Act Slovak National Council No. 179 / 1969 Coll.
Law of the Slovak National Council on the State Fund for Soil Narrowing
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Effective from 01.01.1970
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THE LAW
Slovak National Council
of 22 December 1969
on the State Fund for Land Fertilisation
The Slovak National Council decided on this law:
(1) In order to increase the care and fertility of the land, a State Fund for Land Fertilisation (the Fund) is established for the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
(2) The Fund is managed in all matters by the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Fund Manager).
(3) The Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic, the Government of the Slovak Socialist Republic and the Slovak National Council are responsible for managing the Fund.
The financial resources of the Fund shall be:
(a) contributions for the withdrawal of part of the agricultural land fund of agricultural production pursuant to Article 16 of Act No. 53 / 1966 Coll., on the protection of the agricultural land fund;
(b) State budget subsidies:
1. for the construction of major melioration facilities (drains and irrigation skeletons) and for the adaptation of water flows to the management of organisations under the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic, where such adjustments are necessary for the implementation of water meliorations and for the direct increase in the fertility of agricultural parcels (hereinafter referred to as "water flows"),
2. for the construction of mellioration details,
3. for the maintenance of the main mellioration facilities,
4. the reclamation of land of a non-investment nature contained in farm stabilisation subsidies;
5. to ensure the tasks arising from Government Decree No. 47 / 1955 Coll., on measures in the field of economic engineering land modification;
(c) the funds which, pursuant to Article 3 of Act No. 61 / 1964 Coll., on the development of plant production, socialist organisations should have paid agricultural holdings for the removal of waste, provided that they were not reimbursed for various reasons.
Other revenue from the Fund shall be:
(a) interest on the funds of the Fund deposited with the Czechoslovak State Bank and on loans granted by the Fund to applicants;
(b) repayments of loans from applicants;
(c) repayments of loans and contributions by applicants where the agricultural use of the land has been prevented;
(d) income from the physical penalty of applicants in cases where the Fund's funds have not been used under the conditions laid down;
(e) other resources provided for in specific provisions.
For the financial management of the Fund, a Czechoslovak separate account shall be set up with the State Bank.
(1) Subsidies or loans for:
(a) the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of major melliorative facilities and water flow adjustments;
(b) area - systematic or sporadic drainage of land,
(c) irrigation of all types, including fertiliser irrigation and necessary investments to allow the full use of irrigation;
(d) the treatment of arable land, meadows and pastures in order to continuously increase the fertility of the soil (increase of the layer of ornice, etc.),
(e) anti-erosion measures;
(f) weighing by appropriate natural or waste materials to improve permanently the soil structure (pond mud, clinker, ash, slag, etc.);
(g) removal of fortifications, trenches, post-bombardment pits, etc., if they are hampered by the large production method;
(h) the construction of fertilizers, urine sinks and composting plants;
(ch) meliorant liming,
(i) land-use treatment (land-based work - including boundaries, including slopes, cancelling trips and other machine work);
(j) other fertilisation work
- reclamation of meadows and pastures,
- adjustments to water conditions,
- reclamation of unused agricultural land,
- land landscaping for the first planting and planting,
- removal of demolitions, stones, boulders and other off-road inequalities, shrubs, woodlands to prevent the management of complex hunts,
- reclamation of sandy soils,
- technical treatment of soil (construction of necessary field roads, reclamation of old paths, material pits, etc.),
- terasing slopes,
- cleaning of ponds for water management reasons,
(k) construction of details of water-based melioration facilities.
(2) For the reclamation of land carried out by an investor pursuant to § 7 (2) (g), § 11 (1) (a) and § 20 (1) of Act No. 53 / 1966 Coll., on the protection of the agricultural land fund, no subsidies or loans are granted. Subsidies (loans) are not granted to special-purpose rehabilitation firms under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
(3) Retirement actions of social importance are financed by the Fund through the State Mellioration Administration or directly.
(4) Loans and subsidies from the Fund are granted on the basis of contracts concluded by the Fund administrator with applicants.
(1) The fund's use of funds for the purposes set out in Section 5 of this Act is decided by the fund manager in accordance with the tasks of the National Economic Plan and the investment and subsidy policy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
(2) The resources provided from the Fund are assigned to them. The applicant is obliged to use them according to the specified conditions (§ 7 (1) of this Act).
(3) The Fund's funds for the intensification of the soil fund are granted either as subsidies or as loans.
(4) The amount and type of resources provided shall be determined on the basis of the efficiency and economic efficiency, taking into account the applicant's manufacturing conditions and his ability to implement and exploit the planned actions.
(5) The subsidies granted by the Fund are contingent subsidies. If they are not used in accordance with the prescribed directives (Section 7 (1) of this Act), in particular for the intensive and efficient use of fertilisation work, the applicant is obliged to repay the subsidy or part thereof.
The funds of the Fund shall be granted to applicants under the conditions laid down in the Fund Management Directives issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Socialist Republic in agreement with the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Socialist Republic. The applicant may be socialist land-management organisations and, where appropriate, individual farm farmers who join in a one-off or permanent implementation of the agricultural land adjustment in order to preserve it.
Management with Fund funds is controlled by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
The Fund administrator shall draw up annually the budget and accounts of the Fund, which it shall submit to the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Socialist Republic within the deadlines set for the establishment of the State Budget of the Slovak Socialist Republic (hereinafter referred to as the State Budget) and the State Final Account for consideration. The budget and the budget of the Fund shall be attached by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Socialist Republic to the draft state budget and the state closing account submitted to the Government of the Slovak Socialist Republic and the Slovak National Council for approval. The Fund manager shall submit an evaluation of the funds spent at the same time as the closure of the Fund.
The balance of the Fund's funds shall not be forfeited at the end of the year.
This Act shall take effect on 1 January 1970.
Klokoč v. r.
Dr. Colotka v. f.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act of the Slovak National Council No. 179 / 1969 Coll., on State Fund for Soil Narrowing |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 30.12.1969 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.1970 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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