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NY Banking L § 9011 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9011 - Certificates as Evidence.

§ 9011.   Certificates  as  evidence.  1.  Any  certificate  or  other   instrument filed by the superintendent  relating  to  a  corporation  or   foreign  corporation  and  containing  statements  of  fact, required or   permitted by law to be contained  therein,  shall  be  received  in  all   courts,  public  offices  and official bodies as prima facie evidence of   such facts and of the execution of such instrument.2. Whenever by the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state, any   certificate by any officer  in  such  jurisdiction  or  a  copy  of  any   instruments certified or exemplified by such officer, may be received as   prima  facie evidence of the incorporation, existence or capacity of any   foreign corporation incorporated in such jurisdiction, or claiming so to   be, such certificate when exemplified shall be received in  all  courts,   public  offices  and  official  bodies  of  this  state,  as prima facie   evidence with the same force as in such jurisdiction.  Such  certificate   or certified copy of such instrument shall be so received, without being   exemplified,  if  it  is certified by the secretary of state, or officer   performing the equivalent functions, as to  corporate  records  of  such   jurisdiction.
NY Banking L § 9012 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9012 - Corporate Seal as Evidence.

§ 9012. Corporate seal as evidence. The presence of the corporate seal   on  a  written  instrument  purporting  to be executed by authority of a   corporation or a foreign corporation shall be prima facie evidence  that   the instrument was so executed.
NY Banking L § 9013 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9013 - When Notice or Lapse of Time Unnecessary; Notices Dispensed With When Delivery Is Prohibited.

§ 9013.  When  notice  or lapse of time unnecessary; notices dispensed   with when delivery is prohibited. 1. Whenever, under articles six,  ten,   ten-B  and  eleven,  the  organization  certificate  and  by-laws of any   corporation  or  by  the  terms  of  any  agreement  or  instrument,   a   corporation  or the board or any committee thereof is authorized to take   any action after notice to any person or persons or after the lapse of a   prescribed period of time, such action may be taken without  notice  and   without the lapse of such period of time, if at any time before or after   such  action  is completed the person or persons entitled to such notice   or entitled to participate in the action to be taken or, in the case  of   a shareholder, by his attorney-in-fact, submit a signed waiver of notice   of such requirements.2. Whenever any notice or communication is required to be given to any   person   or  persons  by  articles  six,  ten,  ten-B  and  eleven,  the   organization certificate and by-laws, or by the terms of  any  agreement   or  instrument,  or  as  a  condition  precedent to taking any corporate   action and communication with such person or persons  is  then  unlawful   under  any  statute  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States or any   regulation, proclamation or order issued under such statutes,  then  the   giving  of  such notice or communication to such person or persons shall   not be required and there shall be no duty to apply  for  a  license  or   other   permission  to  do  so.  Any  affidavit,  certificate  or  other   instrument which is required to be made or filed as proof of  giving  of   any  notice or communication required under articles six, ten and eleven   shall, if such notice or communication to any person is  dispensed  with   under  this  subdivision,  include  a  statement  that  such  notice  or   communication was not given to any person  with  whom  communication  is   unlawful.  Such  affidavit,  certificate or other instrument shall be as   effective for all purposes as though such notice  or  communication  had   been personally given to such person.
NY Banking L § 9014 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9014 - Corporate Name; General.

§ 9014.  Corporate name; general. Except as otherwise provided in this   chapter, the name of a corporation or a foreign corporation shall not be   the same as the name of a corporation of any type or kind, as such  name   appears  on  the  index of names of existing corporations of any type or   kind in the department of financial services or a  name  so  similar  to   such name as to tend to confuse or deceive.
NY Banking L § 9015 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9015 - Corporate Name; Exceptions.

§ 9015.  Corporate name; exceptions. 1. Any reference to a corporation in  this  section  shall   include   both   corporations   and   foreign corporations.   2. The provisions of section nine thousand fourteen:  (a)  Shall  not  require  any corporation existing or recognized under this chapter on the effective date of this article, to add to, modify or otherwise change its corporate name.  (b) Shall not prevent a corporation with which another corporation  is merged  or which is formed by the reorganization or consolidation of one or more other corporations or upon a  sale,  lease,  exchange  or  other disposition  of  all  or  substantially  all  of  the  assets of another corporation, including its name, from having the same  name  as  any  of such  corporations if at the time such other corporation was licensed or existing under this chapter.
NY Banking L § 9016 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9016 - Change of Name.

