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NY Rel Corps L § 323 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 323 - Certificate of Incorporation.

§  323.  Certificate of incorporation. The presiding officer of such a   meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat  shall   be  appointed  at  such a meeting to execute and acknowledge, before any   person authorized to take acknowledgment  of  deeds,  a  certificate  of   incorporation  which  shall  have been submitted to and approved by such   meeting. Such certificate shall set forth: the place and  date  of  said   meeting  for  incorporation;  the  name  of  said  church; the township,   village or city, and the county in which said church shall  be  located;   the  statement  that  there were six or more qualified voters present at   the meeting where this act of incorporation was  authorized;  the  names   and respective periods of office of the trustees elected; the signatures   and  residences  of  those  authorized  to  execute  and acknowledge the   certificate   of   incorporation;   the   approval   of   the   district   superintendent  of  the  district  in which the church is located; and a   statement that the corporation shall support the doctrine and  shall  be   subject  to  the laws, usages and ministerial appointments of The United   Methodist Church as from time to time established, made and declared  by   the  lawful  authority of said church. On the filing of such certificate   in the office of the county clerk of the county  in  which  such  church   shall  be  located  the members of such church qualified to vote at such   meeting and those 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   successors are elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 324 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 324 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.

§  324.  Amendment of certificate of incorporation. It shall be lawful   for any incorporated United Methodist church, by a  two-thirds  vote  of   the  members  present  and  voting  at a regularly called meeting of the   corporation, to alter or amend its certificate of incorporation  in  any   manner  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of this chapter or the   discipline of The  United  Methodist  church;  and  such  alteration  or   amendment  shall  become  operative  when  the  amended  certificate  of   incorporation shall  have  been  executed,  acknowledged  and  filed  as   provided for in section three hundred twenty-three of this article.
NY Rel Corps L § 325 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 325 - Corporate Meetings.

§  325.  Corporate meetings. 1. The trustees of an incorporated United   Methodist church shall be elected at the annual corporate meeting  which   shall  be  held at the time and place fixed by the by-laws, if such time   and place be so fixed, and otherwise at a time and place to be fixed  by   its  trustees.  A  special  corporate  meeting of any such church may be   called by the board of trustees thereof, on its own  motion  or  on  the   written  request  of  at  least ten qualified voters of such church. The   trustees shall cause  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  annual   corporate  meeting  therein  specifying  the name of any trustees, whose   successors are to  be  elected  thereat,  and,  if  a  special  meeting,   specifying the business to be transacted thereat, to be given at each of   the  two next preceding regular meetings of such incorporated church for   public worship, at least one week apart, at  morning  service,  if  such   service  be  held,  on  Sunday,  if  Sunday  be the day for such regular   meetings, or if no such public worship be held during  such  period,  by   conspicuously  posting such notice in writing upon the outer entrance to   the principal place of worship of such  church.  Such  notice  shall  be   given  by  the  district  superintendent,  the  pastor,  the officiating   minister or an officer of the church.2. At such a corporate meeting the following persons,  and  no  other,   shall  be  qualified  voters  for the election of trustees, to wit:  all   persons who are  full  members  of  such  church  in  good  and  regular   standing.  The  members  present  at  any  duly  announced meeting shall   constitute a quorum. Each action of  the  meeting  upon  any  matter  or   question  shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters present   and voting thereon. At such a meeting the district superintendent or the   pastor shall preside, or in the absence of both or in case of either  or   both  declining  to  preside,  any  qualified  voter  may  be elected to   preside. The presiding officer of the meeting shall receive  the  votes,   be  the  judge of qualifications of voters subject to appeal to the vote   of  the  members  present  whose  qualifications  as  voters   are   not   challenged, and declare the result of the votes cast on any matter.3.  Election  of  trustees at the annual corporate meeting shall be by   written individual ballot and on a majority vote. Such trustees shall be   of full age and each election shall provide that at least two-thirds  of   the  board  of trustees shall be members of The United Methodist Church.   The trustees shall be elected for a term of three years or  until  their   successors  have  been  duly  elected,  provided that one-third shall be   elected each year.
NY Rel Corps L § 326 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 326 - Changing Number of Trustees.

