Bill Text: NY A10760 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Eliminates the time period during which a free Methodist church must hold its annual election of trustees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10760 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A10760-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10760 I N A S S E M B L Y April 20, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PARMENT, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the religious corporations law, in relation to the annu- al election of the trustees of a free Methodist church THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225-f of the religious corpo- 2 rations law, as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 1971, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 1. Trustees of an incorporated free Methodist church shall be elected 5 at the annual society meeting [held within three months prior to the 6 session of the annual conference to which the society belongs]. Notice 7 of such meeting shall be publicly announced at a regular meeting of such 8 incorporated church for public worship upon Sunday, if such service be 9 held on Sunday, and at least ten days, and not more than thirty days, 10 before said meeting shall be held. This notice shall be given by the 11 pastor, the officiating minister or an officer of the church. At the 12 said annual society meeting the pastor shall preside, or in the absence 13 of a pastor or in case of his declining, any qualified voter therein may 14 be elected to preside. During the election of the trustees the following 15 persons, and no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: all persons 16 who are then members in full connection or on probation of such church 17 in good and regular standing. Said election shall be by ballot and on a 18 majority vote, and at least six persons qualified to vote thereat shall 19 be necessary to constitute a quorum. The trustees shall be so elected 20 that the office of one-third of them shall continue for three years, 21 one-third for two years, and one-third for one year. At least two-thirds 22 of said trustees shall be members in full connection of the free Metho- 23 dist church in good and regular standing. All trustees shall hold their 24 office until their successors are elected, unless their office shall 25 terminate as provided for in section two hundred [and] twenty-five-h of 26 this article. 27 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14043-01-9