N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 346: Changing number of laymen trustees

§ 346. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to

which this article is applicable may, at its annual corporate meeting

where trustees are elected, by a majority vote of the duly qualified

voters at such meeting, change the number of its trustees by adding more

trustees, one-third of which shall be elected for three years, one-third

for two years and one-third for one year; or by voting to discontinue

the offices of certain specified trustees as they expire, one-third of

said offices to be discontinued each year, until the number left is the

number decided upon. No such changes shall affect the terms of the

trustees then in office, but each shall hold office until his full term

has expired unless his office shall terminate as provided for elsewhere

in this article.