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NY Rel Corps L § 135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 135 - Changing Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.

§  135.  Changing  date  of  annual  corporate  meetings.    An annual   corporate meeting of an incorporated Baptist church may change the  date   of  its  annual  meeting  thereafter.  If  the date fixed for the annual   meeting shall be less than six months after the annual meeting at  which   such change is made, the next annual meeting shall be held one year from   the date so fixed. For the purpose of determining the terms of office of   trustees,  the  time  between 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 § 136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 136 - Changing Number of Trustees.

§  136.  Changing  number of trustees.  An incorporated Baptist church   may, at an annual corporate meeting, change the number of  its  trustees   to not less than three, nor more than eighteen, or classify them so that   the  terms  of  one-third expire each year, provided that notice of such   intended change or classification be included  in  the  notice  of  such   annual  corporate  meeting. No such change shall affect the terms of the   trustees then in office,  and  if  the  change  reduces  the  number  of   trustees,  elections  shall  not be held to fill vacancies caused by the   expiration of the terms of trustees until the number of trustees  equals   the  number  to  which the trustees were reduced. Whenever the number of   trustees in office is less than the number so determined on,  sufficient   additional  trustees  shall  be  elected  to make the number of trustees   equal to the number so determined on. The trustees so elected up to  and   including one-third of the number so determined on, shall be elected for   three  years,  the remainder up to and including one-third of the number   so determined on for two years, and the remainder for one year.
NY Rel Corps L § 137 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 137 - Meetings of Trustees.

§  137.  Meetings  of  trustees.    Meetings  of  the  trustees  of an   incorporated  Baptist  church  shall  be  called  by  giving  at   least   twenty-four  hours'  notice  thereof  personally  or  by mail to all the   trustees and such notice may be given by two of the trustees, but by the   unanimous consent of the trustees a meeting may be held without previous   notice thereof. A  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  trustees  shall   constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of business at any meeting   lawfully convened.
NY Rel Corps L § 138 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 138 - The Creation and Filling of Vacancies Among Trustees of Such Churches.

§  138.  The  creation and filling of vacancies among trustees of such   churches.  If any trustee of an incorporated Baptist church declines  to   act,  resigns  or dies, or having been a member or such church ceases to   be such member, or not having been a member of such church, 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 § 139 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 139 - Control of Trustees by Corporate Meetings of Such Churches; Salary of Minister.

§  139.  Control  of  trustees by corporate meetings of such churches;   salary of minister.   The trustees of  an  incorporated  Baptist  church   shall  have no power to settle or remove a minister or to fix his salary   or, without the consent of a corporate meeting, to  incur  debts  beyond   what  is necessary for the administration of the temporal affairs of the   church and for the care of the property of the corporation; or to fix or   change the time, nature or order of the public or social worship of such   church. The temporal affairs and property  of  an  incorporated  Baptist   church  shall  be  administered  by  its trustees in accordance with and   subject to its lawfully adopted by-laws and to the  general  or  special   rules, regulations, or resolutions lawfully adopted by the church at its   annual  or other regular corporate meeting or at any duly called special   corporate meeting.
NY Rel Corps L § 140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 7 - Baptist Churches 140 - Transfer of Property to Baptist Corporations.

§ 140. Transfer of property to Baptist corporations.  Any incorporated   Baptist  church,  created  by or existing under the laws of the state of   New York, having its principal office or place of worship in  the  state   of  New York, or whose last place of worship was within the state of New   York, is hereby authorized and empowered, by a vote of two-thirds of its   qualified voters present and voting therefor,  at  a  meeting  regularly   called  for  that  purpose,  to transfer and convey any of its property,   real or personal, which it now has or  may  hereafter  acquire,  to  any   religious,  charitable  or  missionary  corporation  connected  with the   Baptist denomination and incorporated by or organized under any  law  or   laws  of  the state of New York, either solely, or among other purposes,   to establish or maintain, or to assist in  establishing  or  maintaining   churches,  schools,  or  mission  stations or to erect, or assist in the   erection of such buildings as may be necessary for any of such purposes,   and on or without the  payment  of  any  money  or  other  consideration   therefor,  and upon such transfer or conveyance being made, the title to   and the ownership and right of possession of the property so transferred   and conveyed shall be vested in and conveyed to such grantee;  and  also   any  membership  corporation  incorporated  by  or  organized  under any   special or general law or laws of the state of New York, either  solely,   or  among  other  purposes,  for  religious,  charitable,  missionary or   educational objects connected  with  or  for  the  aid  of  the  Baptist   denomination  or  any  church or churches thereof or for the erection or   maintenance  of  any  building  therefor,  is  hereby   authorized   and   empowered, by the vote of at least two-thirds of the whole number of its   directors,  or  by the vote of at least a majority thereof if such whole   number of directors is twenty  or  more,  at  any  regularly  called  or   regularly  held meeting of such directors, to transfer and convey any of   its property, real or personal,  which  it  now  has  or  may  hereafter   acquire,  to  any  incorporated  Baptist  church within the state of New   York, and on or without the payment of any money or other  consideration   therefor,  and upon such transfer or conveyance being made, the title to   and the ownership and right of possession of the property so transferred   and conveyed shall be vested in and conveyed to such grantee;  provided,   however,  that  nothing  herein  contained shall impair or affect in any   way, any existing claim upon or lien against any property so transferred   or conveyed, or any action at law or legal proceeding, and  subject,  in   respect to the amount of property the said grantee may take and hold, to   the restrictions and limitations of existing laws.
NY Rel Corps L § 160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 160 - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.

