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NY Rel Corps L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 18 - Dissolution of Religious Corporations.

§  18.  Dissolution  of religious corporations. Whenever any religious   corporation shall cease to act in its corporate capacity and keep up the   religious services; it shall be lawful for the  supreme  court  of  this   state,  upon  the  application of a majority of the trustees thereof, in   case said court shall deem it proper so to do, to  order  and  decree  a   dissolution of such religious corporation, and for that purpose to order   and  direct  a  sale and conveyance of any and all property belonging to   such corporation, and after providing for the ascertaining  and  payment   of  the  debts of such corporation, and the necessary costs and expenses   of such sale and proceedings for dissolution, so far as the proceeds  of   such  sale shall be sufficient to pay the same; such court may order and   direct any surplus of such proceeds remaining after paying  such  debts,   costs  and  expenses,  to  be devoted and applied to any such religious,   benevolent, or charitable objects or purposes as the said  trustees  may   indicate by their petition and the said court may approve.Such  application  to  said  court  shall  be  made  by petition, duly   verified by said trustees, which petition  shall  state  the  particular   reason  or  causes  why  such  sale  and  dissolution  are  sought;  the   situation, condition  and  estimated  value  of  the  property  of  said   corporation,  and  the  particular  object  or  purposes  to which it is   proposed to devote any surplus of the proceeds  of  such  property;  and   such petition shall, in all cases, be accompanied with proof that notice   of  the  time  and place of such intended application to said court, has   been  duly  published  once  in  each  week  for  at  least  four  weeks   successively,  next preceding such application, in a newspaper published   in the county where such corporation is located.In case there shall be  no  trustees  of  such  religious  corporation   residing  in  the  county  in  which  such  corporation is located, such   application may be made, and such proceedings taken, by  a  majority  of   the members of such religious corporation residing in such county.In  case such corporation is under the jurisdiction of an incorporated   ecclesiastical governing body such application  may  be  made  and  such   proceedings  taken  by  such incorporated ecclesiastical governing body,   provided the trustees or other officers  or  surviving  members  of  the   local church shall refuse to act after request has been duly made by the   governing  body,  and  in such case the proceeds shall be turned over to   said governing body.
NY Rel Corps L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 19 - Corporations for Organizing and Maintaining Mission Churches and Sunday Schools.

§ 19. Corporations for organizing and maintaining mission churches and   Sunday schools. Ten or more members of two or more incorporated churches   may  become  a corporation for the purpose of organizing and maintaining   mission churches and Sunday schools, and of acquiring property therefor,   by executing a certificate stating the name  of  such  corporation,  the   city in which its principal office or church or school is or is intended   to be located; the number of trustees to manage its affairs, which shall   be  three, six or nine, and the names of the trustees for the first year   of its existence, which certificate shall be acknowledged or proved  and   filed  as  hereinbefore provided.  Whenever a mission church established   by such corporation becomes self-sustaining,  such  mission  church  may   become  incorporated  and shall be governed under the provisions of this   chapter for  the  incorporation  and  government  of  a  church  of  the   religious denomination to which such mission church belongs, and thereon   such  parent  corporation  may  convey  to  such incorporated church the   property connected therewith.
NY Rel Corps L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 21 - Corporations for Acquiring Camp-Meeting Grounds for the Reformed Methodist Denomination.

§ 21. Corporations for acquiring camp-meeting grounds for the Reformed   Methodist  denomination.  The  visiting  elder  of  a  visiting  elder's   district, erected by an annual  conference  of  the  Reformed  Methodist   denomination,  and three members or more in good and regular standing of   three or more churches of such denomination, may become incorporated for   the purposes of acquiring, maintaining and improving real  property,  to   be  used  as  a  camp  ground  for  camp-meeting purposes, by executing,   acknowledging and filing a certificate stating the name  and  object  of   the corporation to be formed, the name of such annual conference, and of   such  visiting  elder's  district,  the names, residences and particular   church membership of the signers thereof, the number of trustees of such   corporation, which shall be three, or some multiple of three,  not  more   than  twenty-one,  the  names of such trustees, designating one-third to   hold office for three years, one-third to hold office for two years, and   one-third to hold office for one year.  On filing such certificate,  the   visiting  elder  and the trustees named therein, and their successors in   office, shall be a corporation by the name and for the purposes  therein   stated. A person holding property in trust for camp-meeting purposes for   the   Reformed   Methodist  denomination,  may  convey  the  same  to  a   corporation formed for the purpose of acquiring such property within the   visiting elder's district where the property is situated. Meetings  held   under the direction of such a corporation upon camp grounds owned by it,   shall be deemed religious meetings within the religious law, relating to   the  disturbance of religious meetings.  Whenever such a corporation, or   any camp ground association of the Reformed Methodist denomination, owns   land bordering upon any navigable waters to  be  used  for  camp-meeting   purposes  only, such corporation or association may regulate or prohibit   the landing of persons or vessels at the wharves, piers or  shores  upon   such grounds during the holding of religious services thereon.
NY Rel Corps L § 21-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 21-A - Corporations for Acquiring Lands for Parsonage or Camp-Meeting Purposes for the Free Methodist Denomination.

