N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 427: Reincorporation of present incorporated churches

§ 427. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches. Any church

heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations of

existing laws, reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by

filing in the county clerk's office in the county in which its principal

place of worship is located, a certificate, signed and acknowledged by

the district superintendent of the New York district of the Assemblies

of God, and signed and acknowledged by all the trustees of said church

in office at the time of such reincorporation, setting forth that the

said church by majority vote desires to reincorporate under the

provision of this article, the corporate name by which such church shall

be known, the county, town, city or village where its principal place of

worship is or is intended to be located and the names and addresses of

the trustees who are to hold office until the next annual meeting of

said corporation. Such certificate shall not be filed unless endorsed

thereon is the written consent of the New York district of the

Assemblies of God.