Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
(president of the Board of Trustees) or assistant vice president (vice president of the Board of Trustees). (2) The Bishop, after consultation with the Corporation’s district superintendents, shall appoint a person as secretary or statistician to serve until the next session of the membership. (3) If a vacancy shall occur in the office of treasurer/ director of administrative services, the CCFA, in consultation with the Bishop, shall fill the vacancy until the next session of the membership. Vacancies filled at the session of the membership shall be for the unexpired term of the officers. Article VIII - Governmental Landmarking of Church-Owned Property Section 1. The Board of Trustees is the official body that must be notified by any designating agency of intent to designate as an historical landmark any property of entities for which the Conference is the successor in interest. Section 2. The Board of Trustees shall assist other local church boards of trustees, and if necessary, intervene, in opposing any governmental effort to involuntarily designate any church owned property as a cultural, historical or architectural landmark. Section 3. The Board of Trustees, or the board of trustees of any agency, organization or local church which voluntarily wishes to cooperate with a governmental body in having any property landmarked which said board of trustees holds in trust for The United Methodist Church, must do the following: (a) Comply with the provisions of The Book of Discipline in regard to the encumbrance of church property; and either (1) Obtain the consent of the Board of Trustees, the Bishop and of a majority of the district superintendents; or (2) Obtain the consent of the membership at a session of the membership. Article IX - Discontinued or Abandoned Church Re-Incorporation Section 1. When in accordance with The Book of Discipline , a local church is discontinued or abandoned and the property of said local church becomes the property of the Corporation, such local church may be incorporated under the provisions of Sections 46a to 46k of the Illinois Religious Corporation Act [805 ILCS 110/46a-46k] with the members of the Board of Trustees named as the trustees of the newly formed entity. Section 2. Said newly formed entity shall exist for the sole purposes of being the legal entity to dispose of its existing property, and any other property to which its predecessor religious corporation may become entitled, as the rightful successor to any gift and/or bequest or other transfer made to such discontinued church. Section 3. All proceeds of property sales and all gifts and/or bequests received by an entity established under the provisions of this Article shall remain the property of the Corporation in accordance with The Book of Discipline . Article X - Contracts, Checks, Deposits and Funds Section 1. Contracts: The Board of Trustees may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, in addition to the officers so authorized by these by-laws, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Section 2. Checks, Drafts, etc.: ·All checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in
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