N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 66
Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters thereat
New York · New York Religious Corporations Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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§ 66. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications
of voters thereat. 1. 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 and membership therewith, in accordance with the constitution
of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
2. The presence at any corporate meeting of an incorporated church of
at least six communicant members of full age 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 present.
3. At any corporate meeting of an incorporated church to which this
article is applicable, the pastor of such church, the officiating
minister thereof, or the president of the board of trustees shall
preside thereat.
4. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent the qualified
voters at any meeting held pursuant to this article from choosing a
person to preside at any corporate meeting of any incorporated church,
other than the person or officer designated in this article to preside
thereat, and when such other person shall be chosen he shall exercise
all the powers in this article conferred upon the presiding officer of
such meeting.
5. The presiding officer of a corporate 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 an annual corporate
meeting shall continue open until all qualified voters present shall
have had a full opportunity to vote.
6. 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. The nomination and
election of trustees shall be conducted as provided in the constitution
of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).