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Constitution of the Canton of Uri, (1984) - Sovereignty
Table of Provisions (127)
Statutory Text (127 Articles)
The Canton of Uri is a sovereign state of the Swiss Confederation.
As a component of the federal state, it collaborates with the Confederation and the cantons while defending its particular interests.
The canton and municipalities shall aim, in particular, to: a. establish a just order ensuring peaceful coexistence among individuals; b. protect the rights and freedoms of the individual and the family and prepare the necessary foundations for their realization; c. create conditions conducive to a dignified existence.
The cantonal and communal rights of citizenship are inseparably linked. Legislation governs the granting of communal and cantonal citizenship rights.
The canton, the municipalities, and other public law corporations and institutions are liable for the damage their organs have unlawfully caused to third parties in the performance of their functions.
Anyone who suffers an unlawful severe violation of their personal freedom or is arrested without having committed any fault may claim damages and compensation for moral harm.
Legislation may extend the liability of the State to other cases.
The canton, the municipalities, and other public corporations and institutions may take recourse against their authorities if they have caused damage by intentionally or through gross negligence violating their official duties.
Expropriations and restrictions on property equivalent to expropriation give rise to a right to full and complete compensation.
The Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical Reformed Church are recognized as national churches.
They are autonomous corporations under public law.
The national Churches settle their affairs autonomously, within the limits set by the constitution and by laws. They are organized according to democratic principles.
They may establish parishes.
Each of the national Churches enacts its own ecclesiastical constitution, which must be approved by the Council of State.
The canton exercises legal supervision over the activities of the national Churches.
Transitional Provision: Each of the national Churches must submit its ecclesiastical constitution to the Council of State for approval within a period of five years. Until then, the classification decrees approved to date and the decree of the Grand Council of December 28, 1916, concerning the recognition of the Protestant parish, are recognized as ecclesiastical constitutions. After this period, the Council of State may enact these constitutions itself, in place of the Churches.
The national churches or their parishes are authorized to levy taxes within the limits of cantonal legislation.
Human dignity is inviolable.
Men and women are all equal before the law.
No one may be advantaged or disadvantaged on the basis of their origin, gender, race, language, social status, philosophical or political beliefs or opinions, or religion.
The following are guaranteed: a. the right to life, to the integrity of body and mind, and to freedom of movement; b. the right to marry and to have a family life; c. the protection of privacy, home, and the secrecy of mail and telecommunications; d. freedom of belief and conscience; e. freedom of information, freedom of opinion, and freedom of the press; f. the right to petition; g. the right of association and assembly; h. freedom of establishment; i. freedom of education and research, and the freedom of art; k. economic freedom and the free choice of profession; l. the right to property.
Everyone has the right to legal protection.
The parties have, in any proceedings, the right to be heard and to obtain a decision within a reasonable time.
Limitations on fundamental rights require a legal basis. Exceptions are reserved for cases of serious, imminent, and obvious danger.
Fundamental rights can only be limited when an overriding public interest justifies it.
The fundamental rights of individuals who are in a special relationship of dependency with the state can only be further limited to the extent required by a specific public interest.
The essence of fundamental rights is inviolable.
All bodies of the canton, municipalities, and other public law corporations and institutions are obliged to respect fundamental rights.
Everyone must fulfill their legal obligations towards the State and the community.
All Swiss women and men who are 18 years of age or older and domiciled in the canton of Uri are active citizens, unless they are prohibited due to mental illness or mental incapacity.
Only members of the Churches have the right to vote on ecclesiastical matters, and only citizens have the right to vote in matters concerning the civic community.
The right to vote enables participation in elections and referendums as well as signing popular initiatives and requests for referendums.
Every active citizen is also eligible for election.
National Churches may, in their ecclesiastical constitution, expand the circle of voters for ecclesiastical matters.
National Churches have the authority to delegate this prerogative to parishes.
The right to vote in matters of corporations and corporate municipalities is determined by corporate law.
Participation in votings, elections, and municipal assemblies is a civic duty.
Active citizens elect: a. the members of the Council of States; b. the members of the Council of State; c. the Landammann and the Landesstatthalter; d. the judges of the Court of First Instance; e. the judges of the Superior Court.
The active citizens of the commune elect the members of the Grand Council, their bodies as provided in the constitution, as well as the authorities and employees as stipulated in the communal regulations.
