N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 111: Decision by Lutheran church as to system of incorporation and government

§ 111. Decision by Lutheran church as to system of incorporation and

government. A meeting for the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated

Evangelical Lutheran church must be called and held in pursuance of the

provisions of article ten of this chapter, except that the first

business of such meeting after its organization, shall be to determine

whether such church shall be incorporated and governed in pursuance of

this article, or in pursuance of article ten of this chapter. If such

meeting determines that such church shall be incorporated and governed

in pursuance of this article, then no further proceedings shall be taken

in pursuance of article ten, and such church may be incorporated and

shall be governed after its incorporation in pursuance of the provisions

of the following sections of this article, except such provisions as are

applicable only to churches of a different denomination; and the

certificate of incorporation shall recite such determination of such

meeting. If such meeting determine that such church shall be

incorporated and governed in pursuance of article ten of this chapter,

then this article shall not be applicable thereto, but such church may

be incorporated and shall be governed after its incorporation in

pursuance of the provisions of article ten of this chapter, except such

provisions as are applicable to churches of a single religious

denomination only.