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Chartering a Public Library in New York State

S A M P L E
PETITION FOR CONSENT TO MERGER WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION

NOTE: THIS IS A SAMPLE DOCUMENT ONLY. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS FORMAT AND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN PARENTHESES ( ) WHEN DRAFTING YOUR OWN PETITION. PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE THE NOTARY PUBLIC INCLUDE A COMPLETE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION, INCLUDING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT SUCH AS THAT ON PAGE 2 AND HIS/HER STAMP AND SIGNATURE. IF THE SIGNATURES ARE ACKNOWLEDGED SEPARATELY, EACH ACKNOWLEDGMENT MUST INCLUDE THE STATEMENT, STAMP AND SIGNATURE.

[This document in MS Word format]

TO THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

We the undersigned, persons of not less than eighteen years of age, desiring to merge                                      , a New York education corporation, and                             , a                      not-for-profit corporation, under the                     Law of                        , do hereby apply to the Regents of the University of the State of New York (the "Regents") for consent to such merger pursuant to the provisions of Section 216-a of the Education Law of the State of New York (the "Education Law").

                              was granted (a provisional/an absolute) charter on                 by the Regents in accordance with Sections 216 and 217 of the Education Law. The purposes for which                          was formed were to                                                      .

(Repeat for not-for-profit corporation.)

                            and                            have entered into a plan of merger which has received (the unanimous consent of the trustees and directors of each corporation) or (consent of at least three-fourths of the boards of trustees and directors). The certificate of merger, agreement and plan to merge, and verified certificates of approval of the agreement to merge are annexed hereto as exhibits A, B and C.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made, signed, and acknowledged this application as of the      day of                    , 20_ .

Signature                      

Typed name/President
New York education corporation

Signature                      

Typed name/Secretary

Signature                      

Typed name/President
Not-for-profit corp.

Signature                      

Typed name/Secretary

STATE OF NEW YORK )

ss.:

COUNTY OF )

On this      day of                       , 20_  , before me personally came                         and                        ,                           , and                    , to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing application on behalf of                                    and                               , and they duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes stated therein.

(Typed name and/or stamp and signature of notary public.)


VERIFIED CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL

STATE OF NEW YORK )

ss.:

COUNTY OF )

I,                        , President and I,                  , Secretary of                               , an education corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, do hereby certify that in accordance with Section 216-a of the Education Law of the State of New York and Section      of the                   Laws of                    , the trustees of                               have duly consented to and approved and adopted the following resolutions of the board of trustees:

RESOLVED, that the plan and agreement of merger of                            and                            , attached hereto as Exhibit    , is approved and adopted on the      day of               , 20   .

RESOLVED, that                            , the President of                      and                         , Secretary of                        , are authorized to execute all appropriate documents in connection with such plan of merger, to submit such a plan to the Regents of the University of the State of New York and to file articles of merger regarding the same with the Secretary of State of the (State or Commonwealth) of                                   .

I FURTHER CERTIFY that: either (a) this action was approved by (the entire or not less than three-quarters) of the board of trustees of                          at a meeting held on                               or (b) a list of the names and post office addresses of the trustees of                           , the names of those trustees who received said resolutions and their responses is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit    .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this      day of                  , 20   .

(Please include notary acknowledgment as on other documents.)


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