CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

A local finance committee is created, made up of members of the parliamentary assemblies and elected representatives of the regions, départements, communes and their groupings, as well as representatives of State administrations.

The Local Finance Committee comprises: – two deputies; – two senators; – two presidents of regional councils elected by the college of presidents of regional councils; – four presidents of departmental councils elected by the college of presidents of departmental councils, including at least one for departments eligible for the minimum operating allocation defined in sub-section 4 of section 1 of chapter IV of title III of book III of…

The Local Finance Committee controls the distribution of the global operating grant. It sets, where applicable, the amount of the lump-sum grant under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2334-7 and L. 2334-7-1 and determines the share of resources allocated to the endowments mentioned in articles L. 1211-5, L. 1613-5, L. 2334-13 and L. 3334-4 as well as the sums placed in reserve and the top-ups mentioned in article…

The mission of the Local Finance Committee is to provide the Government and Parliament with the analyses required to draw up the provisions of the Finance Bill concerning local authorities. Each year, it draws up a report on the financial situation of local authorities based on the administrative accounts. It is responsible for establishing, collecting, analysing and updating data and statistics relating to the management of local authorities and for…

Meeting in a restricted formation, the Local Finance Committee is consulted on the methods of evaluation and on the amount of compensation for transfers of powers between the State and the territorial authorities. This formation, known as the consultative commission on the evaluation of burdens, is chaired by an elected representative of the territorial authorities. For each transfer of powers, the consultative commission on the evaluation of burdens brings together…

An allocation, intended to cover the operating costs of the Local Finance Committee and the cost of the work required by it, is taken from the resources provided for the overall operating allocation opened up by the Finance Act for the year.