Subject to a cantonal popular vote are: a. amendments to the constitution; b. cantonal laws; c. new expenditures of the canton exceeding one million francs; d. new expenditures of the canton exceeding one hundred thousand francs that are renewable for at least ten years; e. cantonal popular initiatives drafted in the form of a fully written proposal; f. cantonal popular initiatives conceived in general terms that the Grand Council does not approve. Popular initiatives aimed at the total revision of the cantonal constitution are always subject to a public vote; g. cantonal popular initiatives that demand the revocation of an authority.
Four hundred and fifty active citizens, whose status as voters has been duly certified, may request a referendum.
The following are subject to the optional referendum: a. ordinances; b. concordats of the Grand Council; c. new cantonal expenditures exceeding five hundred thousand francs; d. new cantonal expenditures exceeding fifty thousand francs that are renewable for at least ten years; e. the granting by the canton of significant water rights.
Requests for a referendum must be submitted within ninety days following the publication of the project.
The Grand Council may submit any other decision to a popular vote that it deems appropriate.
A cantonal popular initiative may request the adoption, amendment, or repeal of provisions of the constitution, a law, or an ordinance.
The cantonal popular initiative may also request the revocation of an authority or the submission of a cantonal initiative to the Confederation.
Cantonal popular initiatives must be drafted either in the form of a fully written proposal or in general terms. Requests for a total revision of the cantonal constitution must necessarily be drafted in general terms.
Cantonal popular initiatives must focus on a domain that presents a unity and cannot contradict higher-ranking legal rules; furthermore, they cannot aim at an impossible objective nor have an indeterminate content. They must be signed by at least six hundred active citizens, whose eligibility as voters has been duly certified.
Cantonal popular initiatives must be submitted to a popular vote at least eighteen months after their submission. The Grand Council may present a counter-proposal to any initiative.
A communal popular initiative may request the dismissal of a communal authority or the adoption, modification, or repeal of legal provisions within the competence of the communes.
Communal popular initiatives must be signed by at least one-tenth of the active citizens of the commune, whose status as voters has been duly certified. They must be submitted to a popular vote no later than twelve months after being filed.
Furthermore, the provisions governing cantonal popular initiatives are applicable.
Elections and votes in the canton are held at the polls.
... Elections to the Grand Council according to the proportional system take place at the polls.
The law on municipalities regulates communal votes and elections.
The canton, the municipalities, and other public law corporations and institutions cooperate in the fulfillment of public duties.
Expropriation is permitted insofar as the fulfillment of public duties requires it.
The right to expropriate belongs to the canton, the municipalities, associations of municipalities, and corporations.
The canton and the municipalities create the appropriate conditions so that all children and adolescents can attend public primary, secondary, and vocational schools according to their abilities.
Primary education is free and, insofar as the legislation does not provide otherwise, compulsory.
Primary schools are placed under the responsibility of the municipalities or associations of municipalities.
The canton supports and supervises the municipalities and associations of municipalities.
The canton maintains or supports special schools or residential homes. It may require fair contributions from the municipalities.
The municipalities establish kindergartens.
The canton promotes vocational and specialized training as well as higher education.
It may either operate the relevant institutions itself or participate in their operations.
The right to private education is guaranteed. Private schools require authorization and are subject to the supervision of the canton.
The canton grants educational subsidies in the form of scholarships or loans.
The canton and the municipalities may provide support for adult education and efforts to organize leisure activities in an appropriate manner.
The canton and the municipalities preserve the cultural heritage and encourage artistic and cultural efforts and activities.
The legislation specifies and implements the principles relating to education, particularly with regard to the duration of compulsory education, and to culture.
Public assistance and guardianship are the responsibility of the municipalities unless otherwise provided by law.
The canton supports the municipalities and ensures supervision. It may establish and support specific social assistance centers.
The canton may establish its own social insurance institutions.
The canton and the municipalities promote public health, the prevention of diseases, and hospital care. They create the conditions necessary to ensure adequate medical care for the population.
The canton and the municipalities promote the fight against the dangers of drug addiction.
The canton oversees and coordinates the public health sector. It regulates the practice of medical professions and health policing.
The canton guarantees the operation of the cantonal hospital. It may support other care institutions.
The canton and the municipalities ensure a rational occupation of the territory and a prudent use of the land. In their activities, they take into account the goals and requirements of spatial planning.
The canton is responsible for the master plans. The municipalities are competent, within the limits of the legislation, for the establishment of zoning plans.
