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What it is

Bill to let town councils run essential services directly

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 27 October 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común.

Official title: Private member's bill amending Law 7/1985, of 2 April, regulating the basic local government system.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000264· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would require local public services to be managed either directly by the town council, a local autonomous body, a local public company or a publicly owned corporation, or indirectly through a contract. It would also require respect for functions reserved exclusively to civil servants.
  2. It would reserve three essential services for local entities: water supply and treatment, waste collection and treatment, and public passenger transport. The council's full assembly would have to approve the report, the form of management and the monopoly arrangement.
  3. It would repeal several provisions of Law 7/1985 that currently shape local management: the second and third paragraphs of Article 57, Article 116 bis, and the first paragraph of the ninth additional provision.
  4. It would simplify the steps for local entities to take up economic activities: a committee would draft a social, legal, technical and financial report, the report would be open to the public for at least thirty calendar days, and the full assembly would approve the project. It would also amend the 1955 services regulation, including rules on compensating concession holders in case of expropriation or early termination.

Who it affects

  • Town councils and provincial councils: They would have more freedom to choose how to manage their services and simpler steps to take them on.
  • Residents and users: Services such as water, waste and public transport would be reserved for local entities.
  • Concession companies: If their concession is terminated early, they would be entitled to compensation under detailed rules.
  • Civil servants: Forms of management would have to respect functions reserved exclusively to civil servants.

Words worth knowing

Entidad local (local entity)
A town council, provincial council or other local-level administration.
Pleno (full assembly)
The body of a town council made up of all councilors, which makes the main decisions.
Reserva de servicio (service reservation)
Only local entities may provide that service; it is not opened to private companies.
Concesión (concession)
A contract under which a private company manages a public service for a period of time.
Rescate de concesión (early termination of a concession)
The administration takes back a service managed by a private company before the contract ends, paying compensation.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced27 October 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted2 November 2022The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2022Mar 202311. 27 October 2022: Presentación22. 2 November 2022: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 02/11/2022 hasta 07/11/202233. 2 November 2022: Calificación44. 7 November 2022: Gobierno Contestación desde 07/11/2022 hasta 16/12/202255. 16 December 2022: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 16/12/2022 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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