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NY Rel Corps L § 186 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 186 - Meeting for Incorporation.

§  186.  Meeting  for  incorporation. At the meeting for incorporation   held in pursuance of such notice, the following persons, and no  others,   shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full age, who are then   members  in  good  and  regular  standing  of  such church or society by   admission into full membership therewith, in accordance with  the  rules   and regulations thereof.At  such meeting, the presence of a majority of such qualified voters,   at least six in number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.   The   action  of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided by a   majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, a quorum being present.   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  of  the  meeting  and  the   inspectors  shall  decide the results of the ballots cast on any matter,   and shall be the judges of the qualifications of voters.Such meeting  shall  decide  whether  such  unincorporated  church  or   society shall become incorporated. If such decision shall be in favor of   incorporation  such  meeting  shall decide upon the name of the proposed   corporation which shall be "Church of Christ,  Scientist,"  prefixed  by   "First," "Second," "Third" or other numerical designation, or "Christian   Science  Society"  as  the  case may be, and followed by the name of the   place where it shall be located;  the  meeting  also  shall  decide  the   number  of  the  trustees  of such church or society, which shall be any   number from three to twelve, and shall determine the date, not more than   fifteen months thereafter, on which the first  annual  election  of  the   trustees  thereof  after  such meeting shall be held. Such meeting shall   thereupon elect by ballot, from the persons qualified to  vote  thereat,   one-third  of  the  number  of trustees as nearly as possible so decided   upon who shall hold office until the first annual election  of  trustees   thereafter,  one-third  of such number of trustees as nearly as possible   who shall hold office until  the  second  annual  election  of  trustees   thereafter,  and  the  remainder  of such trustees who shall hold office   until the third annual election of trustees  thereafter,  or  until  the   respective successors of such trustees shall be elected and take office.
NY Rel Corps L § 187 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 187 - Certificate of Incorporation.

§  187. Certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide that   such unincorporated church or society  shall  become  incorporated,  the   presiding  officer  of  such meeting and the two inspectors of election,   shall execute and acknowledge a certificate  of  incorporation,  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,   as hereinbefore provided in this chapter, 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 or society shall be   the trustees thereof for the terms for which they were  respectively  so   elected,  or until their respective successors shall be elected and take   office.
NY Rel Corps L § 188 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 188 - Time, Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.

§  188.  Time,  place  and  notice  of  corporate meetings. The annual   corporate meeting of every incorporated church or society to which  this   article  is  applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its   by-laws. A special corporate meeting of any such church or  society  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 or society. The trustees shall cause written notice  of  the   time  and  place  of  any  corporate  meeting, therein specifying, if an   annual meeting, the names of any trustees whose  successors  are  to  be   elected  thereat,  and, if a special meeting, specifying the business to   be transacted thereat, to be served, either personally or by mail,  upon   each  qualified  voter  of the church or society entitled to vote at the   meeting, not less than ten nor more than forty days before the  meeting.   If mailed, the notice shall be directed to each qualified voter entitled   to  notice  at  his address as it appears on the books or records of the   church or society.
NY Rel Corps L § 189 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 189 - Organization and Conduct of Corporate Meetings; Qualifications of Voters Thereat.

§  189. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications   of voters thereat. At a corporate meeting of every  incorporated  church   or  society  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 or society by   admission into full membership therewith. The presence at such  meetings   of  at least six persons qualified to vote thereat shall be necessary to   constitute a quorum, provided that any church or society to  which  this   article  is  applicable  may  by  its  by-laws fix the number of members   necessary to constitute a quorum. The action of  the  meeting  upon  any   matter  or  question  shall  be  decided  by a majority of the qualified   voters voting thereon, a quorum being present, except that  by-laws  may   provide  specifically for action being taken upon any matter or question   by more than a majority vote, in  which  event  such  by-law  provisions   shall  govern  any such action; and further excepted that by-laws can be   adopted or amended only by a two-thirds vote, as  hereinbefore  provided   by  this  chapter.  The  clerk  of  the church or society shall call the   meeting to order, and then turn it over to a presiding officer chosen by   the qualified voters then present or to the  one  designated  under  the   provisions  of  the  by-laws;  and  if an election is to be held at such   meeting, two inspectors of election shall be  chosen  by  the  qualified   voters then present, unless otherwise designated under the provisions of   the  by-laws. The presiding officer and the inspectors of election shall   receive the votes, shall be the judges of the qualifications  of  voters   and shall decide the result of the votes cast at any election. The polls   of an annual corporate meeting shall remain open for such time as may be   determined by a majority of the qualified voters present. At each annual   corporate  meeting  successors  to  those trustees whose terms of office   then expire, shall be elected from the qualified voters by ballot, for a   term of three years thereafter, and  until  their  successors  shall  be   elected and take office.
NY Rel Corps L § 189-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 189-A - Changing Date of Annual Corporate Meetings.

