20-15-227. Trustee removal procedure. (1) Any person may seek the removal of a community college trustee by filing a complaint with the board of county commissioners, containing charges based on one or more of the grounds cited in 20-15-228.
(2) If upon receiving a complaint it appears that there is probable cause for removal, the board of county commissioners shall suspend the trustee from the trustee position until charges can be heard in the appropriate district court. The board of county commissioners shall then transmit the complaint, together with a statement of suspension, to the district court.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 392, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 325, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 15. Community College Districts
Part 2. Organization and Trustees
20-15-201. Requirements for organization of community college district
20-15-202. Petition for organization of community college district
20-15-203. Community college district organization election -- notice -- proposition statement
20-15-204. Election of trustees -- districts from which elected -- terms of office
20-15-207. Notice of organization election
20-15-208. Conduct of community college district elections
20-15-210. Qualification and organization of board of trustees
20-15-211. through 20-15-218 reserved
20-15-219. Qualifications for office of trustee -- declaration of candidacy
20-15-220. Trustee election ballot
20-15-221. Election of trustees after organization of community college district
20-15-222. Results of election -- qualifying oath -- term of office
20-15-224. Board of trustees -- organization, meetings, quorum, mileage, and seal
20-15-225. Powers and duties of trustees
20-15-226. Personal liability of trustees
20-15-227. Trustee removal procedure
20-15-228. Grounds for removal
20-15-231. Annexation of territory of districts to community college district