Public cemetery districts: board of trustees: County of Tulare

The law creates removal procedures for cemetery-district trustees in Tulare County while requiring notice, an opportunity to respond, and, in county-led removals, a public hearing.

What the law does ​

• Allows a Tulare County public cemetery district’s board to remove a trustee for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct, or preventing the board from functioning.
• Requires written reasons, at least one week’s notice of the public meeting, and a chance for the trustee to respond before board-led removal.
• Allows the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to initiate and decide trustee removals through a noticed public hearing.
• Bars the Board of Supervisors from using a trustee’s vote on a specific matter as grounds for removal, unless it evidences a conflict of interest or other legal violation.
• Requires the Board of Supervisors to appoint a replacement promptly to complete the removed trustee’s remaining term.
• Sets protest and voting requirements when the Board of Supervisors removes a trustee from an appointed board.

Who it affects ​

• Trustees of public cemetery districts in Tulare County.
• Public cemetery district boards in Tulare County.
• The Tulare County Board of Supervisors.