N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 266
Time, place and notice of corporate meetings
New York · New York Religious Corporations Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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§ 266. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual
corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall
be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and
place be so fixed then at a time and place to be first fixed by its
trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual
meeting. A special corporate meeting shall be called by the board of
trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on the written
request of at least seven qualified voters of such church. The trustees
shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual corporate
meeting, and of 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 presiding officer of such
church or any trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for
public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such
meeting.