§ 426 — Certificate of incorporation

§ 426. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for\nincorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall\nbecome incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the two\ninspectors of election shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of\nincorporation, in which shall be stated the name or title by which such\nbody shall be known in the law; the purpose of its organization; the\nnames and addresses of the trustees elected thereat and the terms of\noffice for which they were respectively elected; the county, town or\ncity in which its principal place of worship is or is intended to be\nlocated; and a statement that the corporation shall support the doctrine\nand be subject to the constitution and by-laws of and be in conformity\nwith the principles of the general council of the Assemblies of God and\nthe New York district of the Assemblies of God as from time to time\nestablished, made and declared by the lawful authority of said general\ncouncil of the Assemblies of God and New York district of the Assemblies\nof God.\n 2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the\ncounty in which such corporate body is or is intended to be located,\nsuch church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate\nof incorporation; but such certificate shall not be filed, unless there\nis affixed thereto the written permission of the New York district of\nthe Assemblies of God to incorporate, pursuant to section four hundred\ntwenty-two of this article.\n 3. The certificate of incorporation shall further contain a provision\nthat, in the event of dissolution of the corporation, all the remaining\nassets and property of the corporation shall, after necessary expenses\nthereof, be distributed to either the New York district of the\nAssemblies of God, or to the general council of the Assemblies of God,\ntheir successors and assigns, and that in the event said New York\ndistrict of the Assemblies of God or general council of the Assemblies\nof God or if their successor is not in existence at the time of\ndissolution, then such assets are to be distributed to such other\nAssemblies of God organizations as shall qualify under section 501 (c)\n(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, to be used in such\nmanner as in the judgment of a justice of the supreme court shall best\naccomplish the general purposes for which the corporation was formed.\n