2016 Wesleyan Discipline:District: Trustees, board of

H. District Board of Trustees

1360. The district conference of each established district shall be incorporated or shall cause a corporation to be formed and maintained to facilitate the management of its legal and corporate affairs as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4100–4150. In places where local laws prohibit such incorporation, or where the local laws require property to be held by trustees, the district conference may elect from among the members of the district board of administration the members of the district board of trustees in such number as desired (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:22; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4855). The district trustees shall hold office until their term expires as members of the district board of administration and until their successors are elected and qualified. The district board of trustees shall be amenable to the district board of administration (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4840; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4855). A district trustee may be removed from office by a two-thirds majority vote of all the members of the district board of administration whenever it is deemed necessary for the best interests of The Wesleyan Church and the district or whenever a trustee shall refuse to carry out the directions of the district board of administration, except when such directions are contrary to local laws or to The Discipline (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1206; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:28a; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1265; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4540). The office of a district trustee may also become vacant by death, cessation of membership in The Wesleyan Church or cessation of membership on the district board of administration. A vacancy on the district board of trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of all the members of the district board of administration (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1206; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:28a; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1272).

1365. The district board of trustees shall administer its duties in accord with The Discipline (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4500-4630; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4830-4880), and as directed by the district board of administration. Its duties are:

(1) To hold all district property, and such local property as may be held by the district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4660; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4680), in trust for The Wesleyan Church as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4830 (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:323:8).

(2) To attend to all legal matters pertaining to the district transactions for the purchase, sale, encumbrance, transfer or other disposal of property, as ordered by the district board of administration (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4840).

(3) To fulfill such other duties as pertain to their office as trustees and as may be assigned to them by the district board of administration.