2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 11-A - (225 - 225-O) FREE METHODIST CHURCHES.
225-D - Amendment of articles of incorporation.

 
    § 225-d. Amendment of articles of incorporation. 1. It shall be lawful
  for any incorporated church coming under the provisions of this article,
  by  a  two-thirds  vote of the members present and voting at a regularly
  called society meeting, to alter or amend its articles of  incorporation
  in  any  manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, or
  the book of discipline of the Free Methodist Church  of  North  America;
  and  such  alteration  or  amendment  shall  become  operative when said
  society  shall  execute  and  acknowledge  said  amended   articles   of
  incorporation  as  provided for in section two hundred and twenty-five-c
  of this article, and with an attached  certificate  of  consent  by  the
  district superintendent as provided in said section.
    2. Every free Methodist church organized and incorporated in the state
  of  New  York,  after  this article takes effect, shall be organized and
  incorporated under its provisions and be subject thereto.