The government has endorsed an amended bill on local self-government, which according to State Secretary Franci Rokavec sets forth new regulations for the establishment of municipalities or change in their territory.
At its Thursday session, the government also decided to propose to parliament to pass the amended bill in a fast-track procedure.
The changes annul the law on the procedure for the establishment of municipalities and delineation of their territories. The bill allows, by way of exemption, the establishment of a municipality with a population of less than 5,000, but not less than 2,000.
According to Franci Rokavec of the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, the procedure for the change in municipality's territory is launched at the proposal of parliament.
The bill also sets forth measures that bring the law in line with the Constitution. As part of this, it introduces changes in the conditions for the dissolution of local councils and mayors, which can only be used as a last resort.
Both measures were envisaged already in the original law on self-government, but the stipulation was annulled by the Constitutional Court, saying reasons for dissolving the local council or mayor can only be actions that obstruct the realisation of local self-government.
The local council or mayor is dissolved by parliament, but only after this has urged the council or the mayor to amend established unlawfulness. The decision may be appealed at the Constitutional Court.
The bill also sets forth different conditions for the acquisition of a representative status. This can be granted to an association of municipalities representing at least 30% of municipalities.
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