§  160.  Notice of meeting for incorporation.  Notice of a meeting for   the purpose of incorporating an  unincorporated  church  of  the  United   Church  of  Christ  or Independent church shall be given as follows: The   notice shall be in writing,  and  shall  state,  in  substance,  that  a   meeting of such unincorporated church will be held at its usual place of   worship  at  a  specified day and hour, for the purpose of incorporating   such church, electing trustees thereof, and selecting a  corporate  name   therefor. The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age,   who  have  statedly  worshiped  with  such  church  and  have  regularly   contributed to its support, according to its usages, for  at  least  one   year  or  since  it  was formed. 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 of such church, or a deacon thereof or  by  any   person qualified to sign such notice.
NY Rel Corps L § 161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 161 - The Meeting for Incorporation.

§   161.   The   meeting  for  incorporation.    At  the  meeting  for   incorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the  qualified  voters,   until otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of   full age who have statedly worshiped with such church and have regularly   contributed  to  its  support, according to its usages, for at least one   year or since it was formed. At such meeting the presence of a  majority   of  such  qualified  voters,  in  person, or by proxy duly authorized in   writing, at least six in number, shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a   quorum,  and  all matters or questions shall be decided by a majority of   the qualified voters voting thereon.   The meeting shall  be  called  to   order  by one of the signers of the call. There shall be elected at such   meeting, from the qualified voters then present, a presiding officer,  a   clerk  to  keep  the  record  of  the proceedings of the meeting and two   inspectors of election  to  receive  the  ballots  cast.  The  presiding   officer  and  the inspectors shall decide the result of the ballots cast   on any matter, and shall be the judges  of  the  qualifications  of  the   voters.  If  the  meeting  shall  decide that such unincorporated church   shall become incorporated, the meeting shall also decide upon  the  name   of  the  proposed corporation, the number of the trustees thereof, which   shall be three, six or nine, and the date, not more than fifteen  months   thereafter,  on  which the first annual election of the trustees thereof   shall be held; and it may, by a two-thirds vote, decide that all members   of the unincorporated church, of full age, in good and regular  standing   who   have  statedly  worshiped  with  such  church  but  who  have  not   contributed to the financial support thereof, shall  also  be  qualified   voters  at such meeting, and that such church members, who, for one year   next preceding any subsequent corporate  meeting,  shall  have  statedly   worshiped  with  such  church  and have been members thereof in good and   regular standing, but have not regularly contributed  to  the  financial   support  thereof,  shall be qualified voters at such corporate meetings.   Such meetings shall thereupon elect by ballot from the persons qualified   to vote thereat one-third of the number of trustees so decided  on,  who   shall   hold   office  until  the  first  annual  election  of  trustees   thereafter, one-third of such number of trustees who shall  hold  office   until  the  second annual election of trustees thereafter, and one-third   of such number of trustees who shall hold office until the third  annual   election  of  trustees thereafter, or until the respective successors of   such trustees shall be elected. Such meeting shall also elect by  ballot   a clerk of the corporation, who shall hold his office until the close of   the next annual meeting.
NY Rel Corps L § 162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 162 - The Certificate of Incorporation.

§  162. The certificate of incorporation.  If the meeting shall decide   that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding   officer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election shall execute   a certificate setting forth the name of the  proposed  corporation,  the   number  of  trustees  thereof,  the  names  of  the  persons  elected as   trustees, the terms of office for which they were  respectively  elected   and the county and town, city or village in which its principal place of   worship  is or is intended to be located. On the filing and recording of   such certificate, after it shall have been  acknowledged  or  proved  as   hereinbefore provided, the persons qualified to vote at such meeting and   those  persons  who  shall  thereafter,  from time to time, be qualified   voters at the corporate meetings thereof, shall be a corporation by  the   name  stated  in  such certificate, and the persons therein stated to be   elected trustees of such church shall be the trustees  thereof  for  the   terms   for  which  they  were  respectively  elected  and  until  their   respective successors shall be elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 163 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 163 - Time, Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.

