Public cemetery districts: board of trustees: County of Tulare.

Removed line-by-line numbering that was present in the Amended Assembly version

Added enrollment procedural language including Senate passage date (August 19, 2026), Assembly passage date (August 17, 2026), Governor's receipt block, and approval signature block

Reformatted indentation and page headers/footers to match the enrolled bill layout

A new sentence was added to Section 9033(a) stating that the Board of Supervisors may not consider how a trustee has voted on any specific issue or action before the board as evidence or reason for removal, except where the vote is evidence of a prohibited conflict of interest or other violation of law.

The bill summary language was cleaned up to fix awkward phrasing (e.g., 'proposing the removal of to remove' changed to 'adopt a resolution to remove') and reorganized for clarity. No substantive policy change in the summary beyond reflecting the new voting-record protection.

The amendment date was updated from July 2, 2026 to August 11, 2026, with the earlier date retained as a secondary line. Page numbering changed from 96 to 95.

Removed the 'unanimous consent' requirement for a board of trustees to remove one of its own members. Previously all trustees had to agree; now the bill no longer specifies a vote threshold in that provision.

Added specific grounds that the Tulare County Board of Supervisors must cite when proposing removal of a trustee: substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, or causing the board to be unable to discharge its duties. The prior version did not list any required causes for supervisor-initiated removal.

Added a written protest mechanism for districts where trustees are appointed by the board of supervisors. After the public hearing, the board must consider written protests filed and not withdrawn. If fewer than 10 percent of registered voters protest, a majority vote suffices to remove the trustee. If 10 percent or more protest, the board must find that removal is necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare and then secure a four-fifths supermajority vote. If neither threshold is met, proceedings must terminate.

Removed the amendment to Government Code Section 59351, which had made nonsubstantive changes to notice requirements for assessment hearings under the Special Assessment and Bond Refunding Law of 1939. This narrowed the bill's scope to only address public cemetery district trustee removal in Tulare County.

Corrected a minor text error in Section 9032(a)(1) by adding the word 'duties' after 'discharge its duties with unanimous consent,' which appears to fix a duplicated or missing word in the original draft.

The bill now applies specifically to public cemetery districts in Tulare County, adding two new sections (9032 and 9033) to the Health and Safety Code. The original scope was a technical fix to a general Government Code provision about assessment hearing notices.

The bill includes legislative findings and declarations that a special statute is necessary because of unique circumstances in Tulare County involving well-documented deficiencies in management of cemetery districts, justifying why a general statute cannot apply.

Section 9032 allows a cemetery district board of trustees in Tulare County to remove a trustee by unanimous consent for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, or causing the board to be unable to discharge its duties. The trustee subject to removal cannot vote on their own removal.

Section 9032 requires due process before removal: the trustee must receive written reasons for removal, at least one week's written notice of the public meeting where the vote will occur, and an opportunity to respond or rebut the reasons in writing and at the meeting.

Section 9033 allows the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution proposing removal of a trustee. The resolution must be considered at a public hearing within 60 days, with notice published in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed to the district and any person who filed a written request for notice, at least 10 days before the hearing.

If either the board of trustees or the Tulare County Board of Supervisors orders removal, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors must promptly appoint a replacement to fulfill the remaining term of office.

The original technical amendment to Government Code Section 59351 (changing 'him' to 'the clerk' and cleaning up redundant language) was retained but renumbered as the final section of the expanded bill.