REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA Law On the Basic Regulations of the Association of Municipalities of Lithuania Article

1. Objective of the Law This Law establishes the basic regulations of the foundation and activities of the Association of Municipalities of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as the Association). Article
2. Representation The Association shall represent the common interests of its members -the municipalities - in all institutions of state power and government. Article
3. The Objectives of the Association and Legal Framework of its Activities The objectives of the Association activities, its basic functions and tasks must be related to the activities and needs of its members and must be stated in its bylaws. The activities of the Association shall be based on the principles of voluntariness of its members, democracy and decentralisation of power. The Association shall function in compliance with this Law and its bylaws. Article
4. Members of the Association Upon taking its decision, every municipal council may be a member of the Association. Article
5. Establishing the Association The Association shall be established by the constituent congress of representatives of municipalities which want to be members of the Association. The quota of representation in the Association for a municipality shall be 1 person for 10 council members, and 1 - for the remaining number of members (more than 5). Additionally to the prescribed quota, municipalities in which the number of residents exceeds 100 000 shall elect 1 person for every other 100 000 residents (also for an incomplete 100 000 of residents). Municipalities shall elect their representatives to the Association congress in accordance with quotas and in proportion to the seats in the councils received by the parties which won the elections. The constituent congress of the Association shall have all the rights of the congress of representatives of the Association members. The constituent congress shall be considered valid if attended by not less than a half of the members of all municipalities. Article
6. The Term of Office of the Association of Municipalities, Replacement of the Representatives Municipalities - Association members shall elect their representatives to the Association for the term of office of the council. The Association shall establish in its bylaws the procedure of the expiry of the term office in the Association of said representatives, their removal from office prior to the expiry of the term and their replacement. After every election to the municipal council the representatives shall be re-elected in accordance with the principle established by Article 5 of this Law, unless the municipality decides to withdraw from the Association. Article
7. The Number of Municipal Councils in the Association The Association shall be registered provided that no less than a half of all municipal councils are its members and shall be liquidated if less than a half of municipal councils retain their membership in the Association and the membership is not increased to the required number within a year's period. Article
8. The Competence of the Congress of Representatives of the Association Members The congress of representatives of the Association members shall approve and change the sum of the membership fee which shall be fixed to amount to not less than 0.02% and not more than 0.04% of municipal budget expenditure, shall determine the structure of the Association and its executive and control institutions, the estimate of income and expenditure and the bylaws. Article
9. The Status of the Association, Formation of its Institutions and Organisation of its Services The Association is a non-profit organisation. It shall be prohibited from engaging in commercial activities. The institution authorised by the Association bylaws may conclude the contract of employment with the head of the executive institution for the term of office of the authorised institution and employment contracts of unlimited duration with other employees, and pay their salaries from the collected amounts of membership fees and other income from the organisation of services provided for in the bylaws. The Association shall have the rights of legal person. The Association shall form its elective institutions from candidates nominated in proportion to all seats in the municipal councils received by the parties winning the elections to the municipal councils and which join or have already joined the Association, unless the congress decides otherwise. I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Algirdas Brazauskas President of the Republic Vilnius 28 March 1995 No. I-833