2530. Local Church Board of Trustees--Organization and Membership--The board of trustees shall organize as follows:
1. Within thirty days after the beginning of the ensuing calendar or conference year (whichever applies to the term of office) each board of trustees shall convene at a time and place designated by the chairperson, or by the vice-chairperson in the event that the chairperson is not reelected a trustee or because of absence or disability is unable to act, for the purpose of electing officers of the said board for the ensuing year and transacting any other business properly brought before it.
2. The board of trustees shall elect from the membership thereof, to hold office for a term of one year or until their successors shall be elected, a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and if need requires, treasurer; provided, however, that the chairperson and vice-chairperson shall not be members of the same class; and provided further that the offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person; and provided further that the chairperson shall be a member of the local Church. The duties of each officer shall be the same as generally connected with the office held and which are usually and commonly discharged by the holder thereof. The Church local conference may, if it is necessary to conform to the local laws, substitute the designations "president" and "vice-president" for and in place of "chairperson" and "vice-chairperson."
3. Where necessity requires, as a result of the incorporation of a local Church, the corporation directors, in addition to electing officers as provided in §2 above, shall ratify and confirm, by appropriate action, and if necessary elect, as officers of the corporation, the treasurer or treasurers, as the case may be, elected by the charge conference in accordance with the provisions of the Discipline, whose duties and responsibilities shall be as therein set forth. If more than one account is maintained in the name of the corporation in any financial institution or institutions, each such account and the treasurer thereof shall be appropriately designated.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 2530
1996 United Methodist General Conference