New York S 6991: Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of a religious corporation

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S06991 Summary:

BILL NOS06991 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07892

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2-b & 12, Rel Corp L

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Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

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BILL NOS06991 

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1187

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A7892

&nbspA07892 AMEND= Braunstein

&nbsp04/11/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

&nbsp04/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/01/2025advanced to third reading cal.117

&nbsp05/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/05/2025REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

&nbsp06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6991

&nbsp06/05/20253RD READING CAL.1187

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp09/22/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp09/26/2025signed chap.417

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6991

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the religious corporations law, in relation to the court
 approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of
 a religious corporation

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d-1) of subdivision 1 of section 2-b of the
 2 religious corporations law, as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of
 3 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (d-1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the not-for-
 5 profit corporation law, any church referred to in subdivision two,
 6 three, four, five, five-a, five-b, five-c, five-d or six of section
 7 twelve of this chapter shall not be required to give notice to the
 8 attorney general of any application required by subdivision one of
 9 section twelve of this chapter or any application or petition required
 10 under section five hundred ten or section five hundred eleven of the
 11 not-for-profit corporation law.
 12 § 2. Section 12 of the religious corporations law is amended by adding
 13 a new subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
 14 5-d. The trustees of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America shall
 15 not make application to the court for leave to mortgage, lease or sell
 16 any of its real property without the consent of its archbishop.
 17 § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 12 of the religious corporations law, as
 18 amended by chapter 381 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 19 follows:
 20 6. The petition of the trustees of an incorporated Protestant Episco-
 21 pal church or Roman Catholic church shall, in addition to the matters
 22 required by article five of the not-for-profit corporation law to be set
 23 forth therein, set forth that this section has also been complied with.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11305-01-5

 S. 6991 2

 1 The petition of the trustees of an incorporated African Methodist Epis-
 2 copal Zion church shall in addition to the matters required by article
 3 five of the not-for-profit corporation law to be set forth therein, set
 4 forth that this section has also been complied with. The petition of the
 5 trustees of an incorporated Presbyterian church in connection with the
 6 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), shall, in addition
 7 to the matters required by article five of the not-for-profit corpo-
 8 ration law to be set forth therein, set forth that this section has also
 9 been complied with. The petition of the trustees of an incorporated
 10 United Methodist church shall, in addition to the matters required by
 11 article five of the not-for-profit corporation law to be set fort