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§ 5-307. Trustees, duties

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorporations and Associations

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Corporations and Associations
Title 5. Special Types of Corporations (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Religious Corporations
Part I. In General
MD Code, Corporations and Associations, § 5-307
§ 5-307. Trustees, duties
Currentness
Duties
(a) The trustees shall:
(1) Keep an accurate record book;
(2) Allow inspection of the record book by members of the religious corporation; and
(3) Allow the proceedings recorded in the record book to be presented before a public meeting, if required by five or more members of the religious corporation.
Election
(b) Unless the plan provides otherwise, the trustees shall be elected and their successors continued at the time and place ordinarily used for public meetings of the church, by the individuals who, according to the custom and usage of the church, have a voice in the management and direction of congregational or temporal affairs.
Minister as trustee
(c) Unless the plan permits otherwise, the minister of the church or, if there is more than one minister, the senior minister shall be a trustee of the religious corporation, in addition to the trustees required by § 5-302(b)(1) of this subtitle.

Credits

Added by Acts 1975, c. 311, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, c. 466; Acts 1984, c. 27.
Formerly Art. 23, §§ 258, 259, 261, 265.
MD Code, Corporations and Associations, § 5-307, MD CORP & ASSNS § 5-307
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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