Kanton Glarus (RVOG)

Scope of Application

1 This Act sets out the fundamental principles governing the organization of government and administrative activities. It also regulates the legal status of members of the government and members of other administrative authorities.

Principles of Government and Administrative Activity

1 The Government Council and the administration act on the basis of the

Constitution and the law.

2 They commit themselves to the common good and protect the rights of

citizens and the autonomy of the municipalities.

3 They fulfill their tasks with due regard for effectiveness and economic

efficiency.

1. Der Regierungsrat, die Departemente und die Staatskanzlei führen aufeinander abgestimmte Planungen ihrer Tätigkeiten. Diese dienen der Festlegung der strategischen und der operativen Vorgaben sowie der Steuerung und Kontrolle bei der Umsetzung.

2. Die Planungen nennen die Ziele und deren Prioritäten. Der Regierungsrat sorgt für die Abstimmung mit der Integrierten Aufgaben- und Finanzplanung gemäss dem Finanzhaushaltgesetz[[1]](#paragraphtext_content_fn_703593_2_1_c).

3. Der Regierungsrat legt dem Landrat spätestens bis zur ordentlichen Beratung des Budgets sein Legislaturprogramm, welches auf den Planungen gemäss dieser Bestimmung beruht, zur Genehmigung vor; er erstattet zugleich Bericht über die Verwirklichung des für die vorangehende Legislatur erstellten Programmes.

Fulfillment of Tasks

¹ In fulfilling its tasks, the Government Council prioritizes the planning and coordination of state action.

Principle of Collegiality

¹ The members of the Government Council support the decisions of the collegium. In special cases, the collegium may release a member from the obligation to represent a decision publicly.

Convening of Government Meetings

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

² Any member may request the convening of a meeting at any time.

Negotiations

¹ The Government Council generally deals with matters on the basis of written applications.

² It generally makes its decisions after joint consultation. For less important matters, a simplified procedure may be provided for in the implementing ordinance.

³ The deliberations of the Government Council are not public.

Decision-Making

¹ The Government Council is quorate if at least three members are present.

² Votes and elections are conducted openly. Abstentions are permitted.

³ A majority of the votes cast is decisive.

⁴ The Landammann or the Frau Landammann votes along. In the event of a tie, this vote counts double, except in elections.

Special Decision-Making Procedures

¹ In urgent cases, a decision can be made by circulation, telephone, or similar means, if holding a meeting within a useful timeframe is not possible. For this purpose, the opinion of all accessible government members must be obtained.

² A valid decision requires the participation of at least three members. Article 9 paragraphs 3 and 4 are applicable.

³ In cases of catastrophes, emergencies, violence below the threshold of war, and armed conflicts, divergent provisions of the Law on Civil Protection and its implementing provisions remain reserved.

1. Der Landammann oder die Frau Landammann leitet den Regierungsrat.

2. Zur Leitung des Regierungsrates gehört

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a. | darauf zu achten, dass die Arbeiten des Regierungsrates zeitgerecht, zweckmässig und koordiniert begonnen und abgeschlossen werden und | | |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | b. | die Regierungssitzungen zusammen mit dem Ratsschreiber oder der Ratsschreiberin vorzubereiten und die Regierungssitzungen zu leiten. | | |

1. In dringlichen Angelegenheiten trifft der Landammann oder die Frau Landammann vorsorgliche Massnahmen. Vorbehalten bleiben die Bestimmungen des Verwaltungsrechtspflegegesetzes.

2. Er oder sie entscheidet anstelle des Regierungsrates, wenn innert nützlicher Frist weder eine Sitzung abgehalten noch ein Beschluss gemäss Artikel 10 getroffen werden kann.

3. Entscheide gemäss Absatz 2 müssen dem Regierungsrat auf die nächste Sitzung zur Genehmigung unterbreitet werden.

Deputy Governor or Female Deputy Governor

1 In case of prevention, the Deputy Governor or female Deputy Governor assumes the function of the District Governor and otherwise supports the District Governor or female District Governor by agreement. The representation in the function of the Deputy Governor is incumbent upon the longest-serving member of the Government; in case of equal length of service, age is decisive.

Council Clerk

1 The Council Clerk supports the Landammann or the Landammannin, participates in government meetings with a deliberative voice, records the decisions made, and ensures their publication. He or she ensures the connection between the Government Council and the Cantonal Council.

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3. Organization of the Administration

Composition and Structure; Performance of Duties Outside the Administration

1. The cantonal administration comprises the Government Council as the supreme administrative authority, five departments, the State Chancellery, and any additional staff services of the Government Council, as well as the administrative units subordinate to the departments and the State Chancellery.

2. The cantonal administration also includes the administrative commissions and the outsourced administrative units.

3. Furthermore, administrative tasks are performed by legal and natural persons outside the cantonal administration in accordance with legal provisions.

The Government Council as Supreme Administrative Authority

1 The Government Council directs and supervises the cantonal administration.

2 It also performs the administrative tasks assigned to it by law or ordinance.

Departments

1 The Departments are the highest specialized units of the administration. They participate in the preparation of government business, manage and supervise the administrative units subordinate to them, and fulfill the administrative tasks assigned to them by law, ordinance, or decision of the Government Council.