§ 21-a. Corporations for acquiring lands for parsonage or camp-meeting   purposes  for  the Free Methodist denomination. The district elder and a   majority of the stewards residing  in  the  district  elder's  district,   elected   by   an   annual  conference  of  the  Free  Methodist  Church   denomination, may become incorporated, for  the  purpose  of  acquiring,   maintaining and improving real property, to be used for the purpose of a   district  elder's  parsonage  or  for camp-meeting purposes, or for both   such purposes, by acknowledging and filing a  certificate,  stating  the   name  and object of the corporation, the name of such annual conference,   and of  such  district  elder's  district,  the  names,  residences  and   official  relations  to such district of the signers thereof, the number   of trustees of  said  incorporation,  which  shall  be  three,  or  some   multiple  of  three,  not  to exceed twelve, the names of such trustees,   designating one-third to hold office for three years, one-third to  hold   office for two years and one-third to hold office for one year.On filing such certificate, the district elder and all the stewards of   such  district,  by  virtue  of  their  respective  offices,  shall be a   corporation by the name, and for the purposes therein  stated,  and  the   persons therein named as trustees shall be the first trustees thereof.A  person holding property in trust for the purpose of a parsonage for   the district elder of the district, or for camp  meeting  purposes,  and   his  successors  in  office, for the Free Methodist church denomination,   may convey the same to a  corporation  organized  for  this  purpose  of   acquiring  property  within  the  district  in  which  such  property is   situated.Meetings held under the  direction  of  such  corporation,  upon  camp   grounds  owned  by  such  corporation,  shall  be deemed to be religious   meetings, within the provisions of the law relating to  the  disturbance   of religious meetings.When  such  corporation or camp ground association owns land bordering   on any navigable waters to be used for camp meeting purposes only,  such   corporation  or  association  may  regulate  or  prohibit the landing of   persons or vessels at the wharves, piers  or  shores  upon  such  ground   during the holding of religious services thereon.
NY Rel Corps L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 22 - Establishing and Maintaining a Home for Aged Poor.

§   22.  Establishing  and  maintaining  a  home  for  aged  poor.  An   incorporated church or congregation in this state, either by  itself  or   in  conjunction with other incorporated churches or congregations, shall   have power to establish and maintain by its or their trustees  or  other   officers,  as part of its or their regular church and charitable work, a   home for the aged poor of its or their membership  or  congregation  and   may  take  and hold as joint tenants, tenants in common or otherwise, by   conveyance, donation, bequest or devise, real and personal property  for   such purpose, and may purchase or erect suitable buildings therefor. Any   such  church  or  congregation,  either by itself or in conjunction with   other incorporated churches or  congregations  may  take  and  hold  any   grant,  donation,  bequest  or  devise  of  real  or  personal  property   heretofore made, upon trust, and apply the same or  the  income  thereof   under  the  direction of the trustees or other officers having charge of   the temporalities of such  church,  or  churches,  or  congregation,  or   congregations,  for  the  purpose  of establishing or maintaining such a   home, and for the erection, preservation, repair  or  extension  of  any   buildings  for  such purpose, upon such terms and conditions and subject   to such conditions, limitations and restrictions as shall  be  contained   in  the  deed,  will  or  other  instrument  or  conveyance by which the   property is given, transferred or conveyed.
NY Rel Corps L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 23 - Powers of Churches Created by Special Laws.

§  23.  Powers  of  churches  created  by special laws. If a church be   incorporated by special law, it and its trustees shall have, in addition   to the powers conferred on it by such law, all the powers and privileges   conferred on incorporated churches and the trustees thereof respectively   by the  provisions  of  this  article,  and  also  all  the  powers  and   privileges   conferred   by   this  chapter  on  churches  of  the  same   denomination or of the like  character,  and  on  the  trustees  thereof   respectively.
NY Rel Corps L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 24 - Government of Churches Incorporated Prior to January First, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Eight.

