Full text of Act No. 27 / 1972 Coll.

Law on National Committees (full text, as is apparent with effect for the Slovak Socialist Republic from subsequent legal amendments and additions)

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PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK NATIONAL COUNCIL
Announces
The full text of the Act of 29 June 1967 No 69 Coll., on National Committees, as is apparent with effect for the Slovak Socialist Republic from the amendments and additions made by the Act of SNR of 28 December 1968 No 207 Coll., Act of 27 June 1969 No 72 Coll., Act of SNR of 3 December 1970 No 115 Coll., Act of 28 December 1970 No 130 Coll., Act of SNR of 28 December 1970 No 131 Coll., Act of 5 May 1971 No 34 Coll., Act of SNR of 8 July 1971 No 62 Coll., Act of 20 October 1971 No 121 Coll.
THE LAW
on national committees
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:

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CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL SELECTIONS IN THE STATE AND COMPANY

Oddíl 1

Basic provisions
§ 1
(1) The National Committees are bodies of socialist state power and administration in regions, districts and municipalities. In their activities, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, they consolidate the socialist social establishment, governed by the Constitution, other laws and regulations.
(2) The national committees, as representative bodies of the working people, are composed of Members elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct voting rights by secret ballot.
(3) Members are controlled by the people, accountable to them, and can be withdrawn from the decision of their constituents.
§ 2
National committees organise the planned development of economic, cultural, health and social construction on their territory. As state authorities of a self-governing nature, they associate in their work the satisfaction of society's needs and interests in their territorial districts, in particular the needs of urban and municipal development, and bring social, local, group and personal interests into line. It protects the rights, legitimate interests of citizens and organisations and leads them to comply with the laws and respect for the rights of fellow citizens. They are involved in the protection of the socialist economic system, the socialist order in society and the consolidation of the defence of the Republic.
§ 3
(1) National committees shall carry out all their activities in conjunction with citizens, with their active participation and under their constant control. They create the preconditions for the direct participation of citizens in the performance of their tasks and attract citizens to deal with them and implement them. They involve citizens to the widest extent in government.
(2) The national committees continuously examine the interests of citizens, their needs and views, consult them on proposals for serious measures, address their comments and ideas and familiarise them with the results of their work and lay down accounts for their activities.
§ 4
(1) The National Committees shall carry out their tasks in cooperation with organisations associated in the National Front, in particular the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement, the Slovak Women's Union, the Socialist Youth Union and other social organisations.
(2) Working with the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement, the national committees aim to prepare and implement important measures affecting workers' interests and require opinions from its institutions. They also cooperate with single agricultural cooperatives.
(3) The national committees shall, by mutual agreement with the social organisations, bring together the means and powers to implement measures of general benefit more effectively and economically and coordinate the implementation of common tasks.
§ 5
The national committees shall be responsible for the performance of the state administration in their territorial districts; other territorial authorities or organisations may be entrusted only by law to the exercise of public administration.
§ 6
(1) The national committees shall cooperate with other national authorities in their territorial districts to achieve common objectives. Cooperation shall focus in particular on the universal consolidation of socialist legality and state discipline, the prevention of crime, the strengthening of the defence of the Republic, the implementation of the Family Act and the universal protection of civil rights.
(2) The National Committees draw the attention of other national authorities to the shortcomings they identify and give incentives to remove them; tasks may be imposed on them only if specific regulations allow it.
(3) The courts, prosecutors and the National Security College are familiar with the state of socialist legality in their constituency.
(4) National committees shall be entitled to impose public security tasks in the framework of their respective responsibilities in the security of local public order matters through the competent chiefs. Public security authorities are responsible and subordinate only to senior chiefs in matters of service.
§ 6a
(1) National committees in cities and municipalities may establish an inspection of the public order of the National Committee to ensure local public order matters within their responsibility.
(2) Inspection staff shall supervise compliance with public order regulations, draw the attention of citizens and organisations to the deficiencies identified and take measures to eliminate them. They are entitled to require the necessary explanations from citizens to clarify the facts necessary to establish an infringement. They can only demonstrate a citizen if the citizen cannot prove his identity in a credible manner.
(3) The conditions for establishing public order inspections of national committees, their tasks and the rights and obligations of their staff shall be laid down by the Government by regulation.
§ 7
(1) National Committees of State Administration shall perform central management of economic, cooperative and other organisations, in particular on the construction, water management, the creation and protection of healthy conditions and the healthy way of life and work, health services, public order, fire protection, plant and animal production and agricultural land and forestry funds. The provisions governing the various sections of the activity of the administration shall specify in which cases such organisations must comply with the measures of the National Committee.
(2) Central economic, cooperative and other organisations are required to cooperate with the national committees and to submit to them, for a binding opinion in cases provided for in specific provisions, the evidence of the investments to be made and other important measures needed by the national committees to ensure the overall development of the region, district, town and municipality.

