Art. 2 Ordinance on the Act on the Acquisition and Loss of Cantonal and Municipal Citizenship (Citizenship Ordinance, BRV) (Bürgerrechtsverordnung, BRV)

1. The municipal council implements the citizenship legislation within the municipal jurisdiction unless another authority or office is designated by cantonal law. It

a. grants municipal citizenship to individuals with Swiss citizenship;

b. submits a proposal to the municipal assembly for the granting or denial of municipal citizenship to foreign nationals;

c. establishes a preliminary commission to handle naturalization applications (Art. 13 of this ordinance);

d. decides on the written form of counterproposals in the naturalization process (Art. 15 of this ordinance);

e. decides on the withdrawal of a naturalization application at the municipal assembly, provided the leadership of the assembly is assumed by the municipal council (Art. 19 of this ordinance);

f. decides on the admissibility of a counterproposal at the municipal assembly, provided the leadership of the assembly is assumed by the municipal council (Art. 19 of this ordinance);

g. submits a request to the cantonal naturalization commission for the annulment of a naturalization granted under cantonal law (Art. 23 of this ordinance).

2. It also grants municipal citizenship to foreign nationals, insofar as the municipal assembly has delegated this task to it.

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