§  326.  Changing number of trustees. An incorporated United Methodist   church may, at its annual corporate meeting where trustees are  elected,   by  vote  change  the  number  of  its trustees to three, six or nine by   adding more trustees, one-third of which  shall  be  elected  for  three   years,  one-third for two years and one-third for one year; or by voting   to discontinue the offices of certain specified trustees as they expire,   one-third of said offices to be discontinued each year, until the number   left is the number decided upon. Such changes in the board  of  trustees   shall  always  provide that at least two-thirds of the trustees shall be   members of The United Methodist church. No such changes shall affect the   terms of the trustees then in office, but each shall hold  office  until   his  full term has expired unless his office shall terminate as provided   for elsewhere in this article.
NY Rel Corps L § 327 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 327 - Vacancies in Board of Trustees.

§  327.  Vacancies  in  board  of  trustees.  If  any  trustee of such   incorporated United Methodist church declines to act, resigns, dies,  or   has  his  trusteeship terminated by any other means, his office shall be   vacant and the quarterly conference of the church in any  regular  or  a   special  session  may  fill  the vacancy until the next annual corporate   meeting when trustees are elected at which meeting the vacancy shall  be   filled for the unexpired term.
NY Rel Corps L § 328 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 328 - Meetings of Trustees.

§   328.  Meetings  of  trustees.  Meetings  of  the  trustees  of  an   incorporated United Methodist church may be held at stated intervals  or   may  be  called  by  giving  at  least  twenty-four hours notice thereof   personally or by mail to all trustees and such meeting may be called and   such notice given by the pastor, the secretary of the board of trustees,   or by any two of the trustees, but  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the   trustees  a  meeting  may  be held without previous notice thereof. Some   member of the board of  trustees  elected  for  that  purpose  shall  be   president  or  chairman,  or  the  pastor  may  preside  without vote. A   majority of the whole number of trustees shall constitute a  quorum  for   the transaction of business at any meeting lawfully convened. In case of   a  tie  vote at a meeting of the trustees, the presiding officer of such   meeting, if he be a trustee, shall, notwithstanding he has  voted  once,   have  an  additional  casting  vote, or, if the presiding officer be the   pastor, the secretary of the board shall  have  the  additional  casting   vote.
NY Rel Corps L § 329 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 329 - Change of Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.

§  329.  Change  of  date  of  annual  corporate  meetings.  An annual   corporate meeting of an incorporated United Methodist church may  change   the  date  of  its  annual meeting thereafter. If such a date shall next   thereafter occur less than six months after the annual meeting at  which   such change is made, the next annual meeting shall be held one year from   such  next  recurring  date. 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 § 330 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 330 - Powers and Duties of Trustees.

§  330.  Powers  and  duties  of  trustees.  1.  The  trustees  of  an   incorporated United Methodist church shall have the custody and  control   of  all  the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation and   of the revenues from such property, and shall  administer  the  same  in   accordance with the discipline, rules and usages of The United Methodist   Church, and with the provisions of law relating thereto, for the support   and maintenance of the corporation or providing the members thereof at a   corporate  meeting  thereof  shall  so  authorize,  of  some  religious,   charitable or benevolent object, conducted by such church, or  connected   with  it,  or  with  The United Methodist Church, and they shall not use   such property for any other purpose or divert the same from such uses.2. The trustees shall be responsible to the charge conference  of  the   church  in  a manner not inconsistent with any directions of a corporate   meeting, and  shall  annually  make  a  written  report  to  the  charge   conference  which  report  shall  include  the  items  required  by  the   discipline of The United Methodist Church.3. The trustees shall not prevent or  interfere  with  the  pastor  or   other  duly  authorized  ministers of The United Methodist Church in the   use of said property for religious services  or  other  proper  meetings   recognized by the law and usage of The United Methodist Church.
NY Rel Corps L § 331 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 331 - Control of Trustees by Corporate Meetings.

