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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any religious organization incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this State may organize under the provisions of this article. Its trustees shall pass a resolution (a) declaring it advisable that the corporation reincorporate under the provisions of this article, and (b) calling a meeting of the congregation to take action thereon. Such resolution shall be submitted to the congregation at a meeting to be held at the usual place of meeting for public worship, upon such notice as the by-laws of said organization shall provide, and if there is no such provision, after at least ten days' notice of the time and purpose of the meeting, set up in open view at or near the place of meeting. The resolution shall be read publicly at each regular service of the church on the Sunday next preceding the meeting. If a majority of the congregation shall, at such meeting, approve incorporation under this article, the trustees or a majority of them shall file a certificate in accordance with section 16:16-1 of this Title. Upon filing such certificate, all the right, title and interest of such organization in any real or personal property and all franchises and charter rights, shall be vested in the corporation organized under the provisions of this article, and the original incorporation of such organization shall then be null and void.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 16. Corporations and Associations, Religious 16 § 16-2 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-16-corporations-and-associations-religious/nj-st-sect-16-16-2/
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