TO THE SECRETARY OF IDS LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By a Consent in Writing in Lieu of a Meeting received by the Secretary on
October 23, 1996, the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company of New
York:
RESOLVED, That relative to the existing IDS Life of New York Account 8,
the proper officers of the Corporation are authorized and directed, as
they may deem appropriate from time to time in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations: To establish further subaccounts
within such separate account as they determine to be appropriate.
As President of IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, I hereby establish, in
accordance with the above resolution and pursuant to the authority granted by
the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, the following
additional subaccounts within the Separate Account:
o Subaccount YBC, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Blue Chip
Advantage Fund;
o Subaccount YBD, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Bond
Fund;
o Subaccount YCR, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Capital
Resource Fund;
o Subaccount YCM, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Cash
Management Fund;
o Subaccount YDE, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio -
Diversified Equity Income Fund;
o Subaccount YEM, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Emerging
Markets Fund;
o Subaccount YEX, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Extra
Income Fund;
o Subaccount YFI, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Federal
Income Fund;
o Subaccount YGB, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Global
Bond Fund;
o Subaccount YGR, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Growth
Fund;
o Subaccount YIE, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio -
International Fund;
o Subaccount YMF, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Managed
Fund;
o Subaccount YND, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - New
Dimensions Fund;
o Subaccount YIV, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - S&P 500
Index Fund;
o Subaccount YSM, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Small Cap
Advantage Fund;
o Subaccount YSA, to invest in shares of AXPsm Variable Portfolio - Strategy
Aggressive Fund;
o Subaccount YCA, to invest in shares of AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund;
o Subaccount YCD, to invest in shares of AIM V.I. Capital Development Fund;
o Subaccount YIR, to invest in shares of American Century VP International;
o Subaccount YSB, to invest in shares of Calvert Variable Series, Inc. Social
Balanced Portfolio;
o Subaccount YGC, to invest in shares of Fidelity VIP III Growth & Income
Portfolio (Service Class);
o Subaccount YMP, to invest in shares of Fidelity VIP III Mid Cap Portfolio
(Service Class);
o Subaccount YOS, to invest in shares of Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio
(Service Class);
o Subaccount YRE, to invest in shares of FTVIPT Franklin Real Estate Fund -
Class 2;
o Subaccount YSV, to invest in shares of FTVIPT Franklin Value Securities
Fund - Class 2;
o Subaccount YIS, to invest in shares of FTVIPT Templeton International
Smaller Companies Fund - Class 2;
o Subaccount YSE, to invest in shares of Goldman Sachs VIT COREsm Small Cap
Equity Fund;
o Subaccount YUE, to invest in shares of Goldman Sachs VIT COREsm U.S. Equity
Fund;
o Subaccount YMC, to invest in shares of Goldman Sachs VIT Mid Cap Value
Fund;
o Subaccount YAG, to invest in shares of Janus Aspen Series Aggressive Growth
Portfolio: Service Shares;
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o Subaccount YGT, to invest in shares of Janus Aspen Series Global Technology
Portfolio: Service Shares;
o Subaccount YIG, to invest in shares of Janus Aspen Series International
Growth Portfolio: Service Shares;
o Subaccount YIP, to invest in shares of Lazard Retirement Series
International Equity Portfolio;
o Subaccount YGW, to invest in shares of MFS(R) VIT Growth Series - Service
Class;
o Subaccount YDS, to invest in shares of MFS(R) VIT New Discovery Series -
Service Class;
o Subaccount YIO, to invest in shares of Putnam VT International New
Opportunities Fund - Class IB Shares;
o Subaccount YVS, to invest in shares of Putnam VT Vista Fund - Class IB
Shares;
o Subaccount YMI, to invest in shares of Royce Micro-Cap Portfolio;
o Subaccount YVA, to invest in shares of Third Avenue Value Portfolio;
o Subaccount YIC, to invest in shares of Wanger International Small Cap;
o Subaccount YSP, to invest in shares of Wanger U.S. Small Cap;
o Subaccount YEG, to invest in shares of Warburg Pincus Trust - Emerging
Growth Portfolio
In accordance with the above resolutions and pursuant to authority granted by
the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company, the unit investment trust
comprised of IDS Life of New York Account 8 and consisting of 16 subaccounts is
hereby reconstituted as IDS Life of New York Account 8 consisting of 58
subaccounts.
Received by the Secretary
October 30, 2000
/s/ Timothy V. Bechtold
Timothy V. Bechtold
/s/ Eric L. Marhoun
Eric L. Marhoun
