Government Decree No. 14 / 1950 Coll.

Regulation on the organisation of local national committees

Valid Effective from 08.03.1950
14.
Government Regulation
of 28 February 1950
on the organisation of local national committees.
The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic orders pursuant to § 43 paragraph 1 of Act No. 280 / 1948 Coll., on Regional Establishment:

Část I.

Basic provisions.
§ 1.
The purpose of a government order.
(1) Local national committees operate in all municipalities and are in close and constant contact with people. They can therefore convey the will and desire of the widest layers of the people to the higher authorities and obtain these layers for active and permanent participation in the implementation of the tasks associated with the building of socialism.
(2) Local national committees are to be organised and are to work in such a way as to be the real representatives and speakers of the people of their territorial district, to carry out well the task of building socialism and to carry out their tasks constantly in close contact with the people, with its assistance and cooperation and under its constant control.
§ 2.
The functions of the local national committee and its tasks.
(1) The local national committee is the carrier and executor of state authority (Article X of the Constitution) on the territory of the municipality.
(2) The local national committee shall be an authority of the single state administration in the territory of the municipality and shall exercise it in all its fields; other bodies are subject to the exercise of public administration only exceptionally and by law (§ 124 of the Constitution).
(3) The local national committee helps push out and reduce capitalist elements, support and consolidate socialist elements in all sectors of the economy, and consolidate the union of workers and peasants.
(4) In particular, the local national committee shall have the following tasks:
(a) plans and manages economic, cultural, social and health activities in the municipality within the framework of the single economic plan so that the standard of living of the working people continues to increase;
(b) participate within the limits of its competence in drawing up, implementing and monitoring the implementation of the single economic plan;
(c) is responsible for the planned construction and all-round development of the municipality;
(d) ensure and support the assumption of continuous production in the performance of its tasks;
(e) help build and support a single agricultural cooperative in its activities, ensure the enhancement and mechanisation of livestock and plant production, ensure the best use of machinery, covers and stables and other premises needed for agricultural production, and promote small and medium-sized peasants;
(f) ensure the proper supply and nutrition of the population and ensure that they continue to improve;
(g) ensure the proper performance and expansion of social services and assist in organising and protecting work, in particular in mobilising workers;
(h) to protect the health of the population, in particular public hygiene and healthy housing, and to ensure the expansion of health services;
(ch) endeavour to continuously increase the cultural level of the people by promoting education, education and physical education;
(i) is a guardian of the popular democratic establishment and co-operates in the defence of the country;
(j) ensure the safety of persons and the protection of the rights and freedoms of workers;
(k) care for the protection of assets primarily national and cooperative, as well as the protection of crops;
(l) in cooperation with workers' organisations and other aspects of public life, it shall initiate and organise the widest levels of the population to carry out national and local tasks.
§ 3.
Election and appeal of members.
(1) The members of the local national committee are elected. The conditions and exercise of the right to vote and the conduct of the elections shall be laid down in the law.
(2) Members of the local national committee may be removed from their duties. Before the way of appeal is regulated by law, the people withdraw members under the provisions of Paragraph 27 (2).
§ 4.
Status of members.
Each member of the local national committee shall be entitled and obliged in particular:
participate actively in the implementation of the tasks of the local national committee;
be constantly in close contact with people, in particular with their voluntary organisations, in particular political, trade union, cooperative, cultural and physical organisations and organisations of women and youth,
This appropriation is intended to cover the financing of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in accordance with Article 21 of the Financial Regulation.
to encourage their initiative and to bring them to work in the local national committee,
to participate in the local national committee committees,
be in close contact with and assist in the work of the people's administration,
to account the people for their activities.
§ 5.
A connection to people.
(1) The local national committee relies on the direct participation and initiative of the people in the performance of its tasks.
(2) Therefore, the local national committee shall, either at the request of the population or on its own initiative, call public calls to people as required. They discuss the various issues of economic, cultural and social construction of the state and the municipality, and citizens speak their wishes and apply their initiatives and proposals.
(3) The local national committees in the larger municipalities (§ 25) create a network of confidants of the people's administration in the races and sub-districts (in the neighborhoods, streets, blocks, houses), which convey wishes, suggestions and complaints to the local national committee, and, on the contrary, transmit the resolutions of the local national committee to citizens and organise the participation of citizens in their implementation.
(4) The local national committee shall also ensure the participation of the people in its activities by electing non-members of the local national committee to be members of the commissions.
§ 6.
Check on people.
(1) The local national committee is subject to permanent control by the people. The people carry out this control, in particular, on public calls from the local national committee to the people (§ 5 (2)), where members of the local national committee and members of its constituents account for the people's activities and where citizens evaluate the work of the local national committee and the work of individual members. Otherwise, citizens control the activities of the local national committee and in other appropriate ways, such as by attending public plenary sessions of the local national committee and public meetings of its executive bodies, and by monitoring the activities of the local national committee as members of its committees, as well as by having contact with the confidences of the people's administration.
(2) Members of the local national committee and members of its executive bodies are responsible for their activities to the people. Citizens have the right to complain to the District National Committee about the wrong activity or the failure of the local National Committee, its members or its constituents. They may also request, through the National Front Action Committee, that a member be removed from his or her duties for this poor activity or inactivity (§ 3 (2)) or, therefore, that the local national committee be dissolved (§ 8).
§ 7.
Subordination.
(1) The Local National Committee shall be subordinate to the Regional National Committee, the Regional National Committee and the Government and to the relevant ministers and central offices in the various fields of its activities.
(2) Local national committees, as well as their executive bodies, are required to maintain laws and regulations and, in the interests of the uniform exercise of public administration and of a uniform state policy, to follow the directives and guidelines of the superior bodies. The local national committees are responsible for this to the chairman of the District National Committee, the chairman of the Regional National Committee and the Minister of Interior.
(3) The Regional National Committees and the Regional National Committees, in particular their chairmen and referees, and the central authorities, in the field of their activities, are responsible for ensuring that local national committees and their executive bodies fulfil their duties.
(4) The chairman and the members of the local national committee shall be subordinate to the Council. They shall be responsible for their activities to the Council and to the plenary session. The Council as a whole shall be responsible for its activities in plenary.
(5) The central authorities and the Regional National Committees exercise their powers arising from their authority towards the local national committees (paragraphs 1 and 2, § 12 (8) and § 13 (5)), except in cases of urgent need through directly subordinate national committees. If they turn to the local national committee directly, they must also inform the regional committee of the measures taken.
§ 8.
Dissolution.
(1) The local national committee may be dissolved, in particular if it fails to fulfil its tasks or endangers the proper performance of the public administration. It shall be dissolved by the Regional National Committee after the hearing of the District National Committee, either on its own initiative or on a proposal from the Civil Service, interpreted by the National Front Local or District Action Committee.
(2) The Regional National Committee or the Regional National Committee authorised by it shall take the necessary measures for the interim management of the administration for a transitional period before the authorities newly elected take office.

