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Article L3123-22 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Members of the departmental council may set up an annuity pension in the management of which the affiliated elected representatives must participate. The constitution of the annuity pension is half the responsibility of the elected member and half the responsibility of the département. A Conseil d’Etat decree sets the maximum contribution rates.

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Article L3123-24 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The contributions of the departments and those of their elected representatives are calculated on the amount of the allowances actually received by the latter pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any other text governing the compensation of their functions. The contributions of elected representatives are personal and compulsory.

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Article L3123-25 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected departmental representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were constituted or from which they were transferred. The corresponding expenses are covered, where applicable, by a balancing subsidy paid by the local authorities concerned. The elected representatives mentioned in the previous paragraph, in office or having acquired rights to a retirement pension…

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Article L3123-27 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the local elected representatives referred to in article L. 3123-26 are victims of an accident occurring in the course of their duties, the public authorities concerned shall pay directly to practitioners, pharmacists, medical auxiliaries, suppliers and establishments the amount of the benefits relating to this accident calculated in accordance with the rates applied in health insurance matters.

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Article L3123-28 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 121-3 du code pénal, the president of the departmental council or a departmental councillor deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on the basis of the third paragraph of this same article for unintentional acts committed in the exercise of his functions if it is established that he did not take the normal care in…

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Article L3123-29 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The president of the departmental council, the vice-presidents or the departmental councillors who have been delegated benefit, on the occasion of their functions, from protection organised by the department in accordance with the rules laid down by the penal code, special laws and the present code. The department is obliged to protect the president of the departmental council, the vice-presidents or the departmental councillors who have received a delegation against…

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Article L3123-30 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Honorary office is conferred by the State representative in the department on former departmental councillors who have exercised their elective functions for at least eighteen years. Honorary status may only be refused or withdrawn by the State representative if the person concerned has been convicted of an offence leading to ineligibility. Honorary office does not carry any financial benefit chargeable to the department’s budget.

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Article L3131-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The acts adopted by the departmental authorities are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been brought to the attention of the interested parties in accordance with the conditions set out in this article and, for the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department in accordance with this article. The…

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