N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 784/51 § 97: Emergency by-laws

§ 97. Emergency by-laws. 1. With the approval of the superintendent,

any domestic organization may, at any time, adopt, in the same manner as

in the case of ordinary by-laws, emergency by-laws to become operative

during a period of acute emergency. Emergency by-laws may contain

provisions with respect to the number of directors capable of acting

which shall constitute its board, the number of such directors which

shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the board, the number of votes

necessary for action by such board, the manner in which vacancies on the

board shall be filled, the line of succession of its officers, and the

interim management of the affairs of the organization; such provisions,

if approved by the superintendent, need not comply with the requirements

of the charter of such domestic organization or of the general

corporation law, the stock corporation law, the business corporation

law, the membership corporation law and the insurance law.

2. Except as provided in subdivision two of section ninety-nine-a, the

provisions of subdivisions two through seven of section ninety-eight and

the subdivisions two and three of section ninety-nine shall not be

applicable, during a period of acute emergency, to any domestic

organization operating in accordance with emergency by-laws approved by

the superintendent to the extent that the procedures set forth in such

emergency by-laws relate to subject matter contained in subdivisions two

through seven of section ninety-eight.