BOOK I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DECENTRALISATION

The electors of a local authority may be consulted on decisions which the authorities of that authority contemplate taking to regulate matters falling within its jurisdiction. The consultation may be limited to the electors of a part of the local authority’s area of jurisdiction, for matters of particular interest to that part of the local authority.

I.-In a commune, one tenth of the electors registered on the electoral roll and, in other territorial communities, one twentieth of the electors, may request that the organisation of a consultation on any matter falling within the decision of that assembly be placed on the agenda of the deliberative assembly of the community. Each quarter, an elector may sign only one request for the organisation of a consultation by the…

The deliberative assembly of the local authority decides on the principle and procedures for organising the consultation. Its deliberation expressly states that this consultation is only a request for an opinion. It sets the polling day and convenes the voters. It is sent to the State representative at least two months before the date of the ballot. If the State representative considers the decision to be illegal, he has ten…

If the deliberation emanates from the deliberative assembly of a territorial community other than the commune, the State representative in this community notifies it within fifteen days to the mayors of the communes in which the consultation is planned, unless his request for suspension has been granted. The mayors organise the ballot. If a mayor refuses to organise the ballot, the representative of the State, after requesting him to do…

Expenses relating to the organisation of the consultation of electors constitute a compulsory expense of the territorial authority that decided on it. Expenses resulting from electoral assemblies held in communes for the organisation of a consultation decided on by another territorial authority are reimbursed to them by that authority on a flat-rate basis, by means of an allocation calculated on the basis of the number of electors registered in the…

Voters indicate by yes or no whether they approve the draft deliberation or act presented to them. After taking cognisance of the result of the consultation, the competent authority of the local authority shall adopt its decision on the matter that was the subject of the consultation.

The provisions of the first eleven paragraphs of Article LO 1112-6 are applicable to the consultation of voters. During the period of one year from the holding of a local referendum or a consultation of electors at the initiative of a territorial authority, the latter may not organise another consultation on the same subject.