§  24.  Government  of  churches  incorporated prior to January first,   eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Any provision of this  chapter  shall   not  be  deemed to apply to any church incorporated under any general or   special law, prior to January first, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,   if  such  provision  is inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the   rights and privileges of such corporation as they existed under the  law   by  or  pursuant  to  which  such  corporation  was  formed, unless such   corporation subsequent to such date, shall have lawfully  reincorporated   under a law enacted since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and   twenty-eight,  or  unless  the  trustees  of  such corporation shall, by   resolution, determine that the provisions of this  chapter  applying  to   churches  of  the  same  denomination  and to the trustees thereof shall   apply to such church, and unless such resolution shall be  submitted  to   the  next  ensuing  annual  meeting  of  such  church, and ratified by a   majority of the  votes  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting   thereon.  Notice  of the adoption of such resolution and of the proposed   submission thereof for ratification, shall be given with the  notice  of   such  annual  meeting, and in addition thereto, mailed to each member of   such church corporation at his last known post-office address, at  least   two  weeks  prior  to such annual meeting, and published once a week for   two successive weeks immediately preceding such meeting in a  newspaper,   if  any,  published  in the city, village or town in which the principal   place of worship of such corporation is  located,  and  otherwise  in  a   newspaper  published  in  an  adjoining  town.  If such resolution is so   ratified, the trustees of such church shall cause a certificate  setting   forth  a  copy of such resolution, its adoption by the board of trustees   and its due ratification by the members of such corporation, to be filed   in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of   worship of such corporation is located. Such county  clerk  shall  cause   such  certificate  to  be  recorded in the book in which certificates of   incorporation of religious corporations are  recorded  in  pursuance  of   law.
NY Rel Corps L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 25 - Pastoral Relation.

§  25.  Pastoral relation. No provision of this chapter authorizes the   calling, settlement, dismissal or removal of a minister, or  the  fixing   or changing of his salary, and a meeting of a church corporation for any   such  purpose  shall be called, held, moderated, conducted, governed and   notice of such meeting given and person to preside  thereat  ascertained   and  the  qualification of voters thereat determined, not as required by   any provision of this chapter but only according to the  aforesaid  laws   and regulations, practice, discipline, rules and usages of the religious   denomination  or  ecclesiastical  governing body, if any, with which the   church corporation is connected.
NY Rel Corps L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 26 - Worship.

§  26.  Worship. No provision of this chapter authorizes the fixing or   changing of the times, nature or order of  public  or  social  or  other   worship  of  any  church,  in any other manner or by any other authority   than  in  the  manner  and  by  the  authority  provided  in  the  laws,   regulations,  practice,  discipline,  rules  and usages of the religious   denomination or ecclesiastical governing body, if any,  with  which  the   church corporation is connected.
NY Rel Corps L § 27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 27 - Reservation as to Baptist Churches, Churches of the United Church of Christ and Congregational Christian Churches.

§  27.  Reservation  as  to  Baptist  churches, churches of the United   Church  of  Christ  and  Congregational  Christian  churches.   Sections   twenty-five  and  twenty-six  are  not applicable to a Baptist church, a   church of the United Church of Christ, a Congregational Christian church   or to any other religious corporation having a  congregational  form  of   government.
NY Rel Corps L § 28 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 2 - General Provisions 28 - Meetings for the Duration of the State Disaster Emergency Declared by Executive Order Two Hundred Two That Began on March Seventh, Two Thousand Twenty; Electronic Communication. (98/21) Electronic Meetings. (588/21)

* §  28.  Meetings  for  the  duration of the state disaster emergency   declared by executive order two hundred two that began on March seventh,   two thousand twenty; electronic communication. For the duration  of  the   state  disaster  emergency  declared  by executive order two hundred two   that began on March seventh, two  thousand  twenty,  or  until  December   thirty-first,    two    thousand   twenty-one,   whichever   is   later,   notwithstanding any provision of law, certificate  of  incorporation  or   by-laws  to  the  contrary,  if  the  board  of  trustees of a religious   corporation is authorized to determine the place of trustee meetings  or   corporate  meetings,  the board of trustees may, in its sole discretion,   determine that the meeting shall be held solely by means  of  electronic   communication,  the electronic service and/or platform through which the   meeting is held shall be the place of the meeting for purposes  of  this   chapter.* NB Separately amended; cannot be put together* §  28.  Electronic  meetings.  Notwithstanding any provision of law,   certificate of incorporation or by-laws to the contrary, if the board of   trustees of a religious corporation is authorized to determine the place   of  trustee  meetings,  corporate  meetings,  congregant  or  membership   meetings,  the  board of trustees may, in its sole discretion, determine   that  the  meeting  shall  be  held  solely  by  means   of   electronic   communication,  the electronic service and/or platform through which the   meeting is held shall be the place of the meeting for purposes  of  this   chapter.* NB Separately amended; cannot be put together
NY Rel Corps L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3 - Protestant Episcopal Parishes or Churches 40 - Meeting for Incorporation.

