NY Rel Corps L § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 206 - Termination and Dissolution of Churches of the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc.

§ 206. Termination and dissolution of churches of the General Assembly of  the  Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc. whose churches are individually known  as  "Christian  Church  (Disciples  of  Christ)"  or "Church  of  Christ  (Disciples  of  Christ)"  and  affiliated religious societies and the disposition of the real and personal property of  such churches  and/or  affiliated religious societies. 1. Any incorporated or unincorporated church of the "General Assembly of the  Christian  Church (Disciples  of  Christ),  Inc."  whose  individual churches are known as either "Church of Christ (Disciples of  Christ)"  or  "Christian  Church (Disciples  of  Christ)"  and  any  religious  society  or  organization affiliated with the "General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc." or a  "Christian  Church  (Disciples  of  Christ)"  or "Church   of   Christ   (Disciples  of  Christ)"  desiring  to  disband, disorganize and become extinct and  if  incorporated,  to  dissolve  the corporate   entity,   shall   accomplish  the  above  objectives  by  an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present and  voting  at  a special  meeting called for the specific purpose of accomplishing one or more of the above objectives,  namely,  the  extinction  of  the  church and/or  religious  society  and  the  disbandment  of  the church and/or religious society and the dissolution of the corporate  entity,  if  the church and/or religious society is incorporated.   2.  Any incorporated or unincorporated church of the "General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),  Inc."  whose  affiliated individual  churches are known as either "Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ)" or "Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)" and  any  religious society  or  organization  affiliated  with the "General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc." or an  affiliated  "Church of  Christ  (Disciples  of Christ)" or a "Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)" shall be considered extinct when such church or society has not held religious services and/or conducted  activities  according  to  the customs  and  usages  of  the  "General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Inc." of which said church or  religious  society is  affiliated  for  a period of six consecutive months or has less than twenty-five active members attending regular weekly or monthly  meetings and making regular weekly or monthly contributions toward the support of said church or religious society.   3.  (a) Upon such notice as the supreme court in the judicial district where the church property or the religious society property is situated, may prescribe and upon application made by petition of the  officers  or the  board  of  trustees  or  five  members  of such church or religious society, stating fully the facts in  the  case  and  on  evidence  being furnished,  including but not limited to appropriate affidavits that the conditions as set forth in  subdivision  one  or  two  above  have  been established  and  are currently existing, upon satisfactory proof of the facts leading to said application, the court shall have jurisdiction  to grant an order declaring the church or society extinct and the corporate entity  dissolved  if the petitioner is a religious corporation and said order shall direct the transfer of both real and  personal  property  of the   petitioner  to  the  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH  (DISCIPLES  OF  CHRIST)  - NORTHEASTERN REGION, INC. or direct that the real property and  personal property  be  sold  and  that the proceeds be paid over to the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) - NORTHEASTERN REGION, INC. after the  full payment  of all liens on the real property and of all of the outstanding debts of the petitioners.  (b) Such order shall operate to transfer the interest of such  extinct church  and/or  religious  society  in  such property or proceeds to the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) - NORTHEASTERN REGION, INC.  (c) The order shall also direct that the real  property  and  personal property  or  the  proceeds  obtained  from  the  sale thereof after the payment of  all  of  the  debts,  obligations  and  liabilities  of  the petitioner,  shall be used by the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) -  NORTHEASTERN REGION, INC. exclusively for the purpose or purposes for which the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) - NORTHEASTERN  REGION, INC. was organized and incorporated.   4.  Nothing  in this section, however, shall be construed to impair or in any way effect any existing claim upon or lien against  any  property so transferred or conveyed to the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) -  NORTHEASTERN REGION, INC. or any action or legal proceedings that may be pending at the time of the transfer referred to herein.   5. (a) The use of proxy or absentee ballots shall not be used relative to any resolution involving matters set forth in  subdivisions  one  and two  of this section unless the use of such proxy or absentee ballots is authorized in the constitution and by-laws of the  church  or  religious society  proceeding  under the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section.  (b) The relief sought in subdivisions one and two of this section must be accomplished by formal action taken  at  a  special  meeting  of  the congregation  of  the  church or of the members of the religious society called for such purpose. (See Article 10 Section 194 - "Time, Place  and Notice of Corporate Meetings".)  (c)  To  vote  at  any  meeting  held  to  accomplish  the purposes of subdivisions one and two of this section, persons otherwise qualified to vote must be at least eighteen years of age.