  a  corporation by the name stated in the certificate, and the persons therein stated to be elected clerical  and  laymen  trustees  of such  church  shall  be the trustees therefor for their respective terms and until their successors are elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-FF - Annual and Special Corporate Meetings.

§  50-ff.  Annual  and  special  corporate  meetings.  1.  The  annual   corporate meeting of every church  or  congregation  incorporated  under   this  article  shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws,   or if no time and place is so fixed, then at a  time  and  place  to  be   fixed  by its trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an   annual meeting; or if not otherwise fixed, such annual corporate meeting   shall be  held  on  the  date  said  certificate  of  incorporation  was   executed,  unless  the same fall due on a Sunday or legal holiday in any   year, in which case said annual corporate meeting shall be held the  day   following.2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the   trustees  thereof,  on  their  own  motion,  and  shall be called on the   written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual   corporate meeting, and the names of any trustees whose successors are to   be elected thereat, and if a special meeting,  of  the  business  to  be   transacted  thereat,  to be publicly read by the minister of such church   or any of the trustees thereof at a regular meeting of  the  church  for   public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such   meeting.4.  The annual corporate meeting shall be governed with respect to its   organization and election of laymen trustees, clerk of  the  corporation   and  qualifications of voters (except with respect to age qualifications   of voters as provided in section four-a) by the same provisions  as  set   forth in this article for the incorporation of said church, except, that   the duly ordained and regularly appointed rector or vicar shall preside,   or  if  there  be  a  vacancy  in  such office, one of the wardens shall   preside, the  congregation  in  such  case  voting  by  ballot  for  its   presiding officer.5. The same provisions shall apply to a special corporate meeting.6.  At  the  annual  corporate  meeting the trustees shall cause to be   prepared and read thereat a budget  giving  the  approximate  amount  of   money  needed  for the maintenance of worship, the administration of the   temporal affairs of the church and for the care  of  the  property,  and   such  other  regular  and  special  items  as  shall  be  brought to the   attention of the meeting, which budget shall be  discussed  and  decided   upon,  ratified  or  amended  by the said meeting by majority vote, with   ample provision made to raise such funds by whatever usages  the  church   shall elect.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-GG (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-GG - Changing Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.

§  50-gg.  Changing  date  of  annual  corporate  meetings.  An annual   corporate meeting of an incorporated church to  which  this  article  is   applicable  may, by a majority vote of the duly qualified voters at such   meeting, change the date of its annual meeting thereafter. If such  date   as so changed shall next thereafter occur less than six months after the   annual  meeting  at  which  such  change is made the next annual meeting   shall be held one year from such next recurring date. For the purpose of   determining the terms of office of trustees, the period of time elapsing   between the date of the annual meeting at which such change is made  and   the next annual meeting thereafter shall be reckoned as one year.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-HH (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-HH - Changing Number of Laymen Trustees.

§ 50-hh. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to   which  this  article  is  applicable may, by a majority vote of the duly   qualified voters at an annual corporate meeting, change  the  number  of   its laymen trustees to three, six or nine, and classify them so that the   terms  of  one-third of such number so changed expire each year. No such   change shall affect the terms of the laymen trustees then in office, and   if the change reduces the number of laymen trustees, it shall  not  take   effect  until  the  number  of  laymen  trustees  whose  terms of office   continue for one or more years after an annual election of trustees,  is   less  than  the  number  determined  upon. Whenever the number of laymen   trustees so  holding  over  is  less  than  the  number  so  determined,   sufficient  laymen  trustees  shall  be elected, in addition to those so   holding over, to make the number of laymen trustees for the ensuing year   equal to the number so determined. The laymen trustees so elected up  to   and  including  one-third  of the number so determined shall hold office   for a term of three years, the remainder up to and  including  one-third   of  the  number  so determined, for two years and the remainder, for one   year.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-II (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-II - Meetings of Trustees.