§  40.  Meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for the purpose   of  incorporating  an  unincorporated  Protestant  Episcopal  parish  or   congregation,  and  of  electing  the  first churchwardens and vestrymen   thereof, shall specify the object, time and place of such  meeting,  and   shall  be  made  public  for  at  least two weeks prior to such meeting,   either by open reading of such notice in time of divine service, at  the   usual place of worship of such parish or congregation, or by posting the   same  conspiciously  on  the  outer  door of such place of worship. Only   persons of full age who have been regular attendants at the  worship  of   such  parish or congregation and contributors to the support thereof for   one year next prior to such meeting, or since the establishment of  such   parish  or congregation, shall be qualified to vote at such meeting. The   presence of at least six persons qualified  to  vote  thereat  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   officiating minister, or if there be none, or he  shall  be  necessarily   absent, any other person qualified to vote at the meeting, who is called   to  the  chair,  shall  preside  thereat.  Such  presiding officer shall   receive the votes, be the judge of the  qualifications  of  voters,  and   declare  the  result of the votes cast at such meeting. The polls of the   meeting shall remain open for one hour or longer, in the  discretion  of   the  presiding  officer, or if required by a vote of the majority of the   voters present. The meeting shall  decide  whether  such  unincorporated   parish or congregation shall become incorporated. If such decision be in   favor  of  incorporation, such meeting shall decide upon the name of the   proposed corporation; what day, either a Sunday or a secular day,  shall   be  the  date  of  the  regular  annual  election; whether the vestrymen   thereof shall be three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one   or twenty-four; and shall elect by ballot from the persons qualified  to   be  voters  thereat,  who have been baptized, one-third of the number of   vestrymen so decided upon to hold office until the first annual election   to be held thereafter, one-third of such number, to  hold  office  until   one  year  after  such  annual election, and one-third of such number to   hold office until two years after such annual election; and shall  elect   from  such  qualified  voters  who  are  communicants  in the Protestant   Episcopal church, two persons to be churchwardens thereof, one  to  hold   office until such annual election, and one to hold office until one year   after such annual election.
NY Rel Corps L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 3 - Protestant Episcopal Parishes or Churches 41 - Certificate of Incorporation.

§  41.  Certificate  of incorporation. If such meeting shall decide in   favor of incorporation and comply with the next preceding  section,  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:1. The fact of the calling and holding of such meeting;2. The name of the corporation as decided upon thereat;3. The county, and the town, city or village, in which  its  principal   place of worship is, or is intended to be located;4.  The  day, either on Sunday or a secular day, upon which the annual   election shall be held;5. The number of vestrymen decided upon at such meeting;6. The names of the vestrymen elected at such meeting and the term  of   office of each;7. The names of the churchwardens elected at such meeting and the term   of office of each.Such  certificate,  when accompanied by a certificate of the bishop of   the diocese within which the principal place of worship of the  proposed   corporation  is,  or  is  intended  to be located, to the effect that he   consents to the incorporation of such church,  shall  be  filed  in  the   office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  specified in the certificate of   incorporation; but in case the see be vacant, or the bishop be absent or   unable to act,  the  consent  of  the  standing  committee,  with  their   certificate of the vacancy of the see or of the absence or disability of   the bishop, shall suffice.On filing such certificate in the office of the clerk of the county so   specified  therein  the churchwardens and vestrymen so elected and their   successors in office, together with the rector, when there is one, shall   form a vestry and shall be the trustees of such church or  congregation;   and  they  and  their  successors  shall  thereupon,  by  virtue of this   chapter, be a body corporate by the name  or  title  expressed  in  such   certificate,  and  shall  have power, from time to time to adopt by-laws   for its government. Such corporation shall be  an  incorporated  church,   and may be termed also an incorporated parish.