§  189-a. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. Any incorporated   church or society to which this article is  applicable,  at  any  annual   meeting  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  and  officers,  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 § 189-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 189-B - Changing Number of Trustees.

§  189-b.  Changing  number  of  trustees.  Any incorporated church or   society to which this article is applicable may, at an annual  corporate   meeting,  change  the number of its trustees to any number from three to   twelve and classify them so that the terms of  one-third  as  nearly  as   possible  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, election 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 for the ensuing year equal to the  number   so  determined on. The trustees so elected up to and including as nearly   as possible one-third of the number so determined on, shall  be  elected   for three years, the remainder up to and including as nearly as possible   one-third of the number so determined on for two years and the remainder   for one year.
NY Rel Corps L § 189-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 9-A - Churches of Christ, Scientist 189-C - Meetings of Trustees.

§  189-c.  Meetings of trustees. The chairman of the board of trustees   of  any  incorporated  church  or  society  to  which  this  article  is   applicable  or  any two members of such board may call a meeting of such   trustees  by  giving  at  least  twenty-four  hours'   notice   thereof,   personally  or  by mail, to all the other trustees, but by the unanimous   consent of the trustees a meeting may be held  without  previous  notice   thereof. A majority of the trustees lawfully convened shall constitute a   quorum  for  the  transaction of business.  In case of a tie vote at the   meeting of the trustees the presiding officer  of  such  meeting  shall,   notwithstanding  he  had voted once, have an additional casting vote. In   case of a vacancy in the office of trustee the  remaining  trustees  may   fill  such  vacancy  until  the  next  annual corporate meeting when the   vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
NY Rel Corps L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 190 - Application of This Article.

§ 190. Application of this article.  This article is not applicable to   a  Baptist  church,  a Congregational Christian church, whether or not a   part of the United Church of Christ, a church of the  United  Church  of   Christ incorporated after September first, nineteen hundred seventy-one,   an Independent church, a United Methodist church, a Protestant Episcopal   church,  a  Roman  Catholic  church, a Presbyterian church in connection   with the General Assembly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United   States  of  America, a Christian Orthodox Catholic church of the Eastern   Confession, a Ruthenian Greek Catholic church, or a  Church  of  Christ,   Scientist.  No  provision  of  this  article is applicable to a reformed   church in America, a True Reformed Dutch church in the United States  of   America,  a  Reformed Presbyterian church, or to an Evangelical Lutheran   church,  incorporated  after  October  first,   eighteen   hundred   and   ninety-five,  except  as  declared to be so applicable by article six of   this chapter; this article is  applicable  to  an  Evangelical  Lutheran   church  incorporated before October first, eighteen hundred ninety-five,   if the trustees thereof were then elective as such and so long  as  they   continue  to  be  elective  as  such.  Article  six  of  this chapter is   applicable to an Evangelical Lutheran church incorporated before October   first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, if its trustees were  not  then   elective as such and so long as its trustees continue not to be elective   as   such.   This  article  is  applicable  to  churches  of  all  other   denominations.
NY Rel Corps L § 191 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 191 - Notice of Meeting for Incorporation.

§  191.  Notice of meeting for incorporation.  Notice of a meeting for   the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated  church,  to  which  this   article is applicable, 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 and electing trustees thereof.The notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age, who are   then  members  in  good and regular standing of such church by admission   into full communion or membership  therewith,  in  accordance  with  the   rules   and   regulations   of   such   church,  and  of  the  governing   ecclesiastical body of the denomination or order, if any, to  which  the   church belongs, or who have statedly worshiped with such church and have   regularly  contributed  to the financial support thereof during the year   next prior thereto, or from the time of the formation thereof.A copy of such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the outside  of   the main entrance to such place of worship, at least fifteen days before   the  day  so  specified  for such meeting, and shall be publicly read at   each of the two next preceding regular meetings of  such  unincorporated   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,  by  the  first named of the following persons who is   present thereat, to wit: The minister of such  church,  the  officiating   minister thereof, the elders thereof in the order of their age beginning   with  the  oldest,  the  deacons of the church in the order of their age   beginning with the oldest, any person qualified to sign such notice.
NY Rel Corps L § 192 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 192 - The Meeting for Incorporation.

