Section 5: Responsibilities

The municipal council settles the affairs of the commune by its deliberations. It gives its opinion whenever this opinion is required by the laws and regulations, or when it is requested by the representative of the State in the department. When the municipal council, on being duly requested and convened, refuses or neglects to give its opinion, it may be overruled. The municipal council issues wishes on all matters of…

I.-The town council decides on the creation and location of public elementary and nursery schools and classes after consultation with the representative of the State in the department. II.-The town council names the roads and localities, including private roads open to traffic. The municipalities will make available the data relating to the naming of roads and the numbering of houses and other buildings as part of the reference data provided…

For the application of article 75 of the Civil Code, the mayor may, unless the public prosecutor objects, allocate any communal building, other than that of the community centre, located within the commune, to the celebration of marriages. The public prosecutor ensures that the mayor’s decision guarantees the conditions for a solemn, public and republican celebration. He also ensures that the conditions relating to the proper maintenance of civil status…

The town council approves the administrative accounts presented to it annually by the mayor. It hears, discusses and approves the management accounts of the tax collectors unless they are finally settled.

Each year, the town council draws up the list of taxpayers likely to be appointed as members of the local direct tax commission, in accordance with article 1650 of the General Tax Code.

The Town Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions of the present code and the texts governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforementioned provisions of the term of office assigned to these members or delegates does not prevent them from being replaced at any time, and for the remainder of that term, by…

The decisions of municipal social action centres relating to loans are taken with the approval of the municipal council.