Decree concerning attendance and travel allowances for members of administrative, advisory, examination, or expert commissions, dated December 26, 1972

[1] 1 The presidents, members, and secretaries of administrative, consultative, examination, or expert committees, who are appointed or designated in this capacity by the Council of State, shall receive the following attendance allowances

a) 100 francs per session, provided the session lasts at least two hours;

b) 75 francs per session if it lasts less than two hours.

1bis The president and the rapporteur of the committee receive an allowance equivalent to 150% of that of a member.

1ter These allowances provide a lump-sum coverage for the time spent preparing for meetings and drafting reports or other documents prepared by the members of the committee.

2. Magistrates and civil servants in the service of the State of Neuchâtel are not entitled to an attendance allowance, with exceptions provided for in Article 4 remaining reserved.

[2] 1 The chairpersons, members, and secretaries of administrative, advisory, examination, or expert committees, who are appointed or designated in this capacity by the Council of State, receive travel allowances under the same conditions as those granted to holders of public office.

2. The regulation concerning allowances granted to holders of public office, dated December 20, 2002, is applicable by analogy to determine these allowances.

Presidents, members, and secretaries of administrative, consultative, examination, or expert commissions, who are appointed or designated in this capacity by a department of the cantonal administration or by another cantonal authority, are entitled to attendance and travel allowances set by that department or authority.

Provisions of the cantonal legislation providing for a different method of calculating attendance and travel allowances paid to members of certain administrative, advisory, examination, or expert committees are reserved.

1. Presidents, members, and secretaries of administrative, advisory, examination, or expert commissions who dedicate more than 50% of their professional activity to the service of the State, a State-dependent establishment, or a cantonal or communal public teaching establishment cannot claim any attendance allowance, unless the work is not directly related to their professional activity or unless it starts after 5 p.m. or takes place on a Saturday or Sunday.

2. No attendance allowance shall be granted to the persons referred to in this article if the commission’s work does not last at least one and a half hours.

3. This article applies to the presidents, members, and secretaries of all administrative, advisory, examination, or expert commissions who are compensated according to the provisions of this decree or those of another regulatory text.

The president of each administrative, consultative, examination, or expert committee must communicate to the department in charge of finances the location and date where each session was held, as well as the hours during which it took place.

Order Concerning Attendance and Travel Allowances for Members of Administrative, Advisory, Examination, or Expert Commissions, of November 23, 1962, is repealed.

[4] The Department of Education and Finance is responsible for the enforcement of this decree, which shall come into force on January 1, 1973, will be published in the Official Gazette and inserted into the Neuchâtel Legislative Compendium.