See also: PLM

The law N° 82-1169 of the December 31st 1982 relating to the administrative organization of Paris, Lyon, Marseilles and of the public corporations of inter-commune co-operation , known as Loi PLM according to the name of the cities concerned is a French law fixing a particular administrative statute applicable to these three most important cities of France by the population. It was adopted in the context of the law of decentralization (known as Loi Removes iron) of March 2nd, 1982

The old town halls of district are transformed of structures elected at the local level. They are not however town halls of full exercise, and do not raise in particular of taxes, but distribute the appropriations which are delegated to them by the central town hall.

Law PLM was codified in the general Code of the territorial collectivities, for which it is advisable from now on to refer

Election of the members of the Municipal councils

The members of the the Council of Paris and the municipal councils of Lyon and Marseilles are elected following the rules applicable to the communes of more than 3500 inhabitants, every six years, by the universal direct suffrage and the proportional one.

However, this election is done not on the level of the city, but of electoral sectors, corresponding to the districts, for Paris and Lyon, or gathering two districts, for Marseilles:

• the Council of Paris: 163 members whose election is divided into 20 sectors, counting on the whole 354 advisers of districts).

• Municipal council of Lyon: 73 city council men whose election is divided into 9 sectors, counting on the whole 148 advisers of districts.

Councils of district

See also: Districts of Paris, Districts of Lyon, List of the districts of Marseilles

The three cities concerned with Law PLM are divided of long time into municipal districts, which from now on are equipped with Conseils of elected districts chaired by a Maire of district , also elected.

Each council of district includes/understands the city council men elected in the district (or the sector, for Marseilles, whose each sector gathers two districts) as well as advisers of equal number taken on the lists of candidates following those which were elected at the Municipal council.

However, the manpower of the council of district lies between 10 and 40 elected officials.

The Mayor of district

The Council of district is chaired by the Mayor of district, elected by the only city council men of the district concerned. This election takes place 8 days after the election of the Mayor of the City.

The Mayor prepares and carries out the deliberations of the Council of district.

He is the director of the expenditure and the receipts carried out within the framework of the budget of district.

The mayor-assistants of district are elected under the same conditions as the Mayor of district. They can be titular delegations.

The mayor of district and his assistants are officers of civil statue and are charged, in the district, of attributions concerned with the mayor of the commune as regards civil statue, of school businesses related to the respect of compulsory education like pursuant to the provisions of the code of the national service.

The Mayor of district chairs the case of the schools of district, and delivers his opinion on the authorizations of town planning (Permis to build…) and permissions of roadway systems delivered by the Mayor of the City in the name of this one. He is also consulted on the projects of acquisitions or transfers of buildings under consideration by the city in his district, as concerning the declarations completed by the owners within the framework of the urban Right of pre-emption.

Competences of the Councils of district

As mentioned above, the city council men members of the Council of district elect the mayor of district, according to the same methods as the election of the mayors of the communes.

The council of district:

• distributes the operational appropriations which are delegated to him by the Municipal council within a budgetary document called special State of district , which is annexed to the budget of the City. He also votes the investment loans
• deliberates on the establishment and the programme of installation of all the social equipment intended for the inhabitants of the district whose realization is subordinated to the decision of the Municipal council and whose management returns (except particular case) to the Council of district,
• names in its center the representatives of the commune in the organizations of the district where the commune must be represented,
• is asked for an opinion of the reports/ratios and projects concerning the businesses whose execution is envisaged in whole or part within the limits of the district,
• is consulted by the Mayor of the City before any deliberation of the Municipal council on the Plan room of town planning and all projects of town planning when this plan or project relates to the district,
• is consulted by the Municipal council on the amount of the subsidies that this one proposes to grant to associations having their activity on the district.
• can be seen delegating by the Municipal council the management of equipment of the communal service.

The Council of District can address to the Mayor of the city of the written questions or request a debate from the Municipal council, for any business interesting the district.

The meetings of the Council of district are public.

Personnel of the Town hall of district

To assume his competences, the Mayor of district has agents of the commune affected near him. The capacity of notation, of advance or disciplinary is exerted by the Mayor of the City after opinion of the Mayor of district

Specific scheme of Paris

Law PLM establishes that the two territorial collectivities established on the territory of Paris (the Commune of Paris and the Department of Paris) from now on are managed by common bodies: the Mayor of Paris and the the Council of Paris.

Competences of the Mayor of Paris in addition remain limited by the specific capacities available to the Prefect of police of Paris, resulting in particular from the decree of the consuls of the 12 messidor year VIII (which determines the functions of the prefect of police in Paris) and by the texts which modified it.

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