Oddíl 2

Levels and types of national committees
§ 8
The municipalities and cities include local and urban national committees, district national committees and regional national committees.
§ 9
With the consent of citizens, a local national committee may be set up for several municipalities; the national district committee shall decide on this measure on a proposal from local national committees.
§ 10*)
In the capital of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is the National Committee of the City of Prague and the District National Committees. The National Committee of the City of Prague is governed directly by the government. The Act provides for a specific regulation of the scope and organisational construction of the National Committee of the City of Prague and the District National Committees.
§ 11
In the capital of the Slovak Socialist Republic Bratislava is the National Committee of the Slovak Socialist Republic Bratislava and the District National Committees, in some parts of the city districts and local national committees. The National Committee of the Slovak Socialist Republic of Bratislava is directly governed by the Government. Special arrangements for the status, competence and organisational construction of national committees operating in the territory of the Slovak Socialist Republic of Bratislava shall be laid down by the Law of the Slovak National Council. * *)
§ 12
(1) The municipal national committees are located in the cities of the districts, and in other municipalities of a urban character, as determined by the Government on a proposal from the Regional National Committee.
(2) In the city of Košice there is a municipal national committee managed by the regional national committee. The district national committees work in the city districts. * * *)

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§ 13
(1) The number of Members shall be determined by the national committee, having regard to the number of inhabitants, the size of its constituency, the scope of its competence and to the national committee being a working group. In so doing, the number of Members shall be such that:
(a) the local or urban national committee has at least:
9 poslanců v obcích do300 obyvatel,
11 poslanců v obcích do600 obyvatel,
17 poslanců v obcích do1 500 obyvatel,
25 poslanců v obcích do5 000 obyvatel,
40 poslanců v obcích do10 000 obyvatel,
60 poslanců v obcích do20 000 obyvatel,
80 poslanců v obcích do50 000 obyvatel,
85 poslanců v obcích nad50 000 obyvatel;
(b) the district national committee had at least:
60 counties up to 80 000 inhabitants,
80 Members in counties with a larger population;
(c) the Regional National Committee has at least 80 Members;
(d) the municipal national committee in the cities where the district national committees operate has at least 80 Members.
(2) The Circular National Committee shall determine the number of its Members, mutatis mutandis, as the Urban or Local National Committee (paragraph 1 (a)).
§ 14
The Member of the National Committee shall participate in the deliberations and decisions of the National Committee, in particular in the meetings of the National Committee and its bodies for which he has been elected. It carefully examines the interests of its constituents, their needs and opinions, maintains a permanent link with them and accounts for their activities.
§ 15
In particular, the Member of the National Committee shall be entitled to:
(a) submit proposals to the national committee and its commissions and initiatives to its board and trade unions;
(b) ask the advice, its individual members and the chairmen of the commissions, including outside the meetings of the national committee or committee; the answer to these questions must be given immediately, if this cannot happen, within 30 days at the latest;
(c) to request explanations from trade unions' heads of trade unions relating to trade union activities; it may also request clarification from the head organisations of the National Committee; the explanation must be given without delay;
(d) recommend the management organisation of measures to address deficiencies, in more serious cases contact the National Committee to impose appropriate corrective measures within its scope;
(e) take part in the meetings of the Lower Level National Committee with an advisory vote;
(f) to participate in the handling of complaints, notifications and initiatives by citizens relating to the work of the National Committee, its bodies and organisations.
§ 16
The national committee member shall in particular:
(a) actively work among voters, consult them on proposals for serious measures to be discussed by the National Committee, apply the legitimate interests of citizens in the National Committee and familiarise them with the work of the National Committee, in particular with its serious measures, with new laws, government measures and resolutions of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia;
(b) report to voters on their work in the national committee and on the handling of their initiatives and comments;
(c) maintain constant contact with social organisations operating in its perimeter;
(d) apply the experience and incentives of citizens in all their work;
(e) work closely with the national committees of lower grades and apply their incentives and experience in the work of the national committee.
§ 17
(1) A Member of the National Committee may not be reduced to rights or rights in the performance of his duties or to claims arising from an employment or similar relationship (member of the cooperative). The organisation of which the Member is an official shall be obliged to allow him to perform his duties and to provide him with the necessary leave of absence; This also applies to members of national committee committees who are not Members.
(2) An employment relationship is maintained for Members who are relieved of their duties. Instead of salary (other pay for work), they will receive an appropriate remuneration from the National Committee. Other Members and non-Members of the Commissions shall receive compensation from the National Committee for the loss of earnings; The Government shall determine in which cases they may still receive remuneration from the National Committee for the performance of their duties. The reimbursement of the actual expenses incurred by them in connection with the performance of their duties shall be due to them under the rules applicable to workers in employment.
(3) More detailed arrangements for remuneration and compensation are laid down by the Government.