§   192.   The   meeting  for  incorporation.    At  the  meeting  for   incorporation held in pursuance of such notice, the  following  persons,   and  no  others,  shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons of full   age, who are then members in good and regular standing of such church by   admission into full communion or  membership  therewith,  in  accordance   with   the   rules   and  regulations  thereof,  and  of  the  governing   ecclesiastical body, if any, of the denomination or order, to which  the   church belongs, or who have statedly worshiped with such church and have   regularly  contributed  to the financial support thereof during the year   next preceding such meeting, or from the time of the formation thereof.The presence of a majority of such qualified voters, at least  six  in   number,  shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of such meeting.  The   action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be decided by  a   majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, a quorum being present.The  first  named  of  the  following  persons  who is present at such   meeting shall preside thereat, to wit: The minister of the  church,  the   officiating  minister  thereof, the elders thereof in the order of their   age, beginning with the oldest, the deacons  thereof  in  the  order  of   their  age,  beginning  with  the oldest, any qualified voter elected to   preside. The presiding officer of the meeting shall receive  the  votes,   be  the  judge of the qualifications of voters and declare the result of   the votes cast on any matter. The polls of the meeting shall remain open   for one hour, and longer, in the discretion of the presiding officer, or   if required by a majority of the voters present.Such meeting shall decide whether  such  unincorporated  church  shall   become incorporated. If such decision shall be in favor of incorporation   such meeting shall decide upon the name of the proposed corporation, the   number  of  the trustees thereof, which shall be three, six or nine, and   shall determine the date, not more than fifteen  months  thereafter,  on   which  the  first  annual  election  of  the trustees thereof after such   meeting shall be  held.  Such  meeting  shall  elect  from  the  persons   qualified  to  vote at such meeting, 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 to hold office   until  the  second annual election of trustees thereafter, and one-third   of such number of  trustees  to  hold  office  until  the  third  annual   election of trustees thereafter.
NY Rel Corps L § 193 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 193 - The Certificate of Incorporation.

§  193.  The  certificate of incorporation.   The presiding officer of   such meeting and at least two other persons present and voting  thereat,   shall  execute  and  acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, setting   forth the matters so determined at such meeting,  the  trustees  elected   thereat and the terms of office for which they were respectively elected   and  the  county,  town, city or village in which its principal place of   worship is or is intended to be located.  On filing such certificate the   members of such church and the persons qualified to vote at such meeting   and 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 so elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 194 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 194 - Time, Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.

§  194.  Time,  place  and  notice  of  corporate meetings. The annual   corporate meeting of every incorporated church to which this article  is   applicable, shall be held at the time and place fixed by or in pursuance   of law therefor, 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 its annual corporate meeting, therein specifying the  names  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 a regular meeting of the church for public worship, at  morning   service,  if such service be held, on each of the two successive Sundays   next preceding such meeting, if Sunday  be  the  regular  day  for  such   public  worship,  and  public  worship be had thereon, or otherwise at a   regular meeting of such church for public worship on each of  two  days,   at  least  one  week  apart,  next preceding such meeting, 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 minister of   the church, if there be one, or if  not,  by  the  officiating  minister   thereof,  if  there be one, or if not, or if any such minister refuse to   give such notice, by any officer of such church. But a special corporate   meeting of an incorporated Presbyterian church, to  elect  a  pastor  of   such  church  or  to  take action in reference to the dissolution of the   relations of the pastor and the  church,  may  be  called  only  by  the   session of such church. They may call such meeting whenever they deem it   advisable  to  do  so,  or  upon  the request to them, by petition, of a   majority of the qualified voters of such  corporation,  they  must  call   such meeting.  They shall give notice of such meeting in either case, in   the manner in this section provided in a notice of a special meeting.
NY Rel Corps L § 195 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 10 - Other Denominations 195 - Organization and Conduct of Corporate Meetings; Qualification of Voters Thereat.

§  195.  Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualification   of voters thereat.  At a corporate meeting of an incorporated 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  rules  and   regulations  thereof,  and of the governing ecclesiastical body, if any,   of the denomination or order to which the church belongs,  or  who  have   been  stated  attendants  on  divine  worship  in  such  church and have   regularly contributed to the financial support thereof during  the  year   next  preceding  such  meeting;  and any other church incorporated under   this article, may at  any  annual  corporate  meeting  thereof,  or  any   corporate  meeting called pursuant to the provisions of this article, if   notice of the intention so to do has been given with the notice of  such   meeting,  determine that thereafter only members of such church shall be   qualified voters at corporate meetings thereof.  The  presence  at  such   meetings  of  at  least  six  persons qualified to vote thereat shall be   necessary to constitute a quorum. The action of  the  meeting  upon  any   matter  or  question  shall  be  decided  by a majority of the qualified   voters voting thereon, a quorum being present. The first  named  of  the   following  persons who is present at such meeting shall preside thereat,   to wit:  The minister of such church, the officiating minister  thereof;   the  officers  thereof  in  the  order  of  their age beginning with the   oldest, any qualified  voters  elected  therefor  at  the  meeting.  The   presiding  officer  of the meeting shall receive the votes, be the judge   of qualifications of voters and declare the result of the votes cast  on   any matter. The polls of an annual corporate meeting shall continue open   for  one hour, and longer in the discretion of the presiding officer, or   if required by a majority of the qualified  voters  present.    At  each   annual  corporate  meeting,  successors to those trustees whose terms of   office then expire, shall  be  elected  from  the  qualified  voters  by   ballot, for a term of three years thereafter.