Rules of Procedure of the Governing Council - Meeting Day

1. The governing council generally convenes for its regular meeting on Tuesday morning.

1. Regular sessions generally begin at 9 a.m. and last until 12 p.m.

1. For regular meetings, an invitation is issued only if orders deviating temporarily from § 2 are made.

2. For extraordinary meetings, the State Chancellery typically issues a written invitation at least 3 days before the meeting date, specifying the agenda items.

1. If a member of the government council is unable to attend a meeting, they shall inform the president and the state chancellery of the reasons as early as possible.

2. No member of the government council shall leave the meeting before its conclusion without prior notification to the president.

1. During deliberations, free discussion prevails unless the President orders a poll, or such a poll is decided upon at the request of a member.

1. The decisions of the Government Council usually result from the written proposals of the directorates and the State Chancellery.

2. In urgent cases, a decision can be made without a written proposal or by circulation.

3. Any member can request that the drafting of a decision, which does not correspond to the proposal, be presented again.

4. A reconsideration of a decision (reopening) requires at least 3 votes.

5. The directorates and the State Chancellery execute the adopted decisions.

6. The State Chancellery maintains an oversight of all orders issued by the Government Council in connection with business not yet conclusively dealt with (inventory of pending matters).

1. The minutes shall include at the top the location and time of the meeting as well as the names of those present.

2. Resolutions are generally recorded in the minutes in the form of a reasoned decision. Oral motions and statements are only documented during conferences with outsiders and only when it has been specifically resolved to do so.

3. The minutes are presented for approval at the next meeting. They are available for review by members of the government council at any time.

1. Official Pronouncements to the Public, Submissions to the District Council, Ordinances, Documents, Contracts, and Correspondence to Federal, Cantonal, Communal, and Foreign Authorities shall be signed by the President or the Chairperson and the Secretary of the State or the Secretary of the State.

2. For Contract Conclusions, the Government Council may grant special powers of attorney.

3. Other Communications shall be made through letters from the State Chancellery and excerpts from the protocol, which shall be signed solely by the Secretary of the State.

4. Municipal Resolutions approved by the Government Council, in particular municipal regulations, zoning regulations, and contracts, shall be signed solely by the Secretary of the State.

1. Ordinances and resolutions that are required to be published according to specific regulations, as well as resolutions approving municipal decisions, are published by the State Chancellery in the Official Gazette.

1bis. Ordinances are also published by the State Chancellery in the Chronological Compendium of Laws.

2. The government council issues separate provisions regarding public information and the council's relations with the media.

3. Internal information is provided through excerpts from the minutes of the government council, the commented agenda prepared immediately after the meeting by the State Chancellery, as well as through direct information from the members of the government council and the state secretaries.

1. For the preparation of the written applications of the directorates and the state chancellery, the state chancellery drafts guidelines. These require approval by the government council.

1. If a matter affects the areas of responsibility of multiple directorates or if central services need to provide input on it, a co-reporting procedure is to be applied.

1. Applications from the Directorates and the State Chancellery should be submitted as early as possible, but no later than 9 a.m. on the day before the meeting to the State Chancellery.

2. Copies of important applications, particularly submissions to the County Council and orders, must be provided in a timely manner to all members of the Government Council and the State Clerks.

3. The State Chancellery prepares a business directory and places the files in the meeting room starting from 11 a.m. on the day before the meeting.

4. Matters that arrive after 9 a.m. at the State Chancellery will be added as supplements. They will not appear in the business directory.

1. The government program is developed by the cantonal authorities in accordance with § 2, paragraph 2, letters c-h of the Financial Budget Act of June 1, 2017, under the leadership of the Finance and Church Directorate and is adopted by the end of December of the first year of office of a new legislative period for the attention of the Landrat.

2. By the end of December of the last year of office of a legislative period, the report on the implementation of the government program is adopted for the attention of the Landrat.

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1. All submissions addressed to the Executive Council are referred by the State Chancellery to the competent department for a decision proposal.

2. The departments shall report to the State Chancellery any transfer of a submission to another department.

3. The State Chancellery maintains a receipt and disposition control over the submissions according to paragraphs 1 and 2 (transfer control).

4. Copies of the receipt and disposition control are regularly provided to the members of the Executive Council and the departments.

5. Submissions of an informational nature, which do not require a resolution, are placed in the meeting room before being forwarded to a department or the State Chancellery and are listed summarily at the end of the minutes.

6. Judgments of the Federal Council and the Federal Court, as well as requests for opinions on federal proposals, are submitted to the Executive Council by the State Chancellery as written motions.

1. The Executive Council's Rules of Procedure for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft dated January 6, 1959, are hereby repealed.

1. The Rules of Procedure of the Government Council shall enter into force on January 1, 1993.