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SCOPE OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Oddíl 1

Basic provisions
§ 18
The main task of the national committees is to care for the satisfaction of citizens' needs, in particular for the construction of cities and municipalities, for the healthy environment, for improving housing levels, for the dissemination of various services, for the development of cultural and social life, for youth education, for the creation of conditions for the development of physical education, for the consistent development of their territories, for the optimal use of natural, economic and social conditions and for the safeguarding of public order and the protection of citizens' interests.
§ 19
The national committees shall, in accordance with the special rules, exercise state administration, in particular on the section:
- the creation and protection of healthy living and working conditions,
- spatial planning and construction rules,
- labour force,
- nature conservation,
- the exploitation of mineral assets,
- agriculture,
- forestry and water management,
- energy,
- housing and non-residential management,
- finance and management and protection of national assets,
- supply, trade and tourism,
- services,
- transport,
- road economy,
- education and childcare,
- culture and information,
- the protection of cultural monuments,
- health services,
- social security,
- State defence,
- protection of public order,
- fire protection,
- general internal administration.
§ 20
(1) National Committees shall:
- pre-school and non-school educational establishments, schools providing basic, secondary and higher education and their service facilities,
- cultural and cultural education organisations and facilities,
- medical establishments,
- social security facilities.
(2) The national committees shall comply with the generally binding legislation and directives of central government bodies and national higher-level committee on the establishment and abolition of the organisations and facilities referred to in paragraph 1 and on their professional management.
§ 21
In order to carry out their tasks, national committees may establish and manage organisations or establishments which provide for:
- municipal services (water supply, city cleaning, sewerage, public lighting),
- management of home property,
- local construction,
- local transport services and public passenger and freight transport,
- road management,
- repair and personal services,
- accommodation, catering, recreation and tourism,
- local production,
- the supply of solid fuel,
- services-related business and local production,
- project, investment, engineering, other specialised services and other services for the population, as appropriate,
- collection of waste materials.
§ 22
(1) The management of an economic organisation shall include the right to define the organisation of the activity, to entrust it with the necessary assets to the administration, to lay down, within the limits of generally binding legislation, the conditions for the management, to appoint and remove its manager and to define its rights, obligations and responsibilities, to monitor how the organisation ensures that the needs of the population are met and to perform other essential tasks, to carry out control of its activities and to decide on its abolition or merger with another organisation.
(2) The National Committee may require the organisation it manages to carry out certain urgent work within the scope of its activities, which is necessary in the important general interest.
(3) Where the activities referred to in Article 21 are provided by budgetary or contribution organisations or the facilities of national committees, they shall be subject to the provisions of Article 20 (2).
§ 23
(1) The national committees control the activities of the bodies and organisations managed or managed by the national committee and the activities of the national committees of lower grades, their bodies and bodies managed and managed by them. In addition, they shall monitor the compliance of economic, cooperative and other organisations with the obligations imposed on them by the specific provisions governing the various sections of government within the scope of the competence conferred on the national committee.
(2) The National Committees control how centrally managed state, cooperative and other organisations fulfil their obligations imposed on them by specific provisions governing relations with the budgets of the National Committees and how they use subsidies and subsidies granted to them from the budgets of the National Committees.
§ 24
(1) National Committees may:
(a) deliver an opinion on matters of public interest and submit them to other institutions;
(b) to grant honorary citizenship to the municipality (s) and other public recognition.
(2) If the use of a State emblem is not prescribed, the municipal (district) national committees and their managed and managed organisations may use the city emblem. Other authorities and organisations may use the urban character only with the agreement of the relevant national committee.