The canton and the municipalities legislate on matters of construction. The canton regulates the construction and maintenance of communication routes and installations intended for protection against natural forces.
The canton and the municipalities ensure the protection of humans and their natural environment.
The canton issues regulations on protection against large predators and on the limitation and regulation of their numbers. Encouraging the increase in the population of large predators is prohibited.
Lakes and rivers are the property of the canton. Private rights are reserved.
The canton shall enact additional regulations concerning public property and its use.
It regulates the exploitation of groundwater.
The exploitation of hydraulic power belonging to the canton may only be granted to a third party if the canton can participate to a large extent in the concessionaire's enterprise.
The canton and the municipalities promote a balanced development of the economy in Uri.
The canton ensures that this development fairly affects all parts of the territory.
The canton and the municipalities create the favorable general conditions for the development of agriculture and forestry, industry, crafts and trades, and the tertiary sector.
The canton legislates to ensure the proper exercise of economic activities.
The canton may operate a cantonal bank. It guarantees the bank's commitments.
The Cantonal Bank must generate reasonable profits. Its primary task is to support the economic development of the canton.
The regalia ensure the exclusive right to economic activity and exploitation.
The regal rights over salt, hunting, and fishing are reserved to the canton.
The mine regalia primarily belongs to the canton.
The right of corporations to grant prospecting rights and to award concessions on their territory for the exploitation of mineral deposits and quarries is reserved.
The canton retains the authority to legislate on mine regalia.
The finances of the canton and the municipalities must be managed according to the principles of legality, economy, and profitability. In the long term, they must be balanced.
The canton and the municipalities shall establish financial plans and ensure financial control.
The financial plans must be harmonized with the plans outlining the tasks to be accomplished.
The canton and the municipalities obtain the necessary resources through: a. the collection of taxes, duties, and contributions; b. income from property and royalties; c. shares of revenue from the Confederation and other public-law corporations, enterprises, and institutions; d. other possible income; e. loans.
The municipal associations do not levy taxes.
Cantonal law determines the taxable matter, the circle of taxpayers, and the tax base. The municipalities determine their tax rate, within the limits of the legislation.
Taxes are collected in compliance with the principle of solidarity and the economic capabilities of taxpayers.
They must be calculated in such a way that the overall burden imposed on taxpayers is socially bearable, that the economy's resources are not overly strained, that the incentive to achieve a certain level of income and wealth is not diminished, and that individual savings are encouraged.
Tax fraud and obstructions to the collection of taxes must be subject to effective sanctions.
The canton ensures financial equalization among the municipal communes. These communes may be required to make contributions.
The Canton of Uri consists of the lands bordered by the historical boundaries guaranteed by the Swiss Confederation.
Any adjustment of the borders must be approved by the Grand Council.
The capital of the Canton of Uri is Altdorf.
The Grand Council, the Council of State, and the superior cantonal courts have their seats there.
The following types of municipalities are recognized: a. the municipal municipality, which includes all persons residing within a municipality; b. the parish, which includes all members of a national Church residing within a municipality; c. the bourgeois municipality, which encompasses all bourgeois residing within a municipality; d. the corporate municipality, which includes the members of a corporation residing within a municipality.
National Churches and corporations may delineate the territory of their parishes or municipalities by deviating from the boundaries of municipal municipality territories.
The municipalities are autonomous public law corporations.
Territorial modifications and border adjustments are governed by the law on municipalities.
This matter is regulated, for parishes, by the constitutions of the national churches, and for corporate municipalities, by corporate law.
The Canton of Uri is composed of municipal communes whose existence is guaranteed within the limits of the constitution and the law.
Municipal communes may merge. The law governs the details.
Parishes are established and organized in accordance with the ecclesiastical constitution of the relevant national Church, within the limits of the cantonal constitution.
The municipal communes may split to form bourgeois municipalities.
The classification decrees, which are subject to the approval of the Council of State, must outline the organization and tasks of the bourgeois municipalities.
If a municipal commune is abolished or merges with another, the bourgeois municipality is also abolished or merged.
Transitional Provision
The existing classification decrees are recognized as such in accordance with para. 2. They must be adapted to the new conditions within five years from the entry into force of the cantonal constitution. After this period, the Council of State may proceed with the adaptation itself.
Corporate municipalities are established and organized in accordance with corporate law.
