NY Ben Ord L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BVO - Benevolent Orders Article 2 - General Provisions 8 - Trustees.

§ 8. Trustees.  The  persons  executing  such  certificate  and  named   therein, shall be the board of trustees of such corporation. If but  two   bodies  unite  to  form  such corporation, its by-laws may prescribe the   terms of office of the trustees. If more than two bodies so  unite,  the   trustees  shall  divide  themselves  by  lot  into  three  classes,  not   including,  however,  the  president,  vice-president,   secretary   and   treasurer,  if  such  officer  shall  have  been  elected as provided in   section seven hereof, who shall be one year trustees, so that  the  term   of  office  of  the  first  class  shall expire in one year; the term of   office of the second class, in two years; and the term of office of  the   third  class,  in  three years; provided, however, that no trustee shall   continue as such after he has ceased to be a representative.On a vacancy occurring in the office of a trustee of such corporation,   the body which he represented shall  fill  such  vacancy,  provided  the   bodies  uniting to form such corporation do not exceed thirty in number,   and the person so chosen shall hold office for three years, if chosen on   the expiration of the term of his predecessor, and otherwise, until  the   expiration of the original term.But  if  the  bodies uniting to form such corporation exceed thirty in   number, then any vacancy occurring by reason of the expiration of a term   or by failure of any trustee to be re-elected as a representative, shall   be filled for three years or for the balance of the unexpired  term,  as   the  case  may  be,  by  the  representatives in annual session; and any   vacancy occurring otherwise than as above  specified,  shall  be  filled   until  the  next  annual meeting of the representatives by the body that   has lost representation by reason of  the  vacancy,  when  it  shall  be   filled  by said representatives for the remainder of the unexpired term.   If the bodies uniting to form such corporation exceed thirty in  number,   then  the  representatives,  but  if less than thirty in number then the   board of trustees, may admit or prescribe rules and regulations for  the   admission  as  members  of such corporation of other bodies chartered or   instituted by the same general governing body as any of the bodies named   in such certificate, or  by  any  superior  or  higher  jurisdiction  or   governing  body of the order to which any of such bodies belong, and may   prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  the  withdrawal,  expulsion  or   suspension of any body or bodies having membership in such corporation.Where the bodies uniting to form such corporation do not exceed thirty   in  number,  the  board of trustees shall fix the term of office of such   trustees elected to represent new members of such  corporation  at  one,   two  or  three  years,  and shall so apportion such new trustees that as   nearly as possible the terms of office of one-third of the  trustees  of   such corporation shall expire annually.Where   the   organizations   so  united  are  trades  unions,  trades   assemblies, trades associations or labor  organizations,  the  board  of   trustees  may,  from  time to time, admit as members of such corporation   and of such board of trustees the representatives of any other labor  or   trade  organization  or association whether or not the same be chartered   or instituted by the same general governing body as any  of  the  bodies   named  in such certificate, or by any superior or higher jurisdiction or   governing body of the order to which such bodies belong.  The  board  of   trustees  admitting such members shall file in the county clerk's office   a certificate showing such action, and the terms of the  representatives   so  admitted  shall  be  fixed  as  above  provided in the case of other   organizations.Every  corporation  formed  under  this  chapter  must  file  annually   immediately  after  its  annual  meeting,  in  the clerk's office of the   county where such building is or is to be located, a certificate  giving   the names and addresses of the principal officers of the corporation and    the names and addresses of the members of the board of trustees, and the   names  and  location  of all bodies admitted to or withdrawn or expelled   from membership since the filing of the last preceding certificate.  And   the  several bodies comprising such corporation may by a two-thirds vote   of all the members present at any regular  or  special  meeting,  notice   whereof  has  been  duly  given according to the constitution, rules and   regulations of such body, adopt by-laws, rules and regulations  for  the   management  and  government  of such hall, temple, or other building not   inconsistent with the laws of the state  or  the  constitution,  general   rules  or laws of the grand lodge or other governing body to which it is   subordinate and may therein provide for the disposition of the  revenues   arising  therefrom  and may in such by-laws, rules and regulations limit   and define the purposes and uses to which  the  net  revenue  from  said   hall, temple or other building shall be applied, and when the same shall   be  concurred  in  by  all of said bodies, they shall be binding on said   corporation and thereafter said net  income  shall  not  be  devoted  or   applied to any other purpose.