N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 343: Time, place and notice of corporate meetings

§ 343. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual

corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall

be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and

place be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by its

trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual

meeting.

2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the

board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on the

written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.

3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of such

annual corporate meeting, therein specifying the names of any trustees,

whose successors are to be elected thereat and the business to be

transacted thereat, and, if a special meeting, specifying business to be

transacted thereat, to be publicly read at two successive regular

meetings for public worship or at special meetings of such church on the

two Sundays immediately preceding the annual or special corporate

meeting, by the rector of such church or if there be none or he be

necessarily absent, by the officiating minister thereof, if there be

one, or if not, or if any such minister refuse to give such notice, by

any officer of such church. If no public worship be held during said

period, or if it be the notice of special corporate meeting, a copy of

such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the outside of the main

entrance to the usual or principal place of worship at least fifteen

days before such meeting and a copy of such notice shall be sent by mail

postpaid at least ten days prior to the date set for such meeting to

each member of such church in good and regular standing by admission

into full communion and membership therewith, in accordance with the

rules and regulations thereof, and of the governing ecclesiastical body

of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church, and who has been

stated attendant at divine worship in such church and has regularly

contributed to the financial support thereof during the year next

preceding such meeting, at his last known address as same appears in the

records of the church.