§  331. Control of trustees by corporate meetings. A corporate meeting   of an incorporated United Methodist church, whose trustees are  elective   as  such,  may  give  directions,  not inconsistent with law or with the   discipline of The United Methodist Church, as to the manner in which any   of the temporal affairs of the  church  shall  be  administered  by  the   trustees thereof; and such directions shall be followed by the trustees.
NY Rel Corps L § 332 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 332 - Conveyance of Property.

§  332. Conveyance of property. The trustees of an incorporated United   Methodist church may sell, mortgage, lease or convey church property  by   following  the  provisions  of  section  twelve  of  article two of this   chapter except that in no case shall trustees mortgage or encumber  real   estate on which a church or parsonage is located for the current expense   of a charge, nor shall the principal of the proceeds of the sale of such   property be so used.
NY Rel Corps L § 333 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 333 - Conveyance of Property for Church, School or Missionary Purposes.

§  333.  Conveyance  of  property  for  church,  school  or missionary   purposes. Any church or society of The United Methodist  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   place  of worship was within the state of New York, is hereby authorized   and empowered by the concurrent vote  of  two-thirds  of  its  qualified   voters  present  and  voting therefor, at a meeting regularly called for   that purpose, and of two-thirds of all its trustees and by  the  written   consent  of  the  resident  bishop  and  the district superintendent, to   direct the transfer and conveyance of  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 United Methodist   denomination and incorporated by or organized under any law 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 such purposes, with or without the   payment  of  any  money  or  other consideration therefor; and upon such   concurrent votes being given, the trustees shall execute  such  transfer   or  conveyance;  and  upon  the  same  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 or  lien  against  any  property  so  transferred  or   conveyed,  or  any  action at law or legal proceeding; and such transfer   shall be subject, in respect to the amount of property the said  grantee   may  take and hold, to the restrictions and limitations of all laws then   in force.
NY Rel Corps L § 334 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 334 - Bequests.

§  334.  Bequests.  Any  bequest  of  real  or personal property to an   unincorporated United Methodist church may be  taken  and  held  by  the   incorporated  annual  conference which has jurisdiction over said church   and administered for the benefit of said church.
NY Rel Corps L § 335 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 17 - Methodist Churches 335 - Powers of Certain Existing Corporations to Conform Charter to Article.

§  335.  Powers of certain existing corporations to conform charter to   article. A corporation heretofore created in this state by  special  act   or under general law for purposes for which a corporation may be created   under this article and other applicable provisions of this chapter, may,   by  the  procedure  herein provided, amend its charter or certificate of   incorporation to conform to the provisions of this article with the same   corporate name and for the same corporate purposes  and  any  additional   purposes  permitted by this article; but such amendment shall not affect   then existing property rights or liabilities.
NY Rel Corps L § 336 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 18 - Churches of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America 336 - Definitions.

§  336. Definitions. 1. The "Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church   in America," as that term is used anywhere in this  article,  refers  to   the  churches,  cathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes,   committees and other religious organizations  of  the  Eastern  Orthodox   Church   which   are   subject   to  ecclesiastical  and  administrative   jurisdiction and authority of the archbishop,  or  bishop,  who  is  the   ecclesiastical administrator of the American diocese of the Byelorussian   Autocephalic  Orthodox Church created pursuant to resolutions adopted at   a diocesan convention (sobor) of said  diocese  held  at  Brooklyn,  New   York,  on May twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred sixty and   subject  to  the  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction   of   the   metropolitan   archbishop,  or  other  primate, or the locum tenens acting in his place   and the council of bishops of  the  Byelorussian  Autocephalic  Orthodox   Church.2.   Every   church,   parish,  congregation,  society,  or  committee   incorporated or reincorporated, pursuant to this article, shall  in  all   respects  conform  to, maintain, and follow the faith, doctrine, ritual,   communion, discipline, canon law, traditions and usages of  the  Eastern   Orthodox  Church  as such are determined by the governing ecclesiastical   body  of  the  Byelorussian  Autocephalic  Orthodox  Church,  and  shall   recognize and be and remain subject to the jurisdiction and authority of   the  duly  appointed  archbishop,  bishop  or other administrator of the   American Diocese  of  the  Byelorussian  Autocephalic  Orthodox  Church,   hereinafter called Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America,   or  his  successor  in  office,  and shall accept, secure or receive the   sacramental, pastoral, or ministerial services of such  clergy  only  as   are  so  certified  to be of lawful and canonical status or authority in   the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America, and retain  or   secure  as pastors only such clergy as have, in addition, the permission   of the said archbishop, bishop, or  administrator  of  the  Byelorussian   Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America.
NY Rel Corps L § 337 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 18 - Churches of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America 337 - Application for Incorporation.

