2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 18 - (336 - 352) CHURCHES OF THE BYELORUSSIAN AUTOCEPHALIC ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
338 - Notice of a meeting for incorporation.

 
    §  338. Notice of a meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for
  the purpose of incorporating a congregation, to which  this  article  is
  applicable, shall be given as follows:
    1.  The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a
  meeting of the members of such congregation will be  held  at  a  stated
  place, date and hour for the purpose of incorporating such congregation,
  electing laymen trustees thereof and selecting a corporate name thereof.
    2.  The  notice  shall  also state that the appropriate ecclesiastical
  authority  has  given  sanction  and  permission,  required  under  this
  article, for the incorporation.
    3.  The  notice must be signed by at least six persons of full age who
  are then members in good and regular standing of  such  congregation  by
  admission  into  full  communion and membership therewith, in accordance
  with  the  rules  and  regulations  thereof,  and   of   the   governing
  ecclesiastical body of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church and
  who  have  statedly worshipped with such congregation and have regularly
  contributed to its financial support, according to its  usages,  for  at
  least one year or since it was formed.
    4.  Such  notice  shall  be  publicly  read  at two successive regular
  meetings for public worship or at special meetings of such  congregation
  on  the two Sundays immediately preceding the meeting for incorporation;
  and at least fifteen days before the meeting for incorporation,  by  the
  first  named  of  the  following persons who is present thereat, to wit:
  The minister  in  charge  of  such  congregation,  officiating  minister
  thereof,  or  one  of  the  persons qualified to sign such notice in the
  order of their age beginning with the oldest.
    5. A copy of such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the  outside
  of  the  main  entrance  to  the usual place of worship, or at the place
  where the special meetings are to be held, at least fifteen days  before
  the meeting for incorporation.
    6.  A  copy of such notice shall be sent by mail postpaid at least ten
  days prior to the date set for the meeting  for  incorporation  to  each
  member in good and regular standing by admission into full communion and
  membership  therewith,  in  accordance  with  the  rules and regulations
  thereof, and of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox  Church,  at  his
  last known address as same appears in the records of the congregation.