PART THREE: THE DEPARTMENT

After the election of its standing committee under the conditions set out in article L. 3122-5, the departmental council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies and delegate the exercise of some of its powers to the standing committee in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3211-2. Similarly, the departmental council may delegate to its chairman the exercise of some of…

At the request of one fifth of its members, the departmental council deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked with gathering information on an issue of departmental interest or assessing a departmental public service. The same departmental councillor may not take part in such a request more than once a year. No mission may be created from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year…

The departmental council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforementioned provisions of the duration of the duties assigned to these members or delegates does not prevent them from being replaced at any time, and for the remainder of this duration, by a new appointment made in the…