Část II.

Organisation of local national committees.

Oddíl 1.

General provisions.
§ 9.
Plenary session.
(1) The function of the rightholder and executor of State authority is carried out by the local national committee in particular in plenary sessions. It determines, in the spirit of government policy, the direction of its activities and the direction of its executive functions.
(2) The Local National Committee shall, in particular, perform the following activities in plenary:
(a) it shall act on the plan of the tasks to be undertaken by the local national committee under the single economic plan;
(b) it shall act in the budget of the local national committee and shall discuss the final accounts of its management;
(c) carry out checks on the performance of the tasks planned under (a) and on the management of its budget;
(d) monitor the implementation of the single economic plan in the district of the local national committee;
(e) elect from among its members the Chairperson, Deputy Deputy (s) and the referees and withdraw them;
(f) establish and repeal the Commission and elect and withdraw its members;
(g) manage the activities of the executive bodies of the local national committee, issue directives for them, adopt reports from them and monitor their activities;
(h) approve the territorial plans of the municipality and the stopping plan;
(ch) establish and abolish municipal undertakings or their split-up (secondary) establishments and appoint their managers and establish boards of municipal undertakings;
(i) propose provisions and the removal of auxiliary executive public authorities if they operate in the district of the local national committee (e.g. agronomy, vet, etc.),
(j) the territorial changes of the municipality shall be settled;
(k) grant honorary citizenship.
(3) The Local National Committee may discuss and decide any matter within the competence of the Local National Committee at its plenary session.
§ 10.
Powerful files.
The executive bodies of the local national committee shall be the Council, the Chairman (its Deputy (s)), the referees and the Commission.
§ 11.
Council.
(1) The Council shall consist of the President, his Deputy Deputy (s) and the Members.
(2) The Council shall implement the resolution of the Plenary Session and shall exercise all administration provided it is not reserved for the Plenary Session or the President. It shall follow the directives of the plenary session and the directives and guidelines of the superior bodies.
(3) At a time when the local national committee does not sit, its activities shall be carried out by the Board, but shall not be decided on the matters referred to in Article 9 (2) (a), (b), (e), (f), (h), (ch) and (j). Only in urgent cases can the Board also set up and cancel commissions at this time, vote and dismiss members of commissions and appoint managers of municipal enterprises. The Council must submit its measures to the next plenary session for approval.
(4) The Council shall discuss and consolidate the work plans and activities of the referees, shall discuss regular reports on their activities, shall check the activities of the referees, their reports and the activities of the commissions, shall consult on the manner in which they are to carry out their tasks and shall advise the President and the referees, or the commissions of binding directives and guidelines for their implementation.
(5) An appeal lodged against decisions of a Member State or of a staff member authorised by it or decisions of the Commission must be submitted to the Council. The Council shall review such decisions and may grant the appeal if the appeal is not inadmissible and does not concern any decision other than the appellant. An appeal which has not been dealt with shall be submitted to the appeal authority, unless otherwise specified, within three weeks of its submission.
(6) The Council is required to refer the matter to a decision on the basis of local circumstances in an economically or politically serious plenary session. Details shall be provided by the Ministry of the Interior.
§ 12.
Chairman.
(1) The President shall represent the local national committee and shall chair the plenary sessions and meetings of the Board.
(2) However, at a time when the Council does not sit, the President may take urgent measures which would otherwise require the resolution of the Council, but shall be obliged to request additional approval at the next meeting of the Council.
(3) The President may also take urgent measures in the field of commission, but he shall be obliged to inform the Board and the relevant committee at their next meeting.
(4) If the officer fails to take appropriate measures in due time to arrange for the work of his report, such measures shall be taken by the President and notified to the Board at its next meeting.
(5) The President shall unify the activities of the individual reports and shall monitor the implementation of the directives and guidelines of the superior bodies and of the directives at which the plenary session has been held.