§  50-ii.  Meetings  of  trustees.  Meetings  of  the trustees of such   incorporated church shall be called  by  giving  at  least  three  days'   notice  thereof  in  writing, served personally or by mail to all of the   trustees, unless, by a regularly adopted  standing  resolution  a  fixed   date  for  such  meeting  is the approved order, in which case a written   notice may be dispensed with. To duly constitute such regular or special   meeting of the trustees for the transaction of business, at any  meeting   lawfully  convened,  there  shall  be  present  a majority of the laymen   trustees,  the  rector  or  vicar  of  the  church,  the  clerk  of  the   corporation   and  either  the  archbishop  who  is  the  ecclesiastical   administrator, the vicar-general or the chancellor of  the  Metropolitan   Synod  Holy  Orthodox Church of America. But if the church has no rector   or vicar, at least one of the trustees who is a warden must be  present.   If  either  the  archbishop,  vicar-general  or the chancellor cannot be   present, the archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator may send   his proxy to one of the laymen trustees. No act or procedure other  than   regular  routine matters in regard to the administration of the temporal   affairs of  the  church  and  for  the  care  of  the  property  of  the   corporation, as included in the budget items, shall be valid without the   sanction of the archbishop and ecclesiastical administrator of the synod   or  diocese to which the church belongs; nor shall the trustees, without   the consent of the corporate meeting incur debts for items not  provided   in  the  adopted budget. Trustees of such incorporated church shall have   no power to call, settle or remove a minister or to fix his  salary;  or   to  fix,  change  the  time,  nature  or  order  of the public or social   worship, rites and religious observances of such  church  which  are  or   shall be established by the governing ecclesiastical body.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-JJ (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-JJ - Vacancies Among Trustees.

§  50-jj.  Vacancies  among  trustees.  If  any  trustee  of  any such   incorporated church declines to act, resigns or dies, or ceases to be  a   qualified  voter  at  a  corporate  meeting thereof, his office shall be   vacant; and such vacancy may be filled by the remaining  trustees  until   the  next  annual corporate meeting of such church; at which meeting the   vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-KK (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-KK - Rector; Vicar; Ministers; Their Appointment, Removal and Compensation.

§  50-kk.  Rector;  vicar;  ministers;  their appointment, removal and   compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,   by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language,  shall  be   called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of   a  majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at   elections  present  and  voting  at  a  meeting  of   such   corporation   specifically  called  for  that  purpose,  subject to the consent of the   archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod   Holy Orthodox Church in America, given in writing. A rector or vicar  or   other  minister  so  called,  with  the  sanction  of  the archbishop in   writing, shall be deemed settled definitely in such church, when he  has   accepted  such  call  in  writing.  Unless  there is sufficient cause to   terminate the relationship  of  such  clergyman  and  such  church  such   relationship  shall  be  deemed  permanent  and governed entirely by the   rules and usages of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, subject to  the   archbishop and Metropolitan Synod.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-LL (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-LL - Additional Qualifications of Voters at Annual and Special Corporate Meetings.

§  50-ll.  Additional  qualifications  of voters at annual and special   corporate meetings. Duly qualified  voters  at  any  annual  or  special   corporate  meeting  of  any  such  incorporated church shall be baptised   persons, who have been admitted to the full communion relations of  such   church  according  to  its  usages,  and  who are qualified in the other   respects prescribed by this article.
NY Rel Corps L § 50-MM (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-B - Parishes or Churches of the Holy Orthodox Church in America 50-MM - Transfer of Property of Extinct Parishes and Churches.

§  50-mm.  Transfer  of property of extinct parishes and churches. The   Metropolitan Synod Holy Orthodox Church in America  may  decide  that  a   parish   or   church  in  connection  with  it  or  over  which  it  has   ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and to which this  article  is  applicable,   has  become  extinct,  if  it  has failed for two consecutive years next   prior  thereto,  to  maintain  religious  services  according   to   the   discipline,  customs  and usages of such synod, or has had less than ten   resident  attending  members  making  annual  or  regular  contributions   towards  its  support,  and may take possession of the temporalities and   property belonging to such church or parish and manage the same; or may,   in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  relating  to  the   disposition  of real property, sell or dispose of the same and apply the   proceeds thereof to any of the purposes to which the  property  of  such   synod  is  devoted,  and  it shall not divert such property to any other   object. For the purpose of obtaining a record title to the land and  the   church edifice, or other buildings thereon, by such synod, the surviving   trustee  or  trustees of said extinct church or if there be no surviving   trustee, then a surviving member of said extinct church, may, without  a   consideration  being paid therefor by such synod, convey to it said land   and church edifice, or other buildings thereon, subject, however, to  an   order of the supreme or county court based upon a petition reciting that   said  church  has  become  extinct; the name of its surviving trustee or   trustees; and the names of  its  members  (who  must  have  given  their   consent  to  the  making of said conveyance).   Upon the recital of said   facts in said petition, the court shall have jurisdiction  to  grant  an   order  allowing  said conveyance to be made without a consideration; and   should there be no surviving members, as well as no surviving trustee of   said extinct church, said petition may be made by  an  officer  of  said   synod,  in  which  event the court, upon the recital of said fact, shall   have jurisdiction to appoint  a  suitable  person  as  trustee  for  the   purpose of making said conveyance.
NY Rel Corps L § 51-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-C - Parishes or Churches of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church 51-A - Application for Incorporation.

