Order Establishing the Responsibilities and Organization of Departments and State Chancellery, dated July 26, 2013 - Departments and State Chancellery

[2] The cantonal administration is divided into five departments

a) the Department of Health, Youth, and Sports (DHYS);

b) the Department of Security, Digitalization, and Culture (DSDC);

c) the Department of Education and Finance (DEF);

d) the Department of Territorial Development and the Environment (DTDE);

e) the Department of Economy and Social Cohesion (DESC).

2. It also includes the State Chancellery.

1. Each department is headed by a member of the Council of State.

2. The State Chancellery is headed by the State Chancellor.

[3] 1 The departments shall have

a) a general secretariat responsible for coordination, planning, advisory, and informational tasks;

b) the necessary services for the execution of their tasks;

c) the establishments, institutions, and other entities attached to them.

2. The state chancery shall have the necessary services for the execution of its tasks.

3. The services may be subdivided into offices or other administrative units.

**[4] Department of Health, Youth and Sports (DHYS)**

The Department of Health, Youth and Sports (DHYS) is responsible for tasks assigned to the State in the areas of public health, adult and youth protection, buildings, housing, sports, statistics, as well as in matters of regional organization and development.

[5] The Department of Security, Digitalization, and Culture (DSDC) assumes the tasks assigned to the State in the domains of population, police, civil and military security, execution of sentences, prosecutions and bankruptcies, information technology and digitalization, transportation, culture, human resources, political institutions, as well as legal services, legislation, and pension fund matters.

[6] The Department of Education and Finance (DEF) assumes the responsibilities assigned to the State in the areas of education, finance, public contributions, as well as in matters concerning relations with municipalities and State liability.

[7] The Department of Territorial Development and Environment (DTDE) assumes the tasks assigned to the State in the areas of land planning, mobility and water networks, energy, agriculture, viticulture, environmental protection, nature, forests, wildlife, economic supply, as well as in matters of consumer affairs, veterinary affairs, cadastre, land registry, land policy, climate policy, and sustainability.

[8] 1 The Department of Economy and Social Cohesion (DECS) assumes the responsibilities assigned to the State in the fields of development and promotion of the economy, tourism and domiciliation, the commercial register, regional policy, employment and combating unemployment, professional integration and social inclusion, inclusion and support of persons living with disabilities, migration, multicultural cohesion, prevention of racism and other forms of discrimination, protection of workers, federal social insurances OASI, DI and LUI, family allowances, as well as in matters of social action, health insurance, combating domestic violence and family policy and equality, relations between churches and the State, humanitarian aid and development cooperation.

2. It supervises the office for the inspection of precious metal works.

[9] 1 The State Chancellery fulfills the functions of the secretariat of the Council of State.

2. It assumes the tasks assigned to the State in the areas of political rights, external relations and communication, official publications, legalizations, registered partnerships, procurement, supply, logistics, and printing.

The organization of each department and the State Chancellery is the subject of specific regulations.

The following acts of the Council of State are repealed

a) Order establishing the duties and organization of the departments and the State Chancellery, dated 25 May 2005 [10] (RSN 152.100.0);

b) Order provisionally establishing the duties and organization of the departments and the State Chancellery, dated 28 May 2013 [11];

c) Order provisionally adapting the cantonal regulations to the order provisionally establishing the duties and organization of the departments and the State Chancellery, dated 28 May 2013 [12];

d) Supplementary order provisionally adapting the cantonal regulations to the order provisionally establishing the duties and organization of the departments and the State Chancellery, dated 17 June 2013 [13];

e) Organizational regulations of the Department of Justice, Security, and Finance, dated 20 February 2006 [14] (RSN 152.100.01);

f) Order establishing the Department of Justice, Security, and Finance as the cantonal supervisory authority for population control, dated 25 May 2005 [15] (RSN 152.100.010);

g) Order establishing the Department of Justice, Security, and Finance as the cantonal supervisory authority for civil status, dated 25 May 2005 [16] (RSN 152.100.011);

h) Organizational regulations of the Department of Health and Social Affairs, dated 24 March 2010 [17] (RSN 152.100.02);

i) Organizational regulations of the Department of Land Management, dated 8 March 2006 [18] (RSN 152.100.03);

j) Order establishing the Department of Land Management as the cantonal supervisory authority for the enforcement of federal legislation on rural land law, dated 25 May 2005 [19] (RSN 152.100.030);

k) Order establishing the Department of Land Management as the cantonal supervisory authority for land registry, dated 25 May 2005 [20] (RSN 152.100.031);

l) Organizational regulations of the Department of Economy, dated 10 December 2007 [21] (RSN 152.100.04);

m) Order establishing the Department of Economy as the lower cantonal supervisory authority for the offices of debt collection and bankruptcy, dated 25 May 2005 [22] (RSN 152.100.040);

n) Order establishing the Department of Economy as the cantonal supervisory authority for the commercial registry, dated 25 May 2005 [23] (RSN 152.100.041);

o) Organizational regulations of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, dated 18 October 2006 [24] (RSN 152.100.05);

p) Organizational regulations of the State Chancellery, dated 14 February 2007 [25] (RSN 152.100.06).

1 The Legal Service of the State is responsible for adapting, without formal procedure, the acts of the Council of State appearing in the Systematic Compendium of Neuchâtel Legislation (RSN) to the new designation of departments and their new assignments.

1 This order shall enter into force on August 1, 2013.

2. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and inserted into the Compendium of Neuchâtel Legislation.

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