2 The distribution of areas of responsibility among the Departments is carried out by the Government Council according to the criteria of specialized connection, even workload, and balanced political weight.

3 Each Department is headed by a member of the Government Council. The Government Council distributes the Departments among its members and designates the deputy.

4 Each Department has a Department Secretariat as a staff service. This may also be assigned specialized tasks.

State Chancellery; Other Staff Services of the Government Council

1 The State Chancellery is the central staff unit of the Government Council. It manages and supervises the administrative units subordinate to it and performs the administrative tasks assigned to it by law, ordinance, or decision of the Government Council. The tasks performed by the State Chancellery for the Cantonal Council are regulated by the Cantonal Council Ordinance²).

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2 It is led by the State Secretary. He or she is subordinate to the Presiding Councillor.

3 The implementing ordinance may provide for other staff services that are directly subordinate to the Government Council or one of its members.

Central Administration

1 The central administration includes, in addition to the departments and the State Chancellery, the administrative units subordinate to them. These units participate in the preparation of business for the departments and the State Chancellery and fulfil the administrative tasks assigned to them by law, ordinance, or decision of the department or the State Chancellery.

2 The structure of the departments and the State Chancellery and the detailed organization shall be determined by the Government Council according to the criteria of effective and economical task fulfilment.

Administrative Commissions, Outsourced Administrative Units, and Public Bodies with Legal Personality

¹ The administrative commissions, the outsourced administrative units, and the public bodies with legal personality perform administrative tasks in accordance with the respective special provisions. The administrative commissions are supported by the central administration in the performance of their tasks in accordance with the special provisions.

Representation of the Canton in Organizations

1 The Canton shall appoint delegates to public or private law organizations if special provisions so stipulate or if the Government Council decides to do so in an individual case.

2 Unless special provisions stipulate otherwise, the delegates shall be elected by the Government Council. The Government Council may recall the delegates at any time, provided that the statutes of the organization concerned permit this.

3 The delegates shall inform the Government Council or the competent administrative unit in an appropriate manner about the exercise of their mandate. The Government Council or the competent administrative unit may at any time request information and issue instructions to the delegates.

Assignment of Administrative Tasks

¹ Where competence for administrative tasks is not regulated by law or ordinance, the Government Council may assign them on a case-by-case basis to a department or the State Chancellery; the departments and the State Chancellery decide how the tasks assigned to them by the Government Council are to be fulfilled.

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² The assignment of the authority to issue administrative decisions must, insofar as it is not regulated in superordinate law, be effected by ordinance of the Government Council.

Delegation of Administrative Tasks

1. The Government Council and the Departments may delegate administrative tasks assigned to them by law or ordinance, either generally or in specific cases, to subordinate administrative units.

2. The delegation of powers to issue administrative decisions is only permissible to the extent that such is provided for in the relevant jurisdictional provision. It must be effected by ordinance or regulation.

Leadership Tasks and Leadership Tools

1 The Government Council, the Departments, and the State Chancellery, as

well as the leadership personnel of the subordinate administrative units,

perform the following leadership tasks

a. they ensure the lawful fulfillment of duties;

b. they periodically review whether the objectives of their plans have

been achieved and take the necessary corrective measures;

c. they ensure an appropriate and economic distribution of tasks;

d. they ensure coordination within the unit and ensure cooperation

with other units; and

e. they promote the fulfillment of tasks with individual responsibility.

2 As a leadership tool, the Government Council, the Departments, and the

State Chancellery possess comprehensive supervisory and directive powers.

The leadership personnel of the subordinate administrative units perform

their leadership tasks within the framework of personnel management.

3 Special provisions regarding the management of outsourced administrative

units and entities with their own legal personality remain reserved.

Administrative Assignment

1 Exceptionally, administrative units of the central administration are

administratively assigned to a department or the State Chancellery if

special provisions require it or if the task in question can be performed

more appropriately as a result. The administrative units concerned

are subordinate to the department or the State Chancellery with regard to

the consumption of resources and personnel matters; in technical matters,

they are subordinate to the Landrat (Parliament) or the Regierungsrat (Government)

in accordance with the assigning regulation.

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2 The administrative commissions and the outsourced administrative units

are administratively assigned to a department. They are autonomous

in the performance of their tasks in accordance with special provisions.

3 Legal entities with their own legal personality are administratively assigned

to a department, unless special provisions dictate otherwise. They are

autonomous in the performance of their tasks in accordance with special

provisions.

Steering of Administrative Units through Performance Mandates

1 The Cantonal Council may, upon application by the Government Council, issue time-limited performance mandates to individual administrative units and grant them the necessary degree of autonomy.

2 The performance mandate regulates the expected outcomes of the administrative activity, their review by the Cantonal Council, and the financial resources available to the administrative unit during its term. Based thereon, the Government Council, or in the case of outsourced administrative units, the relevant governing body, specifies in detail the services to be rendered and their measurement.