§ 9016.  Change of name. By resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds   of all its directors, at a meeting held for the purpose,  a  corporation   may  change  its  corporate name, but such change shall not be effective   unless it shall  have  been  approved  by  the  superintendent.  If  the   superintendent  shall  approve,  he  shall issue, under his hand and the   official  seal  of  the  department,  in   triplicate,   a   certificate   authorizing  such  change  of  name to become effective, and stating the   time at which such change shall  become  effective,  which  certificates   shall  be  transmitted  and  filed  in  the same manner as authorization   certificates.
NY Banking L § 9017 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9017 - Place and Time of Meetings of the Board; Presence At.

§ 9017.  Place  and  time  of  meetings  of the board; presence at. 1.   Meetings of the board, regular or special, may  be  held  at  any  place   within   or  without  this  state,  unless  otherwise  provided  in  the   organization certificate or the by-laws.2. Subject to articles six, ten, ten-B and eleven of this chapter, the   time and place for holding meetings of the board  may  be  fixed  by  or   under the by-laws, or, if not so fixed, by the board.3. When authorized by the organization certificate of incorporation or   the  by-laws,  any  one  or  more  members of the board or any committee   thereof may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means   of a conference telephone or similar communications  equipment  allowing   all  persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same   time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at   a meeting.
NY Banking L § 9018 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9018 - Effect of Invalidity of Part of Article; Severability.

§ 9018.  Effect of invalidity of part of article; severability. If any   provision of this article  or  application  thereof  to  any  person  or   circumstances  is  held  invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other   provisions or applications of this article which  can  be  given  effect   without  the  invalid  provision  or  application,  and  to this end the   provisions of this article are declared severable.
NY Banking L § 9019 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 16 - General Provisions Applicable to Banking Non-Stock Corporations 9019 - Certain Provisions Relating to the Conversion of Non-Stock Savings Banks and Savings and Loan Associations to Stock Form.

§ 9019.  Certain  provisions  relating  to the conversion of non-stock   savings banks and savings and loan associations to stock form. No mutual   savings bank and no mutual savings and loan association shall convert to   stock form unless all depositors (in the case of such savings banks) and   all shareholders (in the case of such savings and loan associations)  of   any  such  converting  institution  whose  aggregate  deposit  or  share   balance, as the case may be, (as shown on the books and records  of  the   converting  institution)  equals  at  least  one hundred dollars as of a   record date to be established in accordance with general regulations  of   the   superintendent   of   financial  services  are  provided  with  an   opportunity to approve such conversion, either in  person  or  by  valid   proxy, at a meeting duly convened in accordance with general regulations   of the superintendent of financial services for the purpose of approving   or  disapproving  such  conversion.  At  such meeting, each depositor or   shareholder shall be entitled to cast one vote for each full one hundred   dollars of deposits or shares of such depositor or shareholder shown  on   the  books  and  records of the converting institution as of such record   date. A depositor or shareholder shall not be entitled to cast any votes   for any deposit or share balances in amounts of less  than  one  hundred   dollars.  No  such  conversion shall be effective unless approved by the   affirmative vote of at least seventy-five per centum  of  the  aggregate   dollar  amount  of the book value of deposits or shares, as the case may   be, represented (either in person or by proxy)  at  such  duly  convened   meeting and entitled to vote thereat.
NY Ben Ord L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 1 - Short Title 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title.  This  chapter  shall  be  known as the "Benevolent   Orders Law."
NY Ben Ord L § 1-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 1 - Short Title 1-A - Applicability of Not-for-Profit Corporation Law to Benevolent Orders.