(6) The President shall suspend the enforcement of the resolution of the Plenary Session or of the Board which, in his opinion, falls outside their competence or is contrary to regulations or is contrary to the directives and instructions of the superior bodies. The President shall notify the district national committee of the cessation of enforcement of the order; until the matter is decided by the Council of the District National Committee, the resolution shall not be enforced. For the same reasons, the President shall be obliged to suspend the execution of the decisions or measures of a referee or a resolution of the Commission and to notify the Board of the National Committee, which shall then decide whether and if the decision (measure, resolution) which has been terminated may be enforced.
(7) The President shall be the Chief of Staff of the local national committee.
(8) The President shall be accountable to the Plenary Session and the Council for his activities; is obliged to follow the orders and instructions of the chairman of the District National Committee, the chairman of the Regional National Committee and the Minister of Interior.
(9) The President shall be represented by a Deputy (Deputy).
§ 13.
Referents.
(1) The referents deal with the usual matters of their reports. In which cases they may decide and take action on behalf of the Council, Paragraph 23 provides.
(2) References are required to be submitted to the Council for consideration of a matter of major political importance, even if otherwise they could decide on them themselves.
(3) The experts may, with the agreement of the Council, authorise, within the limits of their powers, the staff of the local national committee to take decisions and take action under their orders.
(4) Referents do not have alternates and represent each other. The arrangements for representation shall be laid down by the Board.
(5) References shall be subject to the guidelines and guidelines of the District National Committee and the Regional National Committee, in particular their referees, and to the directives and guidelines of the relevant ministers and central authorities.
(6) The experts are responsible for their activities to the plenary session and the Council.
§ 14.
Internal organization.
The activities of the local national committee shall be divided into reports. They're:
I. General Home Affairs Report,
II. Planning report,
III. Security report,
IV report for education, education and physical education,
V. Labour and welfare reports,
VI. Health report,
VII. Financial report,
VIII. Economic report,
IX. agricultural report,
X. report for indoor trade and nutrition,
XI. technical report.
§ 15.
The Commission.
(1) In order to ensure the participation of the widest possible layers of citizenship in the work of the local national committee, a local national committee of the Commission shall be set up, in particular to mobilise citizens to carry out such work.
(2) In particular, the local national committee shall set up committees to ensure that a task is carried out.
(3) The Commission gives expert advice and opinions to the board and the experts.
(4) Each committee shall have decision-making power only if it provides for a law or other regulation. In which cases the Board may delegate decision-making powers to the Board, Section 24 provides.
(5) For each remote part of the municipality, a plenary session may be set up with the approval of the District National Committee and entrusted with certain tasks.
(6) General principles for the composition and work of the commissions are laid down by the Ministry of the Interior. Specific provisions on the composition and work of individual commissions may be issued by the central authorities responsible for matters in agreement with the Ministry of Interior.
§ 16.
Negotiations.
(1) The local national committee shall meet at least once every two months at plenary sessions. Plenary meetings are generally public. The Plenary Session shall be convened exceptionally if the Council or at least a quarter of the members of the local national committee so request so as to indicate the subject matter of the hearing or if the Regional National Committee so requests.
(2) Council meetings are held at least twice a month and may be private.
(3) Meetings of the commissions shall be held as necessary.
(4) Plenary sittings and chorus components may be quashed if more than half of the members are present. If there are insufficient members, the President shall convene them again to discuss the same programme; they may then make valid resolutions in the presence of one third of the members.
(5) The Plenary Session and the Corps shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes present, unless the special provisions provide for a higher majority.
(6) The Ministry of the Interior will issue more detailed rules on the negotiation and working arrangements of the local national committee.
§ 17.
Assembling.
(1) Local national committees may be brought together by consensus resolutions of their plenary sessions, approved by the Regional National Committee, to jointly procure certain matters or to monitor common interests or to carry out certain tasks or services.
(2) For the same purpose, local national committees may also be brought together by a decision of the Regional National Committee.
(3) Where several local national committees jointly use one or more staff members to carry out their tasks, they shall be deemed to have been associated with such implementation in accordance with paragraph 2.
(4) The details of voluntary and forced association and the joint use of staff are laid down by the Ministry of the Interior.

