{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-489","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 489","heading":"Corporate meetings","body":"§ 489. 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 imam,\nmoulvi or maulana of the church or if none, as shall be set forth in the\nby-laws of the church.","path":["Religious Corporations Law","Article 24. Organizations of the Islamic Faith"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RCO/489","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"c10102966c4a8d387731449b8277ae7c856239880a021dfbc810bf9adc1482c9","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-religious-corporations-law-488","next":"us-ny/n.y.-rural-electric-cooperative-law-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}