§ 1-a. Applicability  of  not-for-profit corporation law to benevolent orders.  1.  The  not-for-profit  corporation  law  applies   to   every corporation  heretofore or hereafter formed under this chapter, or under any other statute or special act of this state, or under laws other than the statutes of this state, which  has  as  its  purpose  or  among  its purposes  a  purpose  for  which  a corporation may be formed under this chapter, provided that:  (a) If any provision of the not-for-profit corporation  law  conflicts with  any provision of this chapter, the provision of this chapter shall prevail and the conflicting provision of the not-for-profit  corporation law  shall  not  apply  in  such  case. If any provision of this chapter relates to a matter embraced in the not-for-profit corporation  law  but is not in conflict therewith, both provisions shall apply.  (b)  A corporation to which the not-for-profit corporation law is made applicable  by  this  section  shall  be  treated  as  a  "corporation", "domestic corporation", or "foreign corporation", as such terms are used in  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  except that the purposes for which any such corporation has been or may be formed under this  chapter shall not thereby be extended.  (c)  The  following  provisions  of the not-for-profit corporation law shall not apply to benevolent orders: section two hundred  one,  article four,  paragraphs  (a),  (b),  and  (c)  of  section eight hundred four, section nine hundred seven, section nine  hundred  eight,  section  nine hundred nine, section ten hundred twelve, and article fourteen.  (d)  Section  six  hundred eight of the not-for-profit corporation law shall not apply to any corporation to which this chapter applies to  the extent  that  the provisions of such section conflict with any provision of the certificate of incorporation or of  the  by-laws,  heretofore  or hereafter  adopted, of such corporation. Action to amend the certificate of incorporation or by-laws in relation to quorum  requirements  may  be taken  at  a special meeting of members at which the quorum requirements applicable to  the  corporation  as  of  August  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred  seventy-one  are  fulfilled,  but action may be taken only once under this sentence.  (e) For the purposes of this section and elsewhere  in  this  chapter, the   effective  date  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  as  to corporations  to  which  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  is  made applicable  by  this  sectin  shall be September first, nineteen hundred seventy-one.   2. From and after the effective  date  of  this  section  the  general corporation law shall not apply to any corporation to which this chapter applies.
NY Ben Ord L § 1-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 1 - Short Title 1-B - Definition.

§ 1-b. Definition.  The term "minor", as used in this chapter, means a   person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
NY Ben Ord L § 3-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 3-A - .

§ 3-a. (enacted   without   section  heading).  A  subordinate  lodge,   chapter, post, council, commandery, temple, court or other  organization   entitled to file a certificate of election of trustees under section two   of  the  benevolent  orders  law shall, while the warrant or charter for   said lodge, chapter, post, council, commandery, temple, court  or  other   organization,  is  in  force  so  as  to  entitle  it  to  operate  as a   subordinate body of the grand lodge or  other  grand  body  under  whose   jurisdiction  it  operates,  be  deemed to be a corporate entity for the   purpose  of  making  contracts,  incurring  liabilities,  and  acquiring   rights,  and  of suing and being sued in the courts of this state in its   own name, but may not take, hold, lease, mortgage, convey  or  otherwise   dispose  of  real  property  unless  it shall have filed the certificate   required by section two of the benevolent orders law. In the absence  of   fraud  or  bad  faith,  the  members,  officers and trustees of a lodge,   chapter, post, council, commandery, temple, court or other organization,   enumerated in section two of the benevolent orders  law,  shall  not  be   personally liable for its debts, obligations or liabilities.
NY Ben Ord L § 6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 6 - Reorganization.

§ 6. Reorganization.  Any such lodge, chapter, commandery, consistory,   council, temple or post heretofore incorporated  by  the  laws  of  this   state,  or  thereby heretofore enabled to take and hold real or personal   property, or both, may surrender its act of  incorporation,  charter  or   privilege  so conferred upon it, and may become enabled to take and hold   real or personal  property,  or  both,  under  the  provisions  of  this   chapter,  on  making and filing a certificate in the manner specified in   this chapter, and stating therein, in addition to what  is  required  in   such  a certificate, the surrender of such act of incorporation, charter   or privilege, specifying the same. The  property  theretofore  held  and   possessed  by  it  shall be fully vested in its trustees, who shall have   all the rights, powers  and  privileges,  and  be  subject  to  all  the   provisions of this chapter.
NY Ben Ord L § 7-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 7-A - Consolidation.

§ 7-a. Consolidation.  Any two or more of the bodies enumerated in the   preceding section, having the  same  parent  governing  body,  organized   under  section two of this chapter may consolidate by taking such action   at any regular communication, convocation, encampment or  other  regular   meeting  thereof,  by  whatever  name known, held in accordance with the   constitution and general rules and regulations of the governing body  to   which it is subordinate, and in conformity to its own by-laws, and shall   thereupon proceed to effect such organization in the manner provided for   in  section  two, as if neither body had heretofore been organized under   its provisions. When the certificate required to be filed by  such  body   in  the  office  of  the secretary of state under the provisions of this   article shall be so filed such separate bodies  shall  thereupon  become   one  body,  and  all  the  temporalities,  and property, whether real or   personal,  now  vested  in  the  trustees  of  each  of  the  bodies  so   consolidated, in accordance with the provisions of section three of this   chapter  shall  be  vested  in  the  trustees  of the body formed by the   consolidation, which shall be subject to  all  the  liabilities  of  the   former  bodies  to  the  same  extent  as  if  such liabilities had been   contracted or incurred by it.
NY Ben Ord L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 10 - Mortgaging Property.

