Article L3121-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 7, 2023
In each department there is a departmental council that represents the population and the territories that make it up.
In each department there is a departmental council that represents the population and the territories that make it up.
The composition of departmental councils and the term of office of councillors are governed by the provisions of articles L. 191and L. 192 of the electoral code.
When a departmental councillor tenders his resignation, he sends it to the president of the departmental council, who immediately notifies the representative of the State in the department. .
Any member of a departmental council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative court. The refusal results either from an express declaration addressed to whom it may concern or made public by its author, or from persistent abstention after warning from the convening authority. A member who resigns…
When the operation of a departmental council proves impossible, the government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament of this as soon as possible. Dissolution may never be pronounced by means of a general measure.
In the event of the dissolution of the departmental council, the resignation of all its serving members or the definitive annulment of the election of all its members, the president is responsible for the conduct of current business. His decisions are enforceable only with the agreement of the representative of the State in the département. The departmental council is re-elected within two months. The assembly meets as of right on…
The departmental council has its headquarters at the Hôtel du département.
The departmental council draws up its own rules of procedure within three months of its renewal. The rules of procedure previously adopted continue to apply until the new rules of procedure are drawn up. The rules of procedure determine the rights of duly constituted elected groups and the specific rights of minority groups or those that have declared themselves to be in opposition. The rules of procedure may be referred…
The departmental council meets at the initiative of its chairman, at least once every three months, at a location in the department chosen by the standing committee. In years when the general renewal of the departmental councils takes place, the first meeting is held as of right on the second Thursday following the first round of voting. At the first meeting of the departmental council, immediately after the election of…
The chairman may decide that the meeting of the departmental council is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the departmental council is held by videoconference, the quorum is assessed on the basis of the presence of the departmental councillors in the various places by videoconference. Votes may only be taken by public ballot. If a request for a secret ballot is adopted, the Chairman…
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