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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-2

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the president of the departmental council presents a report on the sustainable development situation with regard to the operation of the local authority, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3132-2

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the départements by the representatives of the State in the dépar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-29

The president of the departmental council, the vice-presidents or the departmental councillors who have been delegated benefit, on the occasion of their functions, from protection organised by the dep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Budget, contributions and loans

Article L3212-2

…requests for quota reductions made by the communes and previously submitted to the competent council..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3221-2

The President of the Departmental Council is the authorising officer for departmental expenditure and prescribes the execution of departmental revenue, subject to the specific provisions of the Genera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: DEPARTMENTS OF HAUTS-DE-SEINE, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS AND VAL-DE-MARNE

Article L3421-2

The départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne contribute 45% of the operating costs of the Paris fire brigade and 37.5% of the capital costs of the barracks, in proportion to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-2

The population to be taken into account for the application of this section is the municipal population of the département as resulting from the population census.This population is increased by one i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VI: LYON METROPOLITAN AREA

Article L3651-2

Roads classified in the public road domain of the Lyon urban community and in the public road domain of the Rhône department located on the territory of the Lyon metropolis, as well as their outbuildi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3631-2

The Metropolitan Council sits in Lyon. However, it may meet at any other location in the metropolitan area.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3632-2

The Metropolitan Council sets the allowances of its members by deliberation within three months of its first installation.When the Metropolitan Council is renewed, the deliberation setting the allowan…

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