§  163.  Time,  place  and  notice of corporate meetings.   The annual   corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article  shall   be  held  at  the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and   place be so fixed, then at a time and place to be  first  fixed  by  its   trustees,  but  to  be  changed  only  by  a by-law adopted at an annual   meeting. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by   the board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on   the written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church. The   trustees shall cause  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  its  annual   corporate meeting, and of 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  trustees  thereof at a regular meeting of the church for public   worship, on  the  two  successive  Sundays  immediately  preceding  such   meeting.
NY Rel Corps L § 164 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 164 - Organization and Conduct of Corporate Meetings; Qualifications of Voters.

§  164. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications   of voters.  At every corporate meeting of a church to which this article   is applicable the following persons, and no others  shall  be  qualified   voters,  to  wit:   all persons who are then members in good and regular   standing of such church by admission into full communion  or  membership   therewith  in  accordance with the by-laws thereof, provided that if the   by-laws so provide, persons who have statedly worshiped with such church   and have regularly contributed to its financial  support  for  not  less   than one year preceding such meeting shall also be qualified voters.At  such  corporate  meetings,  the  presence  of at least six persons   qualified to vote thereat shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; and   all matters or questions shall be decided by a majority of the qualified   voters voting thereon, except that by-laws can  be  adopted  or  amended   only  by  a two-thirds vote. The clerk of the corporation shall call the   meeting to order; and under his supervision the  qualified  voters  then   present  shall choose a presiding officer and two inspectors of election   to receive the ballots cast. The presiding officer and the inspectors of   election shall declare the result of the ballots cast on any matter  and   shall  be  the  judges  of the qualifications of voters.  At each annual   corporate meeting, successors to those trustees whose  terms  of  office   then  expire shall be elected by ballot from the qualified voters, for a   term of three years thereafter, and  until  their  successors  shall  be   elected.  A  clerk  of  the  corporation shall be elected by ballot, who   shall hold office until the closing of  the  next  annual  meeting,  and   until his successor shall be elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 165 - Changing Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.

§  165.  Changing  date  of  annual  corporate  meetings.    An annual   corporate meeting of any church  incorporated  under  this  article  may   change  the  date  of its subsequent annual meetings.  If the date fixed   for the annual meeting shall be less than six months  after  the  annual   meeting  at  which such change is made, the next annual meeting shall be   held one year from the date so fixed. For the purpose of determining the   terms of office of trustees, the time  between  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 § 166 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 166 - Changing Number of Trustees.

§ 166. Changing number of trustees.  Any such incorporated church may,   at  an  annual  corporate  meeting, change the number of its trustees to   three, six, nine, twelve or fifteen, classifying them so that the  terms   of  one-third  expire  each  year, provided that notice of such intended   change be included in the notice of such annual  corporate  meeting.  No   such  change  shall affect the terms of the trustees then in office; and   if the change reduces the number of trustees,  elections  shall  not  be   held  to  fill  the  vacancies  caused by the expiration of the terms of   trustees, until the number of trustees equals the number  to  which  the   trustees  were  reduced.    Whenever the number of trustees in office is   less than the number so determined on,  sufficient  additional  trustees   shall  be  elected to make the number of trustees equal to the number so   determined on. The trustees so elected, up to and including one-third of   the number so determined on, shall  be  elected  for  three  years,  the   remainder  up  to and including one-third of the number so determined on   for two years, and the remainder for one year.
NY Rel Corps L § 167 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 167 - Meetings of Trustees.

§  167.  Meetings  of trustees.   Meetings of the trustees of any such   incorporated church shall be  called  by  giving  at  least  twenty-four   hours'  notice  thereof  personally  or by mail to all the trustees; and   such notice may be given by two of the trustees; but  by  the  unanimous   consent  of  the trustees, a meeting may be held without previous notice   thereof. A majority of the whole number of trustees shall  constitute  a   quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  at  any  meeting  lawfully   convened.
NY Rel Corps L § 168 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 168 - Vacancies Among Trustees.

§  168.  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 § 169 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 169 - Limitation of Powers of Trustees.

§  169.  Limitation  of powers of trustees.   The trustees of any such   incorporated church shall have no power to  call,  settle  or  remove  a   minister  or  to  fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate   meeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration   of the temporal affairs of the church and for the care of  the  property   of the corporation; or to fix or change the time, nature or order of the   public or social worship of such church.
NY Rel Corps L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 8 - Churches of the United Church of Christ, Congregational Christian and Independent Churches 170 - Election and Salary of Ministers.

§  170.  Election  and salary of ministers.  The ministers of any such   church 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   specially   called   for   that  purpose,  in  the  manner   hereinbefore provided for the call of special  meetings;  and  any  such   corporation may, by its by-laws, make the call, settlement or removal of   its  ministers  dependent  upon  a concurrent vote of the unincorporated   church connected with such corporation; and in that case the concurrence   of a majority of the members of such unincorporated church, present  and   voting at a meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be necessary   to the call, settlement or removal of such ministers.