{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-479","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 479","heading":"Corporate meetings","body":"§ 479. Corporate meetings. 1. Each church shall determine the\nrequirements for a quorum in their by-laws that shall not exceed fifty\npercent of the members.\n  2. The action of the meeting upon any matter or question shall be\ndecided in a manner provided by the by-laws.\n  3. The presiding officer of any meeting shall be the senior granthi or\nguru of the church or if none, as shall be set forth in the by-laws of\nthe church.","path":["Religious Corporations Law","Article 23. Organizations of the Sikh Faith"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RCO/479","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"e26d1dd7748f850d28bcb3250802ec4b2a2a6d8caef9dfbf263536e61104e1ba","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-478","next":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}