Associations with a specific purpose are governed by the law on municipalities and special legislation. Transitional provision Existing associations with a specific purpose are considered approved and recognized.
The corporations of Uri and Ursern are autonomous corporations under public law.
The corporations may decide to create corporate municipalities. Such decisions must be communicated to the Council of State.
Transitional Provision
Existing corporate municipalities are recognized. The corresponding classification decrees must be adapted to the new conditions within five years from the entry into force of the constitution.
The corporate assets are guaranteed.
The corporations support the canton and the municipalities in the fulfillment of their tasks and assist in achieving the objectives of the State.
The legislative, executive, and judicial powers are separated.
No person may simultaneously be a member of the Grand Council and the Council of State. Members of the Grand Council and the Council of State may not belong to a tribunal. No judge may simultaneously be a member of two ordinary courts.
A Councilor of State may not: a. be a member of a municipal authority; b. belong to the restricted council of a corporation; c. be a full-time employee of the canton or a municipality; d. plead as an attorney before a court in Uri.
Full-time employees of the canton may not be members of the Grand Council.
The following individuals cannot simultaneously belong to the same cantonal or communal authority
a. spouses, registered partners, and persons who form a long-term community of life;
b. relatives in the first and second degree;
c. spouses or registered partners of relatives in the first and second degree, as well as persons who form a long-term community of life with relatives in the first or second degree.
This provision does not apply to the Grand Council.
Members of authorities and employees must recuse themselves in matters that concern them directly.
The proceedings of the Grand Council and the courts are public. The legislation determines the exceptions required by public interest or private interests.
As for the courts, the publicity of the proceedings does not extend to the deliberations preceding the pronouncement of the judgment.
An authority may only make a decision if more than half of the members, but at least three, are present.
The cases of disqualification provided for by law, as well as the provisions of the law on judicial organization, are reserved.
To the extent that legislation does not provide otherwise, a decision is only valid if it has been approved by the absolute majority of voters.
Presidents do not vote, except during elections. They cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie. In elections, the outcome is determined by lot.
As a general rule, the authorities and employees of the canton are sworn in.
The term of office for authorities is four years, while the term for the landammann and the landesstatthalter is two years; the term of office for cantonal employees elected by the people is also four years, unless the Grand Council has adopted contrary provisions.
Authorities and communal employees serve for two years, unless the communal regulations provide otherwise. The latter may waive the periodic re-election of certain categories of employees.
Disciplinary measures are reserved.
Members of the Grand Council, the Council of State, and the courts assume office on June 1st, while the State Councillors assume office at the beginning of the session of the Federal Chambers following the election. Members of municipal authorities assume office on January 1st, unless the municipal regulations provide otherwise. In the event of elections during the term, the assumption of office is immediate. Elections must be organized in such a way as to guarantee assumption of office at the scheduled time.
The legislation regulates the obligation to perform certain functions.
The authorities inform the public about important issues, projects, and decisions to the extent that overriding interests do not oppose it.
The Grand Council is the representative of the people; it exercises legislative power and high supervision over all authorities that undertake cantonal tasks.
The Grand Council is composed of 64 deputies.
Each municipality elects as many deputies as it is entitled to. In municipalities entitled to five or more deputies, the system of proportional representation applies; in others, the majority system applies. The law governs the details. Transitional Provision The law must be submitted to a vote by the people within two years following the acceptance of this constitutional amendment. Until said law comes into force, the Grand Council will be elected according to the majority system. The 64 seats are distributed among the municipal municipalities based on their resident Swiss population, calculated according to the latest federal census. The following rules apply: a. the Swiss population of the canton is divided by 64. Municipalities whose Swiss population does not exceed the quotient thus obtained, rounded to the nearest whole number, are allocated one seat and are no longer considered for subsequent distribution. b. the remaining seats are distributed among the other municipalities; the Swiss population of these municipalities is divided by the number of seats not yet allocated. Each of these municipalities receives as many seats as its population contains times the quotient thus established. c. the seats not yet allocated go to the municipalities with the highest remainders in descending order.
The Grand Council constitutes itself and elects its president and vice-president each year.
It enacts internal regulations that are not subject to a referendum.
The members of the Council of State participate in the sessions of the Grand Council with an advisory vote.
The Grand Council submits to the people, in the form of laws, all important provisions, particularly those that establish the rights and duties of all citizens or most of them.
With regard to other prescriptions, the Grand Council issues ordinances, unless the legislative authority over the subject in question belongs to another authority.
