BILL NUMBER:A10760
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the religious corporations law, in
relation to the annual election of the trustees of a free Methodist
church
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to
eliminate the time period during which a free Methodist church must hold
its annual election of trustees.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Subdivision 1 of section
225-f of the religious corporations law, is amended. Section 2: Effec-
tive Date,
JUSTIFICATION: This legislation has been requested by the free Metho-
dist church because current law stipulates that the church must elect
trustees within tree months of when they hold their annual conference.
This is problematic because the church's annual society meeting to elect
trustees cannot be held until June or July, which is longer than the
three months currently required.
Other denominations do not have such restrictions, and they have
requested the change in law to help them administer their organization
more effectively.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10760
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 20, 2010
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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:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225-f of the religious corpo-
rations law, as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 1971, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Trustees of an incorporated free Methodist church shall be elected
at the annual society meeting [held within three months prior to the
session of the annual conference to which the society belongs]. Notice
of such meeting shall be publicly announced at a regular meeting of such
incorporated church for public worship upon Sunday, if such service be
held on Sunday, and at least ten days, and not more than thirty days,
before said meeting shall be held. This notice shall be given by the
pastor, the officiating minister or an officer of the church. At the
said annual society meeting the pastor shall preside, or in the absence
of a pastor or in case of his declining, any qualified voter therein may
be elected to preside. During the election of the trustees the following
persons, and no others, shall be qualified voters, to wit: all persons
who are then members in full connection or on probation of such church
in good and regular standing. Said election shall be by ballot and on a
majority vote, and at least six persons qualified to vote thereat shall
be necessary to constitute a quorum. The trustees shall be so elected
that the office of one-third of them shall continue for three years,
one-third for two years, and one-third for one year. At least two-thirds
of said trustees shall be members in full connection of the free Metho-
dist church in good and regular standing. All trustees shall hold their
office until their successors are elected, unless their office shall
terminate as provided for in section two hundred [and] twenty-five-h of
this article.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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