N.Y. Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 803: Certificate of amendment; contents

§ 803. Certificate of amendment; contents.

(a) To accomplish any amendment, a certificate of amendment entitled

"Certificate of amendment of the certificate of incorporation of

............................ (name of corporation) under section 803 of

the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law" shall be signed and delivered to the

department of state. It shall set forth:

(1) The name of the corporation and, if it has been changed, the name

under which it was formed.

(2) The date its certificate of incorporation was filed by the

department of state and the law under which it was formed.

(3) That the corporation is a corporation as defined in subparagraph

(a) (5) of section 102 (Definitions).

(4) Each amendment effected thereby, setting forth the subject matter

of each provision of the certificate of incorporation which is to be

amended or eliminated and the full text of the provision or provisions,

if any, which are to be substituted or added.

(5) The manner in which the amendment of the certificate of

incorporation was authorized.

(6) A designation of the secretary of state as agent of the

corporation upon whom process against it may be served and the post

office address within or without this state to which the secretary of

state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the

secretary. The corporation may include an email address to which the

secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against

it has been electronically served upon him or her.

(b) Any number of amendments or changes may be included in one

certificate under this section. Such certificate may also include any

amendments or changes permitted by other sections and in that case the

certificate shall set forth any additional statement required by any

other section specifying the contents of a certificate to effect such

amendment or change.