Act on the Legal Status of Members of the Government Council - Principle

1. The members of the government council perform their mandate on a full-time basis.

**1. Members of the Government Council shall not undertake any tasks that are incompatible with the duties or position of the office.**

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**2. Incompatibilities with the office of the Government Council include, in particular:**

a) * other gainful employment;

b) * private mandates for board, management, and supervisory positions;

c) * leading roles in associations and their sections, subject to the regulation in paragraph 3;

d) * mandates in municipal legislatures and executives.

**3. The Government Council may permit its members to assume leading roles in cultural, charitable, and sports organizations. The assumption of leading roles in political parties, except for party presidencies, is permitted to every member.**

1. All interest ties must be disclosed in a register that is continuously maintained by the State Chancellery.

1. The salary of a member of the Executive Council amounts to CHF 279,744.

2. Members of the Executive Council are entitled to the same cost-of-living, family, and child allowances as full-time civil servants.

3. The Landammann or Frau Landammann receives an additional allowance of 10 percent, while the Statthalter or Frau Statthalter receives an allowance of 5 percent of the salary.

4. All fees and compensations (including attendance fees) from mandates exercised by a member of the Executive Council on behalf of the canton are to be paid into the state treasury.

1. Members of the Government Council shall be granted a flat-rate expense allowance of 5 percent of their salary. This compensates for all expenses incurred for domestic business trips, meals, accommodation, etc.

1. Upon leaving office before reaching the age of 65 due to non-reappointment not attributable to personal fault, a severance compensation in the form of partial salary continuation shall be granted at the expense of the state treasury. This amounts to 6 months' salary. The basis for calculation is the most recent gross salary received, including cost of living and social allowances, but excluding the Landammann and Statthalter allowances.

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2. The severance compensation ceases upon receipt of a pension fund annuity.

3. If the departure from office is due to a serious breach of official duties or a crime or misdemeanor by the member of the governing council, the severance compensation shall be reduced, fully denied, or fully or partially reclaimed. The governing council is responsible for the reduction, denial, or full or partial reclamation of the severance compensation.

4. The severance compensation is to be reduced by any income earned or claims against unemployment insurance during the 6 months following departure from office. Any such income must be reported to the personnel office immediately.

1. Members of the Government Council are insured with the Zug Pension Fund according to the provisions of the Pension Fund Act.

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1. The Cantonal Council's Resolution on the Rules of Procedure of the Cantonal Council of December 1, 1932, is amended as follows

1. Sections 7 and 8 of the Act on the Legal Status of Members of the Government Council in its original version of February 1, 1990, continue to apply to

a) former members of the Government Council who have left office since January 1, 1991, and before the coming into force of this amendment;

b) members of the Government Council who are in office at the time this amendment comes into force and who will leave office by the end of the current term (December 31, 1998); upon leaving office, they may continue their insurance with the pension fund without a pension claim under the conditions specified in § 8 letter e of the new law; in this case, the vested benefits at the time of leaving office are converted into a savings capital according to § 7 of the Pension Fund Act.

2. For members of the Government Council who are in office at the time this amendment comes into force and remain in office beyond the end of the current term, the following regulation applies

a) From the start of the 1999-2002 term, the new law applies.

b) The savings capital available on December 31, 1998, consisting of imported vested benefits, the entry contributions of the canton, voluntary deposits, and savings credits including interest, forms the initial savings capital as of January 1, 1999.

c) The canton will pay a contribution to this capital as of January 1, 1999. This contribution depends on the number of terms served before January 1, 1999, and amounts to the following percentages of the relevant contributory salary as of January 1, 1999

1. for the 1st term: 80 percent (20 percent per year)

2. for the 2nd term: 60 percent (15 percent per year)

3. for the 3rd term: 40 percent (10 percent per year)

4. This contribution is accrued with interest at the BVG rate pro rata, as if it had been accumulated through annual contributions.

5. The entry and purchase contributions paid by the canton under former law, along with interest, will be offset against this contribution.

d) The previous years of service will be credited for the claim to the severance payment (§ 7 para. 1) and the extraordinary savings contributions (§ 8 letter a).

3. § 7 and § 8 para. 1 letter a of the Act on the Legal Status of Members of the Government Council in the version from August 29, 2013 (in force since January 1, 2014) continue to apply until the end of the 2015-2018 legislative term on December 31, 2018, for members of the Government Council who are in office at the time this amendment comes into force.

1. This law shall enter into force on January 1, 1991, subject to the referendum.