NY Rel Corps L § 43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3 - Protestant Episcopal Parishes or Churches 43 - Annual Election and Special Meetings of Incorporated Protestant Episcopal Parishes.

§  43. Annual election and special meetings of incorporated Protestant   Episcopal parishes. 1. The annual election  of  a  Protestant  Episcopal   parish,  hereafter  incorporated,  shall  be  held  on the day, either a   Sunday or a secular day, designated in its certificate of incorporation.2. The annual election of an incorporated Protestant Episcopal  parish   or  church  heretofore  incorporated  shall be held on the day fixed for   such annual election, by or in pursuance of law, or if no such  date  be   so  fixed, then on such day, either a Sunday or a secular day, as may be   determined by vote of the vestry.3. Special meetings of  any  Protestant  Episcopal  parish  or  church   heretofore  or  hereafter  incorporated  may  be  held  on any Sunday or   secular day fixed by the vestry.4. Notice of such annual election or special meeting shall be read  by   the  rector  of the parish, or if there be none, or he be absent, by the   officiating minister or by a church warden thereof, on each of  the  two   Sundays  next preceding such election or special meeting, in the time of   divine service, or if, for any reason, the usual place of worship of the   parish be not open for  divine  service,  the  notice  shall  be  posted   conspicuously  on  the  outer door of the place of worship for two weeks   next preceding the  election  or  special  meeting.  Such  notice  shall   specify  the  place,  day  and  hour  of holding the election or special   meeting. The notice of the annual election shall also specify the number   and terms of office of each church warden and the vestrymen whose  terms   of  office  shall  then expire, or whose office shall then be vacant for   any cause, and the office for which each such  officer  is  to  be  then   elected.  The  notice  of  a special meeting shall specify the matter or   question to be brought before such meeting and no matter or question not   specified in such notice shall be acted on at such meeting.5. The presiding officer of such annual or special  meeting  shall  be   the rector of the parish, if there be one, or if there be none, or he be   absent,  one of the church wardens elected for the purpose by a majority   of the duly qualified voters present, or if no church warden be present,   a vestryman elected in like manner. Such presiding officer shall be  the   judge of the qualifications of the voters; shall receive the votes cast;   and shall declare the result of the votes cast. The presiding officer of   such  annual  or  special  meeting  shall  enter  the proceedings of the   meeting in the book of the minutes of the vestry, sign his name thereto,   and offer the same to as many qualified voters present as he shall think   fit, to be also signed by them.6. Persons of full age belonging to the parish, who have been baptized   and are regular attendants  at  its  worship  and  contributors  to  its   support  for  at  least  twelve months prior to such election or special   meeting or since the establishment of such parish,  shall  be  qualified   voters  at  any such election or special meeting.  Whenever so permitted   by the canons of the diocese, persons of less than full age, but of  the   age  of eighteen years or more, and having like qualifications except as   to age, may vote at the annual elections and  special  meetings  of  any   parish  of  such diocese, whenever such parish shall so determine in the   manner provided in said section forty-six.7. The action of an annual or  special  meeting  upon  any  matter  or   question  shall  be decided by a majority of the qualified voters voting   thereon. The polls of an election shall continue open for one  hour  and   longer,  in the discretion of the presiding officer, or if required by a   vote of a majority of the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting.  The   church  wardens  and  vestrymen  shall be elected by ballot from persons   qualified to vote at such election, and no person shall be eligible  for   election  as  church-warden,  unless  that  person  be  also a confirmed   communicant in the Protestant Episcopal  church,  nor  be  eligible  for    election  as  vestryman,  unless  that  person shall have been baptized.   Whenever so permitted by the canons of the diocese persons of less  than   full  age  but  of  the  age  of  eighteen years or more and having like   qualifications  except  as  to  age,  shall  be eligible for election as   church warden or vestryman in any parish, whenever such parish shall  so   determine in the manner provided in said section forty-six.8.  At  each  annual  election of an incorporated Protestant Episcopal   parish hereafter incorporated, one church warden  shall  be  elected  to   hold  office  for  two  years;  and  one-third  of  the  total number of   vestrymen of the parish shall be elected to hold office for three years.9. At each annual election of  an  incorporated  Protestant  Episcopal   parish  or  church  heretofore  incorporated, two church wardens and the   total number of its vestrymen shall be elected to hold  office  for  one   year  thereafter,  unless the term of office of but one church warden or   of but one-third of its vestrymen shall then expire, in which  case  one   church  warden  shall  be  elected  to  hold  office  for two years, and   one-third of the total number of its vestrymen shall be elected to  hold   office for three years.10.  Each  church  warden  and  vestryman  shall hold office after the   expiration of his term until his successor shall be chosen.