§ 1401. Private and family cemetery corporations. (a) Private cemetery corporation. Seven or more persons may become a private cemetery corporation by setting off for a private cemetery enclosed real property, to the extent of not more than three acres, and by electing at a meeting of the owners of the property so set off, […]
§ 1402. Fire corporations. (a) Certificate of incorporation; additional contents. In addition to the requirements of section 402 (Certificate of incorporation; contents), the certificate of incorporation of a fire corporation shall state the precise boundaries of the territory in which the corporation intends to operate. (b) Type of corporation. A fire corporation is a charitable […]
§ 1403. Corporations for the prevention of cruelty. (a) Prohibition of new corporations in certain counties. (1) A corporation for the prevention of cruelty to animals shall not hereafter be incorporated for the purpose of conducting its operations in the counties of New York, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Rensselaer, or Westchester outside of the city of […]
§ 1404. Christian associations. (a) Certificate of incorporation; additional contents. In addition to the requirements of section 402, the certificate of incorporation of a Young Men’s or a Young Women’s Christian Association shall state the qualifications of active membership; and may name, in addition to the directors, six trustees and shall divide such trustees into […]
§ 1405. Soldiers’ monument corporations. (a) Property; erection of monuments. A corporation formed for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a monument or memorial, including a memorial hall or building to perpetuate the memory of persons who served in the armed forces of the United Colonies or of the United States in the Revolutionary War, […]
§ 1406. Medical societies. (a) Medical societies heretofore formed. Any medical society now existing in any of the counties of the state set apart prior to or since the passage of the act entitled “An act to incorporate medical societies for the purpose of regulating the practice of physic and surgery in this state,” passed […]
§ 1407. Alumni corporations. (a) Alumni may be incorporated. The alumni of any college or university, or of one or more colleges or schools of any university, may be incorporated by executing and filing a certificate pursuant to article 4 of this chapter. (b) Type of corporation. An alumni corporation is a charitable corporation. (c) […]
§ 1408. Historical societies. (a) Historical societies may hold property. Any incorporated historical society of this state is hereby authorized to have and hold for the purposes of inclosure, preservation and the erection of monuments, but not for business purposes, the sites of old forts, battlegrounds and other historic sites, not exceeding six acres in […]
§ 1409. Agricultural and horticultural corporations. (a) Definition. An agricultural or horticultural corporation or society is a corporation formed under or by a general or special law for promoting agriculture, horticulture and the mechanic arts. (b) Type of corporation. An agricultural or horticultural corporation is a non-charitable corporation under this chapter, except that any such […]
§ 1410. Boards of trade and chambers of commerce. (a) Definitions. (1) A board of trade is a corporation formed for the purpose of fostering trade and commerce, or the interests of those having a common trade, business, financial or professional interest, to reform abuses relative thereto, to secure freedom from unjust or unlawful exactions, […]
§ 1411. Local development corporations. (a) Purposes. This section shall provide an additional and alternate method of incorporation or reincorporation of not-for-profit corporations for any of the purposes set forth in this paragraph and shall not be deemed to alter, impair or diminish the purposes, rights, powers or privileges of any corporation heretofore or hereafter […]
§ 1412. University faculty practice corporations. (a) Organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one or more individuals who are duly authorized by law to render the same professional service, which shall be the practice of medicine, the practice of dentistry, the practice of chiropractics, the practice of physical therapy or the practice of optometry, […]