Oddíl 2.

Specific provisions for each category of local national committees.
§ 18.
Category of local national committees.
(1) The local national committees are divided into four categories. They belong to local national committees
(a) to the first category in municipalities of up to 600 inhabitants;
(b) to the second category in municipalities with population between 601 and 2.000;
(c) to the third category in municipalities with population from 2.001 to 6.000;
(d) to the fourth category in municipalities with more than 6,000 inhabitants.
(2) The Regional National Committee may, on a proposal from the District National Committee, reassign the Local National Committee according to the economic composition of the municipality, the nature of the tasks of the Local National Committee and the status and frequency of the manpower cadres in the municipality to a higher or lower category. Details will be adjusted by the Ministry of the Interior.
(3) The number of inhabitants shall be collected according to the national census result. Until the result is known, it will be found according to the inventory made in Czech countries on 22 May 1947 and Slovakia on 4 October 1946. In doubt, the Regional National Committee decides.
§ 19.
Number of members.
(1) Local national committees of the first category shall have 15 members, the second category shall have 24 members, the third category shall have 30 members and the fourth category shall have 36 members.
(2) The Regional National Committee may, exceptionally, if this is necessary due to the condition and frequency of the manpower cadets in the municipality, reduce the number of members of the local national committee in the smallest municipalities of the first category but not below 9.
(3) The Regional National Committee may increase the number of members of the local national committee for the first category to a maximum of 20, for the second category to a maximum of 30, for the third category to a maximum of 36 and for the fourth category to a maximum of 48, in the second category to a maximum of 30.
§ 20.
The number of board members.
(1) The Board of Local National Committee of the first category has 5 members, the second category has 7 members, the third category has 9 members and the fourth category has 11 members.
(2) The Regional National Committee may, exceptionally, if this is necessary due to the status and frequency of the personnel management cadres in the municipality, reduce the number of members of the Board at the local national committees of the first category but not below 3.
§ 21.
Number of deputies.
The chairman of the local national committee of the first and second categories shall have one deputy, the third and fourth categories shall have two deputy.
§ 22.
The division of reports.
(1) In the case of the local national committee of the first category, the reports shall be divided among five referees as follows:
1. The Chairman provides the work of the General Home Affairs Report, the Planning Report and the Security Report.
2. The Deputy Chairman shall arrange for the work of the agricultural report.
3. The third officer shall carry out the work of the financial report.
4. The fourth referendum provides the work of a report for education, education and physical education, a report on work and welfare and a health report.
5. The fifth referendum provides the work of an economic report, an internal trade and nutrition report and a technical report.
(2) In the case of local national committees of the second category, reports shall be distributed among seven referees as follows:
1. The Chairman provides the work of the General Home Affairs Report, the Planning Report and the Security Report.
2. The Deputy Chairman shall arrange for the work of the agricultural report.
3. The third officer provides the work of the financial report.
4. The fourth referee provides the work of the report for education, education and physical education.
5. The fifth referee provides the work of a labour and welfare report and a health report.
6. The Sixth Official provides the work of an economic report and a technical report.
7. The Seventh Official provides the work of the report for internal trade and nutrition.
(3) A division of reports other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is permitted only with the approval of the District National Committee.
(4) For the third-category local national committee, reports shall be distributed among nine referees according to local needs and conditions; However, the President provides the work of the General Home Affairs Report and, as a rule, the work of the Planning Report.
(5) For the local national committee of the fourth category, a special referee shall be designated for each report; However, the President always provides the work of the General Home Affairs Report.
§ 23.
The method of decision-making of the Council and the referees.
(1) The Board of the National Committee of the first and second categories takes decisions in principle in the College. However, with the approval of the District National Committee, it may instruct individual referees to take decisions or take action on its behalf in the various types of cases.

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CitationGovernment Decree No. 14 / 1950 Coll., on the organisation of local national committees
Regulation Type-
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CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation08.03.1950
Effective from08.03.1950
Effective until-
Status Valid
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