The Council of State issues emergency decrees of limited duration; these must be submitted as soon as possible to the Grand Council, which decides whether they should remain in force and for what duration.
The Grand Council: a. decides on new expenditures; the rights of the people in this matter are reserved; b. adopts the annual budget; c. approves the accounts of the State, those of the Cantonal Bank of Uri, and those of the cantonal hospital.
The Great Council appoints: a. the heads of the departments of the State Council and their Deputies, upon proposal by the latter; b. the Education Council, with the exception of the president; c. ... d. the commander of the Uri battalion, in accordance with federal regulations; e. the employees of the canton, to the extent that their appointment is not within the competence of the State Council; f. the bank council.
The Grand Council: a. approves normative concordats; b. approves the management reports of the Council of State and the Superior Court; c. exercises the participatory rights, at the federal level, granted to the cantons by the federal constitution (Art. 86, 89, 89bis, and 93 of the federal constitution); d. ... e. exercises the right of pardon; f. adjudicates on jurisdictional conflicts, insofar as this is not within the competence of the Superior Court; g. reviews the plans established by the Council of State; h. authorizes public borrowing; i. exercises any other power attributed to it by legislation.
The Council of State is the directing authority and the highest executive authority of the canton.
It is composed of the Landammann, the Landesstatthalter, and five other members.
The State Council is elected by the people, according to the majority system. During the election, equitable consideration must be given to the different regions of the canton. No more than three members from the same municipality can be elected.
The Council of State conducts its duties as a collegial body.
Departments are established to prepare governmental tasks and to ensure the implementation of federal and cantonal legislation; within the limits of their competencies, they have autonomous decision-making power.
The Council of State determines the important objectives of the cantonal policy and defines the means capable of achieving them. It plans and coordinates the activities of the State.
Furthermore, the Council of State: a. represents the canton both internally and externally; b. ensures public tranquility, order, and security; c. maintains relations with federal authorities and those of other cantons; d. concludes, within the limits of its competence, normative concordats and execution concordats; e. makes decisions, insofar as this prerogative has not been delegated to other bodies; f. grants, within the limits of the legislation, the right of cantonal citizenship; g. regularly submits the budget, the State’s accounts, and the management report on the activities of the government and administration to the Grand Council; h. regulates all state affairs and makes all decisions that are part of the tasks of a government and that are not expressly assigned to another authority.
The Council of State submits to the Grand Council draft amendments to the constitution, draft laws, and draft ordinances.
The Council of State is the highest administrative authority; it directs the cantonal administration and oversees other bodies performing public tasks.
The Council of State ensures that administrative activities are lawful and efficient.
It rules, to the extent provided by law, on administrative appeals.
The Education Council exercises, within the limits of the legislation, direct supervision over the entire school and educational system.
It consists of the president, the vice-president, and five to seven other members. The director of public instruction assumes the presidency.
The cantonal administration is divided into departments. These departments are under the responsibility of the members of the Council of State.
Certain administrative tasks of the canton may be delegated to autonomous establishments, municipalities, municipal associations, inter-cantonal organizations, or mixed-economy enterprises.
As an exception, the fulfillment of public tasks may be entrusted to private law institutions, provided that the participation rights and legal protection of citizens as well as oversight by the Council of State are guaranteed.
The judicial authorities are independent. They are required to adhere to the law.
They are subject to the high supervision of the Grand Council. The Superior Court regularly submits a report to the Grand Council on the activities of justice in the canton of Uri.
The administrative authorities fulfill the judicial tasks delegated to them by law.
The law regulates the organization and composition of judicial authorities. It may establish divisions and commissions for specific courts.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the competencies and procedures are governed by ordinance.
Civil justice is administered by: a. the conciliation authority; b. the presidents of the Court of First Instance; c. the Court of First Instance; d. the Superior Court.
The law may assign specific civil matters to particular bodies.
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Criminal justice is administered by: a. the prosecutor in the procedure of penalty imposition; b. the president of the First Instance Court; c. ... d. the First Instance Court; e. the Higher Court.
The bodies responsible for juvenile criminal justice are: a. the juvenile prosecutor; b. the Juvenile Court; c. the Juvenile Court Commission of the Higher Court.
The law may empower cantonal and communal authorities and administrative services to impose minor fines. The right to refer them to a court is reserved.
