Act on Official Publications - Systematic Collection

1. All applicable cantonal enactments with legislative content are to be compiled and systematically arranged in a "Thurgovian Code of Law."

1. The Legal Code shall include, in a consolidated form, in particular

1. the Cantonal Constitution;

2. the legislative agreements with the Confederation, cantons (concordats) or states (treaties);

3. the cantonal laws and ordinances as well as all other generally binding or organizational decrees of the Grand Council, the Government Council, and the departments, of the cantonal public institutions as well as the Superior Court and the Administrative Court;

4. the cantonal standard employment contracts;

5. the cantonal declarations of general applicability of collective labor agreements;

6. the legislative decrees of the national churches.

1. The following are not to be included

1. Non-binding decrees such as internal administrative instructions and guidelines, unless Section 2 mandates their inclusion;

2. The resolutions of the Grand Council concerning the budget, tax rates, and state accounts;

3. Credit decisions;

4. The regulations and house rules of cantonal public institutions, unless the government council decides to include them.

1. The Executive Council is authorized to ascertain the decrees that are not to be included in the legal code and to determine the effective date.

1. All decrees and regulations issued up to the effective date that are not included in the legal code are considered repealed.

2. The law of contracts as well as the continued application of a repealed decree under the rules of transitional law are reserved.

1. Acts that come into force after the cut-off date are updated in the statute book.

1. The "Official Gazette of the Canton of Thurgau" is the official publication organ of the canton.

2. It is published weekly.

1. Decrees to be incorporated into the Code of Laws must be published in the Official Gazette.

2. Decrees, orders, and announcements that are not to be incorporated into the Code of Laws but require publication to fulfill their purpose shall be published in the Official Gazette, unless another means of publication is more appropriate and permissible in a particular case.

3. Private notices shall not be published in the Official Gazette.

1. The State Chancellery is responsible for the editing and designates the announcements suitable for publication.

1. Cantonal enactments come into force on the day following their publication in the Official Gazette, provided they are subject to a referendum, on the day after their acceptance by the public, or on the day after the unused referendum period expires.

2. An exception is made if a different provision is stipulated by the enactment itself.

1. In the event of disasters, acts of war, or unrest, extraordinary announcements may be made at the direction of the Government Council

1. in the press;

2. via radio and television;

3. through notices, circulars, and other appropriate means.

2. The entry into force and execution are not dependent on publication in the Official Gazette; however, this must be made up for as soon as possible.

1. The Executive Council designates the authorities, offices, and other entities that must receive the Law Book or Official Gazette. It establishes the subscription conditions.

1. The Decree concerning the Publication of a Cantonal and Official Gazette dated February 18, 1850, is repealed.

1. This law comes into force on November 1, 1978.