Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

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Article L2123-22

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Updated 8 Nov 2023

Municipal councils may vote to increase their functional allowances in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24 and by I and III of article L. 2123-24-1, municipal councils:

1° 1° Of the communes that are departmental and arrondissement chief towns and of the communes that are seats of the canton's centralising office or that had the status of canton chief town before the modification of the territorial boundaries of the cantons provided for in application of Act no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 relating to the election of departmental councillors, municipal councillors and community councillors, and modifying the electoral calendar;

2° Disaster-stricken municipalities;

3° Municipalities classified as tourist resorts within the meaning of the sub-section 2 of Section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code;

4° Communes whose population, since the last census, has increased as a result of the start of public works of national interest such as electrification works ;

5° Communes which, during at least one of the previous three financial years, were allocated the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant provided for in articles L. 2334-15 to L. 2334-18-4 or municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more which, during at least one of the previous three financial years, were allocated the development allowance for overseas municipalities provided for in 1° of II of article L. 2334-23-1. For the application of this 5°, the population to be taken into account is that defined in article L. 2334-2.

The application of increases to functional allowances is subject to a separate vote. The Town Council first votes on the amount of the functional allowances, within the overall allowance envelope defined in II of article L. 2123-24. Secondly, it decides on the increases provided for in the first paragraph of this article, on the basis of the allowances voted after distribution of the budget. These two decisions may be taken during the same meeting.

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