Oddíl 2

Scope of national committees of individual grades and types
§ 25
Local National Committee
(1) The local national committee creates conditions for meeting the legitimate needs and interests of citizens, conditions for healthy living and working in the community, organises the construction of a village, takes care of its upbringing and appearance, develops cultural and social life and protects public order and citizens' rights. In all parts of its work, it creates conditions for the efficient and intensive development of agriculture.
(2) Local National Committee
(a) administer a mother and basic nine-year-old school, a nursery, a children's shelter, a school cafeteria, a local folk library and other cultural facilities according to local conditions;
(b) manage local communications and local lighting and provide other communal or other services to the population according to local conditions (§ 21), including for the population of the catchment area;
(c) approve the distribution of stores, the sales period and take further measures to ensure the proper supply of the population;
(d) perform public administration in other defined sections, in particular on the population register section, the management of the mantle, fire protection, construction, housing management and non-residential premises, the protection of plant and animal production and the protection of the agricultural land and forestry fund.
(3) Where other national authorities take measures affecting the interests of the municipality, they shall seek the opinion of the local national committee.
(4) The local national committee may, taking into account the nature of its tasks and the conditions of its work, issue a statute in which, in particular, it shall lay down the arrangements of its bodies, the sharing of their work, and shall specify the range of organisations and equipment it manages and the assets which assist it in carrying out its tasks. It follows the model statute issued by the Slovak National Council.
§ 26
City National Committee
(1) The Municipal National Committee ensures the planned development of the city and participates in regional solutions. It organises the construction of a city, creates conditions for healthy living and working in a city, develops cultural and political work and protects public order and citizens' rights.
(2) The municipal national committee outside the remit of the local national committee (§ 25 (2) and (3)), manages urban cultural facilities, develops urban economies, provides municipal services and generally other services for the population. He runs the Fire Protection Corps. He usually runs the local construction organisation. He also handles tourism.
(3) The model status of the municipal national committees to be issued by the Slovak National Council sets out the questions on which the Regional National Committee may entrust the administration of the municipal national committee, which otherwise falls within the competence of the Regional National Committee under generally binding legislation.
(4) The municipal national committee in Košice and its district national committees have the competence of both the municipal and district national committees. The model statute also sets out the issues on which the government will entrust the administration of the municipal national committee, which otherwise falls under the general rules of law to the regional national committee.
(5) The Municipal National Committee, based on a decision of the Regional National Committee or Government, will specify its scope in its Statute, lay down the arrangements of its bodies, the sharing of their work and competence, the range of organisations and equipment it manages or manages, as well as the assets which assist it in the performance of its tasks. In its Statute, the municipal national committee in Košice shall also make a division between the municipal national committee and the district national committees. When issuing the Statute, the municipal national committee shall follow the model statute and take into account the nature of its tasks arising from the needs and conditions of the development of the city.
§ 27
Regional National Committee
(1) The Regional National Committee is managed by national committees of a lower degree. It helps them in their work, in particular organises professional and advisory activities for them, deals with their incentives and warnings, advises them, oversees the implementation of laws and the maintenance of state discipline. It shall carry out periodic reviews of the management of national lower-level committees, as well as of organisations and facilities managed and managed by those national committees.
(2) The District National Committee shall exercise state administration in all the sections referred to in Section 19.
(3) The District National Committee is working with the Regional National Committee to address regional proportions and to develop the concept of district development.
(4) The District National Committee shall manage or manage the District Road Administration, the Regional Institute of National Health, Social Security Facilities, schools and educational establishments, cultural and cultural education organisations and establishments to the extent specified by specific regulations. It may also be managed by an organisation providing for some of the activities referred to in Paragraph 21 if it serves to meet the needs of several municipalities and if it is more effectively managed at that stage. It shall carry out periodic reviews of the management of the organisations and facilities managed by it and managed by it.
§ 28
Regional National Committee
(1) The Regional National Committee ensures proportional economic development and cultural, health and social construction in the region; to this end, it shall draw up proposals for economic plans and regional plans to guide the correct proportions in the development of the region. He is involved in further work on the preparation of national plans for the development of the national economy, working closely with the central authorities of the state and presenting them with proactive proposals to address issues affecting the development of the region.
(2) The Regional National Committee manages, assists and advises the Regional National Committees, addresses their incentives and warnings, oversees the implementation of the laws and the maintenance of state discipline and carries out periodic reviews of their management.
(3) In the performance of the administration, the Regional National Committee focuses primarily on defining basic tasks, addressing conceptual issues and supervising the implementation of the laws and directives of central authorities.
(4) The Regional National Committee may manage economic organisations and manage budgetary and contribution organisations which serve to meet the needs of several counties or counties where management or administration at that stage is more effective; it may also manage or manage organisations providing specialised services. It shall carry out periodic reviews of the management of the organisations managed and managed by it.

