Connecticut bill

[Will Linden]

   I have plenty of comments on it, as an officer of one of the "other 
churches", after the court seemed to contrive a new hoop for us to jump 
through every week; but they probably would not get past the moderator. 
"We're from the government, we're here to protect you."

   (Ironically, our church in Boston, where there is no such statute, might 
have benefited from some "protection".)


On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, SAMUEL M. KRIEGER wrote:

> Just for the sake of perspective  on the proposed Connecticut legislation, I would welcome any comments on  Section 200   of   the New York Religious Corporations Law (codified in Article 10  applicable to "Other Denominations" - including Jewish Congregations ) compared  to sub- sections (e) and (h) of the proposed Connecticut legislation.
>
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>
> "§  200.  Control  of  trustees  by  corporate  meetings;  salaries  of
>  ministers.
>
>  A  corporate  meeting  of  an  incorporated  church,  whose
>  trustees  are  elective  as  such, may give directions, not inconsistent
>  with law, as to the manner in which any of the temporal affairs  of  the
>  church   shall  be  administered  by  the  trustees  thereof;  and  such
>  directions shall be  followed  by  the  trustees.  The  trustees  of  an
>  incorporated  church  to which this article is applicable, shall have no
>  power to settle or remove or fix the salary of the minister, or  without
>  the  consent  of  a  corporate  meeting,  to  incur debts beyond what is
>  necessary for the care of the property of the corporation; or to fix  or
>  charge the time, nature or order of the public or social worship of such
>  church,  except  when  such  trustees are also the spiritual officers of
>  such church."  (emphasis supplied)
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>
> The provison  has been  in   NY law in some form since 1813 and was  last  amended in 1909 .
>
>
> SAMUEL M. KRIEGER,ESQ.
> Krieger & Prager LLP
> 39 Broadway
> New York, NY 10006
>

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