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

Article L3123-15

The members of the departmental council receive, for the effective exercise of their functions, an allowance fixed by reference to the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gross index of…

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

Article L3311-1

The departmental budget is the act by which the department's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The departmental budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment s…

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

Article L3215-1

The departmental council decides on projects, plans and estimates for works to be carried out using departmental funds and designates the departments to which these works will be entrusted. It decides…

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

Article L3312-1

…budget, the supplementary budget and the amending decisions are voted on by the departmental council.

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

Article L3221-1

…cutive body of the department. He prepares and executes the deliberations of the departmental council.

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

Article L3221-12

…t on the occasion of the disposal of a property, under the conditions set by the departmental council. He shall report on the exercise of this power at the next useful meeting of the departmental coun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Article L3142-1

The coordination between the action of the departmental services and that of the State services in the department is ensured jointly by the president of the departmental council and the representative…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Article L3143-1

The department's liability is eliminated or mitigated where a State authority has replaced the president of the departmental council in the implementation of police measures, in circumstances or under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Article L3141-1

For the preparation and execution of the deliberations of the departmental council , its chairman may call upon the services of decentralised government departments as required. The president of the d…

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

Article L3221-11

The president, by delegation of the departmental council , may be entrusted, for the duration of his mandate, with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance and settlement of…

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