2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 10 - (190 - 211) OTHER DENOMINATIONS
211 - Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc.

 
    §  211.  Incorporation  of church in connection with Spiritual Science
  Mother Church, Inc. A meeting for  incorporating  or  reincorporating  a
  church  in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc. , shall
  be held in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this  article.  Such
  meeting  shall be held and such church shall be subject to the following
  provisions:
    1. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice  of  the  meeting  must
  have  attached  thereto the endorsement and consent of Spiritual Science
  Mother Church, Inc.
    2. The meeting for incorporation. The meeting shall be called to order
  by an authorized delegate of the board of directors of Spiritual Science
  Mother Church, Inc.  ,  the  supreme  ecclesiastical  council  governing
  Spiritual Science Mother Church and its branch churches.
    3.  The certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation
  shall have attached thereto the endorsement and consent of the board  of
  directors  of  Spiritual  Science  Mother Church, Inc. , and the name of
  such church as adopted shall thereafter have affixed: "Branch Church  of
  Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc. , of New York. "
    4.  Rules  and  regulations.  A  church incorporated or reincorporated
  under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the  rules  and
  regulations  of  the  board  of  directors  of  Spiritual Science Mother
  Church, Inc.
    5. Trustees. The trustees of such  branch  church  incorporated  under
  this section shall also be the spiritual officers of such church.
    6.  Election  of  ministers. No branch church of Spiritual Science may
  engage or retain, under this section, any minister not certified  as  in
  good standing by Spiritual Science Mother Church board of directors.
    7.  Licenses  and  certificates.  Only  persons  holding  a minister's
  license or a certificate of proficiency from the ecclesiastical  council
  of Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc. , shall conduct services in any
  church incorporated under this section.
    8.  Recording of licenses. Such license or certificate shall be made a
  matter of public record either in the office of the county clerk or such
  other place as by law may be provided for such record.