§  337.  Application  for incorporation. Any number of persons of full   age, not less than ten,  who  are  communicants  in  canonical  standing   within  the  Eastern  Orthodox  Church  may associate themselves for the   purpose  of  founding  and  continuing  a  congregation   acknowledging,   conforming  to  and  promoting  the  faith,  doctrine, discipline, rite,   canons,  traditions,  usages  and  constitution  of   the   Byelorussian   Autocephalic  Orthodox  Church in America and apply to the archbishop or   bishop, who is the ecclesiastical  administrator  of  said  church,  for   permission  and  sanction  to  incorporate  such congregation. When such   permission aforesaid has been obtained in writing over the signature and   seal of such archbishop or  bishop,  such  congregation  may  become  an   incorporated church by executing, acknowledging and filing a certificate   of incorporation as hereinafter provided.Any  religious  order,  theological  seminary  for  the preparation of   candidates  for  ministry,  or   religious   society   established   for   evangelical  efforts  or  the  relief  of  the  poor and needy, which is   intended  to  be  an  auxiliary   organization   of   the   Byelorussian   Autocephalic  Orthodox Church in America, where a chapel for the conduct   of worship is provided shall be deemed a congregation to all intents and   purposes, and may be incorporated  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this   article.
NY Rel Corps L § 338 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 18 - Churches of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in America 338 - Notice of a Meeting for Incorporation.

§  338. Notice of a meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for   the purpose of incorporating a congregation, to which  this  article  is   applicable, shall be given as follows:1.  The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a   meeting of the members of such congregation will be  held  at  a  stated   place, date and hour for the purpose of incorporating such congregation,   electing laymen trustees thereof and selecting a corporate name thereof.2.  The  notice  shall  also state that the appropriate ecclesiastical   authority  has  given  sanction  and  permission,  required  under  this   article, for the incorporation.3.  The  notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age who   are then members in good and regular standing of  such  congregation  by   admission  into  full  communion and membership therewith, in accordance   with  the  rules  and  regulations  thereof,  and   of   the   governing   ecclesiastical body of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church and   who  have  statedly worshipped with such congregation and have regularly   contributed to its financial support, according to its  usages,  for  at   least one year or since it was formed.4.  Such  notice  shall  be  publicly  read  at two successive regular   meetings for public worship or at special meetings of such  congregation   on  the two Sundays immediately preceding the meeting for incorporation;   and at least fifteen days before the meeting for incorporation,  by  the   first  named  of  the  following persons who is present thereat, to wit:   The minister  in  charge  of  such  congregation,  officiating  minister   thereof,  or  one  of  the  persons qualified to sign such notice in the   order of their age beginning with the oldest.5. A copy of such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the  outside   of  the  main  entrance  to  the usual place of worship, or at the place   where the special meetings are to be held, at least fifteen days  before   the meeting for incorporation.6.  A  copy of such notice shall be sent by mail postpaid at least ten   days prior to the date set for the meeting  for  incorporation  to  each   member in good and regular standing by admission into full communion and   membership  therewith,  in  accordance  with  the  rules and regulations   thereof, and of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox  Church,  at  his   last known address as same appears in the records of the congregation.