Oddíl 3

Plan, budget and asset management
§ 29
The National Committee shall establish and approve:
(a) the medium-term economic plan;
(b) an implementing economic plan;
(c) the budget.
§ 30
(1) The Regional National Committee shall base its economic plan on the tasks and resources set out in the national economic development plan and in the State budget of the Slovak Socialist Republic (hereinafter referred to as the "State Budget '), as well as on its own long-term perspective on technical and economic concepts and studies. The regional national committees shall have binding tasks in the medium and implementation plans only to the extent necessary; Financial relations with the budgets of the national committees (global financial relationship and special-purpose subsidies) or other binding limits are laid down in the State budget.
(2) Within the framework of the binding tasks and limits laid down by the State Plan and on the basis of the financial relations with the budgets of the National Committees established by the State Budget, the Regional and Regional National Committee shall set binding tasks and limits for the National Committees, if necessary extending and adjusting financial relations with their budgets; on their basis, the national committees shall draw up their economic plans and budgets at all stages.
§ 31
(1) The budget of the National Committee shall include, in a defined breakdown, the revenue and expenditure of the National Committee and its budgetary organisations, including financial relations with its economic and contribution organisations.
(2) The budget must be balanced.
(3) Local and urban national committees discuss their budgets with citizens.
§ 32
(1) The revenue of the National Committee shall consist in particular of:
(a) income from the economy of the national committee, in particular income from economic organisations managed by it;
(b) revenue from taxes and charges to the extent laid down by specific provisions;

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CitationFull text of Act No. 27 / 1972 Coll., on National Committees (full text, as shown with effect for the Slovak Socialist Republic by subsequent legal amendments and additions)
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Date of Promulgation11.05.1972
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