§  51-a. Application for incorporation. An unincorporated congregation   of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, or a congregation  acknowledging   the  historic  apostolic eastern confession and order in this state, may   apply to the ecclesiastical administrator of American Patriarchal Synod,   Holy Orthodox Church for permission and  sanction  to  incorporate  such   church. When such permission aforesaid has been obtained in writing over   the  signature  and  seal  of  such patriarch, such church may become an   incorporated church by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate   of incorporation as hereinafter provided.Any  religious  order,  biblical,  seminary  for  the  preparation  of   candidates  for  the ministry, leading to ordination and the granting of   credentials of ecclesiastical degrees of orders in sacred  theology,  or   religious  society  established for evangelical efforts or the relief of   the poor and needy, which is intended to be an auxiliary organization of   the Holy Orthodox Church of the American Patriarchate,  where  a  chapel   for  the  conduct of worship is provided, shall be deemed a congregation   to all intents and purposes, and  may  be  incorporated  in  the  manner   prescribed in this article as a congregation of the American Patriarchal   Orthodox Church.
NY Rel Corps L § 52-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-C - Parishes or Churches of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church 52-A - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.

§ 52-a. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of meeting for the   purpose  of  incorporating  an  unincorporated  parish  or  congregation   acknowledging the apostolic eastern confession and order, shall be given   as follows: 1. The notice  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  state  in   substance  that  a meeting of such unincorporated church or congregation   will be held at its usual place of worship at a specific day  and  hour,   for  the  purpose of incorporating such church or congregation, electing   laymen trustees thereof and selecting a corporate name therefor.2. The notice  shall  also  state  that  the  archbishop  who  is  the   ecclesiastical administrator aforesaid has given sanction and permission   in writing to proceed with the incorporation of such church.3.  The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age, who   are baptised, have statedly worshipped with such church or  congregation   and  have regularly contributed to its support, according to its usages,   for at least one year or since it was formed.4. A copy of such notice shall be publicly read at a  regular  meeting   of  such unincorporated church for public worship, on the two successive   Sundays immediately preceding the meeting, by the minister in charge  of   such church, or by any one of the persons qualified to sign such notice.
NY Rel Corps L § 53-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-C - Parishes or Churches of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church 53-A - Provisions Governing Meetings for Incorporation.

§  53-a.  Provisions  governing  meetings for incorporation. 1. If the meeting shall decide that such unincorporated  church  shall  become  an incorporated church or congregation of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church,  a  certificate  of incorporation therefor shall be executed and acknowledged by the archbishop who is the ecclesiastical  administrator, the vicar-general and the chancellor of Patriarchal Synod, the rector or vicar of the church or congregation and by the laymen trustees that have been  elected,  and  by  the  clerk  of  the  corporation,  and the said certificate of incorporation shall contain the following:  (a) The name of the proposed corporation;  (b) The number of laymen trustees thereof, the names  of  the  persons elected  as  laymen  trustees,  the  terms of office for which they were respectively elected as laymen trustees;  (c) An exact copy of the resolution which provides  for  the  clerical trustees by virtue of their offices;  (d)  The county and town, city or village in which the principal place of worship is or is intended to be located.   2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such church is or is intended to be located, such church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the  certificate,  and  the persons  therein  stated  to  be elected clerical and laymen trustees of such church shall be the trustees therefor for  their  respective  terms and until their successors are elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 54-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3-C - Parishes or Churches of the American Patriarchal Orthodox Church 54-A - Rector; Vicar; Ministers; Their Appointment, Removal and Compensation.

§  54-a.  Rector;  vicar;  ministers;  their  appointment, removal and   compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,   by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language,  shall  be   called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of   a  majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at   elections  present  and  voting  at  a  meeting  of   such   corporation   specifically  called  for  that  purpose,  subject to the consent of the   ecclesiastical administrator of Patriarchal Synod, given in writing.   A   rector  or  vicar  or other minister so called, with the sanction of the   archbishop in writing,  shall  be  deemed  settled  definitely  in  such   church,  when  he  has  accepted  such  call in writing. Unless there is   sufficient cause to terminate the relationship  of  such  clergyman  and   such  church  such  relationship  shall be deemed permanent and governed   entirely by the rules and usages of the  American  Patriarchal  Orthodox   Church, subject to the patriarch.
NY Rel Corps L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 4 - Presbyterian Churches 60 - Application of This Article.

§  60.  Application  of this article.   This article applies only to a   Presbyterian church in connection  with  the  General  Assembly  of  the   Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).