§ 10. Mortgaging  property.  If the funds of the corporation shall not   be sufficient to pay for any real property purchased  by  the  board  of   trustees  in  pursuance  of  law,  or  for  the  construction, repair or   rebuilding of a suitable building or buildings,  and  the  finishing  or   furnishing  of  apartments therefor, the corporation may issue its bonds   bearing interest, semi-annually, for  such  additional  sum  as  may  be   required  therefor,  and may execute to any such trustee or trustees, as   the board may select, a mortgage upon its real property as security  for   the  payment of such bonds or the corporation may borrow such additional   sum as may be required therefor of any person or corporation and execute   and deliver its bond for the moneys so borrowed and secure  the  payment   thereof  by  mortgage  upon its real property as collateral thereto. The   proceeds of such bonds or such bond and mortgage shall be applied to the   payment of debts of the corporation incurred by  the  purchase  of  such   real property, or the construction and repair of a building or buildings   thereupon  or  the finishing or furnishing of apartments therein. Any of   the bodies specified in section seven may invest its funds in the  bonds   authorized  by  this  section  to be issued. Such corporation shall have   authority also to borrow of any person or corporation such sum as in the   judgment of its board of trustees may be required to pay the cost of the   construction, repair, rebuilding or reconstruction of any such  building   or buildings, and the finishing or furnishing of apartments therein, and   to  secure  the  payment  of  any moneys so borrowed, and to execute and   deliver its bond for the sum so borrowed, and to secure the  payment  of   the same by mortgage upon its real property as collateral thereto.
NY Ben Ord L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 11 - Reincorporation of Joint Corporations.

§ 11. Reincorporation  of joint corporations. A corporation heretofore   organized, the members whereof represent lodges or bodies in any of  the   benevolent  or  fraternal orders mentioned or described in section seven   hereof, may by a two-thirds vote of all its members present  and  voting   at   a   regular   or  regularly  called  meeting  thereof,  proceed  to   reincorporate under this chapter with the same name  and  for  the  same   purposes  for  which  it was originally organized. In thus proceeding to   reincorporate, the board of trustees or directors may  be  increased  or   diminished within the limits prescribed by section seven hereof, but any   decrease  in  such  membership shall not take effect so as to affect the   term of office of any trustee or director of the old  corporation.  Such   trustees  or  directors  and  the  other officers of the old corporation   shall continue to serve as such under the  reorganized  corporation  for   the  term  for  which  they  were  originally elected or appointed. Such   reorganization shall not effect a dissolution of  the  corporation,  but   shall  be  deemed  a  continuation  of  its  corporate existence without   affecting its property rights, or its liabilities, or the liabilities of   its members or officers as such; but thereafter it shall have only  such   other  rights,  powers  and privileges and be subject only to such other   duties and liabilities as a corporation created  for  the  same  purpose   under this chapter.
NY Ben Ord L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 12 - Placing Minors by Adoption.

§ 12. Placing  minors  by  adoption.    Any  corporation created under   section seven of this act or reorganized under section  eleven  thereof,   for  the  purpose  of  acquiring and maintaining a home for the aged and   indigent members of such order and their dependent surviving spouses and   orphans, may place by adoption, according to law, minors placed in their   custody; provided authority so to do is given such  corporation  by  the   parent, guardian or other person or persons having the lawful custody of   such minor or minors, if any such person or persons can be found, or, if   not, by the person or persons having the actual custody of such minor or   minors.
NY Ben Ord L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 13 - .

§ 13. (enacted  without  section heading).  Any corporation such as is   described in the  last  preceding  section,  now  having  or  which  may   hereafter  have  in its custody, a minor whose parents are both deceased   and who has no general guardian or relative capable of  furnishing  such   minor  with  a  good home who will assume that responsibility, may place   such minor by adoption without obtaining anyone's consent except that of   the court or judge to whom the application for adoption is made and  the   consent of such minor if over twelve years of age.