2023 New York Laws › RCO - Religious Corporations › Article 3-A - Apostolic Episcopal Parishes or Churches › 55 - Annual and Special Corporate Meetings.

§  55.  Annual and special corporate meetings. 1. The annual corporate
  meeting of every church or congregation incorporated under this  article
  shall  be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time
  and place is so fixed, then at a time and  place  to  be  fixed  by  its
  trustees,  but  to  be  changed  only  by  a by-law adopted at an annual
  meeting; or if not otherwise fixed, such annual corporate meeting  shall
  be  held  on  the  date  said certificate of incorporation was executed,
  unless the same fall due on a Sunday or legal holiday in  any  year,  in
  which  case  said  annual  corporate  meeting  shall  be  held  the  day
  following.
2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the
  trustees thereof, on their own  motion,  and  shall  be  called  on  the
  written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.
3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual
  corporate meeting, and 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  of  the trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for
  public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such
  meeting.
4. The annual corporate meeting shall be governed with respect to  its
  organization  and  election of laymen trustees, clerk of the corporation
  and qualifications of voters (except with respect to age  qualifications
  of  voters  as provided in section four-a) by the same provisions as set
  forth in this article for the incorporation of said church, except, that
  the duly ordained and regularly appointed rector or vicar shall preside,
  or if there be a vacancy in  such  office,  one  of  the  wardens  shall
  preside,  the  congregation  in  such  case  voting  by  ballot  for its
  presiding officer.
5. The same provisions shall apply to a special corporate meeting.
6. At the annual corporate meeting the  trustees  shall  cause  to  be
  prepared  and  read  thereat  a  budget giving the approximate amount of
  money needed for the maintenance of worship, the administration  of  the
  temporal  affairs  of  the  church and for the care of the property, and
  such other regular  and  special  items  as  shall  be  brought  to  the
  attention  of  the  meeting, which budget shall be discussed and decided
  upon, ratified or amended by the said meeting  by  majority  vote,  with
  ample  provision  made to raise such funds by whatever usages the church
  shall elect.
7. In the event that a quorum shall  not  be  present  at  any  annual
  corporate  meeting  and no election of officers shall be accordingly had
  thereat, the rector, vicar, or minister  in  charge  of  the  church  or
  congregation  is  authorized  to and shall call a special meeting (which
  may be referred to as an adjourned annual corporate meeting) at  a  time
  and  place  to be fixed by him. Notice of such meeting shall be given in
  the same manner as provided for any special  meeting.  If  such  special
  meeting be not called by such rector, vicar or minister within two weeks
  following  the date for such annual meeting, the bishop is authorized to
  and shall call such special meeting and notice thereof shall be given in
  like manner. The election of officers and any other business required or
  scheduled to have been had or conducted at the annual corporate  meeting
  may  be  had  and conducted at such special meeting. In the event that a
  quorum shall not be present at such special meeting and no  election  of
  officers shall be accordingly had thereat, the rector, vicar or minister
  in  charge  of  the  church  or  congregation,  with the approval of the
  bishop, not more than sixty days thereafter, is authorized to and  shall
  appoint  the  laymen  trustees,  wardens  and  other lay officers to the
  offices not filled by election at such annual corporate meeting or  such

  special  meeting,  and  they  shall  hold  office as such until the next
  succeeding annual meeting. If such rector, vicar or minister shall  fail
  to  make  such  appointments, the bishop is authorized to and shall make
  such appointments, with like force and effect.