Act on the Organisation of the Government Council and the Administration of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft (Government and Administration Organisation Act Basel-Landschaft, RVOG BL) - Composition (RVOG)

1. The Executive Council consists of 5 members.

2. Each member of the Executive Council is the head of a directorate of the cantonal administration and, as such, is subject to the Executive Council as a collective authority.

1. The Duties of the Government Council are determined by the Cantonal Constitution, in particular §§ 73 et seq., as well as by legislation.

2. In fulfilling its duties, the Government Council prioritizes the planning, coordination, and management of state actions.

3. The Government Council exercises continuous and systematic supervision over the cantonal administration. It regulates the procedure for conducting administrative investigations.

1. The Head of Directorate performs official duties, specifically by

a. Periodically determining the tasks and objectives of the directorate and its offices, as well as drafting medium- and long-term programs;

b. Making decisions and taking organizational measures necessary to achieve these objectives;

c. Periodically reviewing the organization and programs and making necessary corrections in case of deviations;

d. Ensuring the implementation of all legal enactments and proposing changes to enactments if necessary;

e. Keeping the government council continuously informed of all important developments within the directorate and preparing the decisions that are to be made by the government council;

f. Coordinating and managing the activities of the offices;

g. Ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources and adherence to planning guidelines within the directorate and its offices.

1. The Executive Council assigns the leadership of a department to each of its members.

2. It appoints a deputy for each department.

3. The allocation occurs

a. at the beginning of each term of office;

b. after replacement elections; or

c. when special circumstances justify it.

1. The President of the Government directs the activities of the Government Council and represents it externally.

2. He or she ensures

a. the coordinated, proper, and timely handling of government affairs;

b. the preparation of the Government Council's negotiations;

c. the coordination with the Cantonal Parliament;

d. the dissemination of information internally and externally.

3. If the President of the Government is prevented from fulfilling their duties, the Vice President assumes the representation. If the Vice President is also prevented, the longest-serving available member of the Government assumes the presidential responsibilities.

1. The Government Council convenes as often as the business requires. It usually meets once a week.

2. The government meetings are not public.

3. They are convened at the request of the President of the Government.

4. At least 2 members of the Government Council can at any time request the convening of an extraordinary session.

1. The President of the Government presides over the meetings of the Council of Ministers.

2. The members of the Council of Ministers attend the government meetings, along with the clerks who take the minutes and have an advisory role.

3. The Council of Ministers may consult internal or external experts for information.

1. The executive council is quorate when at least 3 voting members are present.

2. Each voting member is obligated to cast a vote.

3. The executive council decides by majority vote; in the event of a tie, the president has the casting vote.

4. The resolutions of the executive council are recorded in the minutes.

1. In urgent cases, the President of the Government may order that a decision be made by circulation procedure.

2. Circulation decisions require the approval of at least 3 government members.

3. If the circulation procedure cannot be carried out due to time constraints and a matter cannot be postponed, the President of the Government may make a presidential decision in place of the entire authority.

4. Presidential decisions are to be submitted to the government council for approval without delay.

1. Ordinances, important resolutions, and elections carried out by the government council are to be published in the official gazette.

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1. The Governing Council issues additional organizational and procedural provisions in the bylaws.

1. If the district president does not specify the effective date in the ordinance itself, it shall be determined by the governing council.

1. The State Chancellery is the general staff office of the Council of Government and the Cantonal Parliament (§ 79 para. 3 Cantonal Constitution).

2. Supervision of the State Chancellery is exercised by a government member designated by the executive committee of the Cantonal Parliament upon the proposal of the Council of Government for the duration of a legislative period.

3. The State Chancellery is headed by the State Secretary (§ 79 para. 3 Cantonal Constitution).

4. Deputizing is carried out by the Deputy State Secretary, who is appointed by the Council of Government.

1. The Executive Council and the Cantonal Council establish the responsibilities of the State Chancellery within their respective areas.

2. The State Chancellery is specifically responsible for

a. managing the staff and administrative tasks of the Executive Council and the Cantonal Council, as well as their delegations;

b. preparing and conducting elections and referendums;

c. publishing legal decrees;

d. issuing the compendium of laws and the official gazette;

e. providing internal and external information.

3. The State Chancellery receives all submissions addressed to the Cantonal Council or the Executive Council and forwards them to the competent authorities.

1. The State Chancellor shall issue rules of procedure for the State Chancellery. These require approval by the Government Council.

2. The Government Council designates the employees of the State Chancellery who are authorized to perform notarizations.

1. The Legal Service of the Executive Council and the Cantonal Parliament is the staff unit of the Executive Council and the Cantonal Parliament in legal matters.

2. The Executive Council and the Cantonal Parliament determine the tasks for their respective areas.

1. The Executive Council

a. ensures an appropriate administrative organization with efficient procedures and promotes the performance and capacity for renewal of the administration;

b. adheres to the principles of modern administrative management and specifically the principle of alignment between tasks, competencies, and responsibilities;

c. coordinates and directs the administrative activities of the departments and adjusts the organization of the administration to changing circumstances.

1. The Cantonal Administration

a. operates in accordance with the constitution and law, adhering to the principles of economic efficiency, public accessibility, and sustainability;

b. aligns its actions with the goals and priorities set by the Executive Council;

c. continuously monitors significant developments, assesses the need for action at an early stage, proposes suitable goals, resources, and measures to the Executive Council, and develops corresponding implementation possibilities.

1. For the registration, management, indexing, and monitoring of its business transactions and operations, as well as their communication, each authority of the cantonal administration shall establish an information and documentation system in accordance with cantonal legislation.

2. This system may contain particularly sensitive data and personality profiles, insofar as these arise from business transactions or the nature of the business.

3. The relevant authority of the cantonal administration may only store personal data if it serves to

a. process their transactions;

b. organize workflows;

c. determine if they are processing data about a specific person;

d. facilitate access to documentation.

4. Access to personal data is granted to all bodies of the cantonal administration, provided the conditions of § 9 of the Information and Data Protection Act are met.

1. The government council designates the directorates and assigns their areas of responsibility.

2. In assigning responsibilities, it particularly considers the following aspects

a. Relation of the tasks;

b. Efficient fulfillment of tasks and balanced distribution of workload;

c. Substantive and political balance among the directorates.

3. The government council makes the final decision on jurisdictional conflicts between the directorates.

4. The government council may transfer the powers of the directorates to their offices.

5. Reserved is the statutory assignment of administrative tasks to cantonal institutions and enterprises or to private parties.

1. The executive council establishes the organization of the directorates in outline form.

2. The directorates participate in the preparation of governmental business and fulfill the tasks assigned to them by law, decree, ordinance, or executive council decision.

3. They lead and supervise the administrative units under their authority.

1. The directorates and other administrative units are obligated to cooperate in the fulfillment of their duties.

2. Members of commissions must disclose their conflicts of interest before the election by the Government Council; those who refuse are ineligible for election. The Government Council issues the necessary implementing regulations.

1. The fulfillment of public tasks may be delegated to third parties if the task can be performed more effectively and economically outside the cantonal administration.

2. The delegation of a public task requires a legal basis as well as, in particular, the assurance of

a. supervision;

b. legal protection;

c. official secrecy;

d. data protection.

1. The Council of State shall issue the implementing provisions for this Act, particularly concerning

a. the rules of procedure of the Council of State;

b. the designation of the departments and their areas of responsibility;

c. the organizational structure of the departments, including the designation of offices;

d. the conduct of administrative investigations.