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Statutory Text (10 Articles)
This law governs the participation of the Republic and Canton of Jura in a joint-stock company active in the field of information technology.
The terms used in this law to refer to persons apply equally to women and men.
The Government may, under the conditions of this law, participate in a public limited company active in the field of information technology as defined in Articles 620 et seq. and 762 of the Code of Obligations (hereinafter referred to as "the company").
The company is headquartered in the Canton of Jura.
### The company provides IT services according to the principles of the market economy. It may perform all legal acts compatible with its purpose.
The State shall hold at least an absolute majority of the share capital and voting rights that can be exercised at the general meeting. Paragraph 5 is reserved.
Regarding the contributions to be provided by the State, an expenditure authorization must be requested from the competent authority.
The State's participation rights in the company are allocated to the administrative assets.
The competent authority for granting the expenditure authorization decides on the acquisition of other shares in the company.
The Government decides on the disposal of the State's shares. It may derogate from the first paragraph by disposing of all or part of the share capital to one or more other cantons; in the event of partial disposal, the absolute majority of the share capital and voting rights that can be exercised at the general meeting must remain in the hands of the State and these cantons.
The Government exercises the rights and assumes the obligations of the State towards the company in accordance with corporate law.
In particular, it decides on the appointment and removal of the State's representatives on the company's board of directors in accordance with the statutes.
The representatives of the State on the board of directors appropriately inform the Government about the company's affairs.
This law is subject to an optional referendum.
The Government establishes the entry into force of this law.