Article LO6321-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 6, 2023
The territorial council has its seat at the local authority’s headquarters.
The territorial council has its seat at the local authority’s headquarters.
The territorial council shall draw up its rules of procedure within one month of its renewal. The rules of procedure may be referred to the administrative court.
The Territorial Council meets at the initiative of its President, at least once every three months, at the local authority’s headquarters. In years when the Territorial Council is renewed, the first meeting is held as of right on the second Sunday following the first round of voting.
The Territorial Council is also convened at the request of: a) The Executive Council; b) A quarter of the members of the Territorial Council on a set agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same Territorial Councillor may not submit more than one request for a meeting per quarter; c) The representative of the State. In exceptional circumstances, the Territorial Council may be convened by decree.
Meetings of the Territorial Council are public. However, at the request of five members or the President, the Territorial Council may decide without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or represented, that it shall meet in camera, except when Articles LO 6313-3, LO 6313-4, LO 6313-5, LO 6314-2, LO 6351-2, LO 6351-3, LO 6351-12, LO 6351-13 or LO 6351-16. Without prejudice to the powers that the president…
The president alone has the police of the assembly. He can have any individual who disturbs order expelled from the audience or arrested. In the event of a crime or misdemeanour, he draws up a report and the public prosecutor is immediately informed.
The minutes of each meeting, drawn up by one of the secretaries, are approved at the beginning of the following meeting and signed by the chairman and secretary. The minutes shall contain the date and time of the meeting, the names of the chairman, the members of the Territorial Council present or represented and the secretary or secretaries of the meeting, the quorum, the agenda for the meeting, the resolutions…
The Territorial Council may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members in office are present. However, if, on the day fixed by the notice convening the meeting, the Territorial Council does not meet in sufficient number to deliberate, the meeting is held ipso jure three days later and the deliberations are then valid regardless of the number of those present. Subject to the provisions of articles LO 6322-1,…
Votes are taken by open ballot whenever one-sixth of the members present so request. In the event of a tie, the chairman shall have the casting vote. Votes on appointments are always taken by secret ballot. However, the Territorial Council may unanimously decide not to proceed by secret ballot with appointments or presentations, unless legislative or regulatory provisions expressly provide for this method of voting. The results of public ballots,…
A territorial councillor unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation for that meeting to another member of the territorial council. A territorial councillor may receive only one delegation.
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