3 The Cantonal Council may modify the performance mandate during its term only in justified cases. It may renew it after expiry.

4 The financial, personnel, and staffing plan legal framework conditions for performance mandates according to this provision are regulated by the relevant special regulations.

* Business Management Systems

¹ The units of the central administration may maintain electronic business management systems for their business processes and for the management of official documents.

² Personal data and data of legal entities, including particularly sensitive data, may be processed in the business management systems if they serve to

a. process business;

b. organize workflows;

c. ascertain whether data concerning a specific person is being processed;

d. facilitate access to official documents.

³ The Government Council shall regulate the details, in particular concerning the organization and operation of the business management systems and the protection of personal data and data of legal entities recorded therein.

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4. Legal Status of Government Members and Members of Other Administrative Authorities

1. Die Regierungsmitglieder und die Mitglieder der übrigen Verwaltungsbehörden sowie die mit Verwaltungsaufgaben betrauten privaten Personen sind zur Verschwiegenheit über amtliche Angelegenheiten verpflichtet, soweit an der Geheimhaltung ein überwiegendes öffentliches oder privates Interesse gemäss Gesetz über die Information der Öffentlichkeit, den Datenschutz und das Archivwesen[[3]](#paragraphtext_content_fn_703649_2_3_c) besteht oder wenn eine besondere gesetzliche Bestimmung dies vorsieht.

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3. Die Pflicht zur Amtsverschwiegenheit bleibt auch nach dem Ausscheiden aus der Behörde bestehen.

4. Vorbehalten bleiben die Bestimmungen in der Kantonsverfassung, in den gesetzlichen Verfahrensordnungen und in der Landratsverordnung über die Entbindung vom Amtsgeheimnis und die Verpflichtung zur Offenbarung.

Grants and Other Benefits

1. Members of the government and members of the other administrative authorities, as well as private individuals entrusted with administrative tasks, are prohibited from accepting any grants such as gifts, cash amounts, and the like, or from procuring or having promised to them any advantages, for themselves or third parties, in connection with official activities or in view of such activities. Courtesy gifts of minor value are exempt from this. Unlawfully accepted grants and other benefits shall be forfeited to the Canton.

Nebenbeschäftigungen der Regierungsmitglieder

**Ancillary Activities of Government Members**

1 Government members may not pursue any profession or operate any business.

2 They may not be active as members of the management or the auditing body in companies pursuing an economic gain. Reserved is the exercise of such functions in the performance of their government office or in support of companies which are of significant importance for the development of the Canton or a region. *

3 They may furthermore only exercise public offices permitted to them by the Cantonal Constitution, as well as activities in political, charitable, or cultural organizations, if these are compatible with their full-time office and their independence.

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The Government Council shall disclose all ancillary activities of its members that are of interest in light of the preceding paragraphs and make the information accessible to the public. *

5. Final Provisions

Implementing Provisions; Ordinance Law

1 The Cantonal Government shall regulate the conduct of the affairs of the

Government College as well as the tasks and organisation of the administration in

detail through ordinances and internal directives.

2 Through ordinances, it shall regulate in particular

a. the general principles of the conduct of business within the Cantonal Government;

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

c. the structure of the departments and the State Chancellery, and the

detailed organisation of the central administration;

d. the periodic review of target achievement within the administration;

e. the authority to sign on behalf of the Cantonal Government, the departments,

the State Chancellery, and the subordinate administrative units of the central administration;

f. the representation of the Cantonal Government and administrative units in legal disputes;

g. the public information regarding government and administrative activities,

in particular the manner of information dissemination, responsibilities, and the

potential accreditation of media professionals.

Internal Organization of the Departments and the State Chancellery

¹ The departments and the State Chancellery determine, within the framework of superior guidelines, their internal organization and that of the administrative units subordinate to them.

1. Mit dem Inkrafttreten dieses Gesetzes wird das Behördengesetz vom 5. Mai 1946 aufgehoben.

2. Aufgehoben werden zudem alle Bestimmungen, die diesem Gesetz widersprechen, insbesondere die Verordnung des Landrates vom 15. Juni 1887 über die Organisation und Geschäftsführung des Regierungsrates und seiner Direktionen.

1. Der Regierungsrat überprüft im Rahmen der Arbeiten zur Anpassung weiterer Erlasse die Zuständigkeiten im Hinblick darauf, das Regierungskollegium von Verwaltungsaufgaben zu entlasten und die Wirksamkeit der Verwaltung zu erhöhen.

2. Ändert aufgrund von Organisationsentscheiden des Regierungsrates nur die Bezeichnung einer Verwaltungseinheit oder deren Zuordnung zu einem Departement, so ist die Staatskanzlei zur Anpassung der betroffenen Erlasse ohne deren formelle Änderung ermächtigt.

Entry into Force

1 This Act comes into force immediately after the Landsgemeinde 2006. *

2 Proposals according to Article 34 may be adopted in advance by the competent authorities.

4) The amendments have been incorporated into the affected enactments.

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