Administrative justice is administered by: a. the Superior Court; b. other authorities and bodies tasked by law with administrative jurisdiction duties.
Within the limits of the constitution and legislation, the municipalities are empowered to organize themselves, to choose their authorities and employees, to freely fulfill their tasks, and to autonomously administer municipal public affairs.
The municipalities are subject to the supervision of the Council of State.
The responsibilities of municipal communes are governed by the law on communes.
Parishes carry out the ecclesiastical tasks of a commune as derived from the cantonal constitution and the ecclesiastical constitution.
Bourgeois communes undertake tasks that are delegated to them by the classification decree.
The responsibilities of corporate communes are determined by corporate law.
Within the limits of the constitution, the various communes have the ability to enter into agreements regarding the allocation of tasks. These agreements require the approval of the Council of State if concluded between communes of different types. Transitional provision to Art. 107
All property with a special designation must be transferred to the commune that will, in the future, perform the corresponding tasks. Agreements in this matter must be concluded no later than five years after the constitution comes into force. After the expiration of this period, the Council of State may itself take appropriate substitute measures.
The existing classification decrees are considered as agreements within the meaning of Art. 107, para. 4.
The electorate is the supreme communal authority.
Every municipal commune must elect a municipal council, every parish a parish council, and every bourgeois commune a bourgeois council. Other authorities may be elected to perform particular tasks, such as a school commission or a social affairs commission.
The organization of corporate communes is determined by corporate law.
Insofar as the constitution or law does not provide otherwise, the municipal council, the parish council, and the civic council are authorized to act, within their respective areas, on behalf of the municipality.
The law on municipalities sets out the implementing provisions.
The electorate is competent to
a. vote on legal prescriptions;
b. approve the budget and the accounts of the municipality;
c. determine municipal taxes;
d. ...
e. elect the members of the Grand Council, the Municipal Council, the school board, and the social affairs commission, as well as, if there is no parish, the local priest or pastor;
f. vote on classification decrees;
g. approve agreements related to the distribution of tasks and the sharing of assets according to Art. 107.
The powers listed in paragraph 1 cannot be delegated, unless otherwise provided by special legislation.
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The Municipal Council consists of the president and at least four other members. The communal regulations determine the number of members.
The law on municipalities and special legislation specify the execution modalities.
If the municipality establishes a school commission, it shall consist of the president and at least four other members. The municipal regulations determine the number of members.
The law on municipalities and special legislation set the execution modalities.
If the municipality establishes a social affairs commission, it shall consist of the president and at least four other members. The municipal regulations determine the number of members.
The Municipal Law and special legislation set out the modalities of implementation.
The electorate has the same prerogatives as that of the municipal commune, but limited to solely ecclesiastical matters.
It elects the parish council and the local priest or pastor.
The parish council consists of the president, the vice-president, the administrator, and at least two other members.
It performs the tasks assigned to it by the ecclesiastical constitution.
The electoral body has the same prerogatives as that of the municipal commune, but limited to the affairs of the bourgeois commune only.
It elects the bourgeois council.
The citizen council consists of the president, the vice-president, the administrator, and two to four other members.
It performs the tasks assigned to it by the classification decree.
The corporations organize and administer themselves according to democratic principles.
The activities of the corporations are subject to legal oversight by the canton.
The constitution may be revised at any time, either wholly or partially.
Proposals for partial revisions of the cantonal constitution must be submitted to a popular vote, either by the Grand Council or through a popular initiative. Transitional Provision The State Council may adapt the text of popular initiatives that are pending at the time of the entry into force of the present constitution to align with it.
The Grand Council or, through popular initiative, the people can decide on the total revision of the cantonal constitution.
The total revision is prepared by a Constituent Assembly elected by the people in accordance with the procedures provided for the election of the Grand Council. Members of the Grand Council and the Council of State are eligible.
Provisions relating to incompatibilities and the duration of terms are not applicable.
The constitution of the Canton of Uri dated May 6, 1888, is repealed.
This constitution shall enter into force on January 1, 1985. It is subject to federal guarantee.
The provisions of existing law that are contrary to this constitution are repealed.
Legislative acts that were adopted by an authority that is no longer competent under the terms of this constitution remain in force. Their amendment follows the rules provided by this constitution.
The members of the authorities and the civil servants shall remain in office until the end of the current administrative period, and at the latest until December 31, 1988.
Existing authorities that no longer have a constitutional basis will be dissolved at the end of the period of office.