Ordinance on Parliamentary Services (VoPD) (VOPD)

The Parliamentary Services are the staff unit of the Cantonal Council

and its organs. They act on behalf of the latter and are directly subordinate

to the Cantonal Council.

1 The Parliamentary Services plan and organize the sittings of the Cantonal Council and its organs, handle their secretarial duties, protocol their decisions and deliberations, and support the Cantonal Council and its organs in public relations and in fostering communal, intercantonal, and international parliamentary relations.

2 They document the members of the Cantonal Council and advise them on parliamentary legal questions. The formulation of parliamentary initiatives and motions is not a task of the Parliamentary Services.

3 Towards parliamentary groups, parties, media, and third parties, the services of the Parliamentary Services particularly include providing information, making documents available, and advising on procedural questions.

4 Subject to the competencies of the organs of the Cantonal Council, the Parliamentary Services perform all other tasks of the parliamentary administration, especially the administration of their own infrastructure. They network with the administrations of other parliaments.

**sich nach § 38 des Kantonsratsgesetzes vom 25. März 2019.**

pursuant to Article 38 of the Cantonal Council Act of March 25, 2019.

**2 Die Parlamentsdienste verkehren bei der Erfüllung ihrer Aufga-

ben direkt mit der Staatskanzlei und den Dienststellen der kantonalen

Verwaltung und können Rechts- und Sachauskünfte einholen. Sie sor-

gen für einen einfachen und koordinierten Ablauf.**

2 In fulfilling their duties, the Parliamentary Services communicate directly with the State Chancellery and the departments of the cantonal administration and may obtain legal and factual information. They ensure a simple and coordinated process.

**3 Sie können mit Dritten Verträge über einzelne Dienstleistungen

abschliessen.**

3 They may enter into contracts with third parties for individual services.

**arbeit mit der

kantonalen

Verwaltung

und Dritten**

cooperation with the

cantonal

administration

and third parties

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**171.3**

Ordinance on Parliamentary Services (VoPD)

**Amtsgeheimnis**

Official Secrecy

**Aufgaben

der Geschäfts-

leitung**

Duties of the

Management

Board

**Aufgaben der

Verwaltungs-

delegation**

Duties of the

Administrative

Delegation

**Aufgaben

der General-

sekretärin

oder des

General-

sekretärs**

Duties of the

Secretary

General

1 The provisions on confidentiality for members of the Cantonal

Council and its organs apply to the employees of the Parliamentary Services.

2 The President of the Cantonal Council can, in justified cases,

release employees of the Parliamentary Services from their official secrecy obligations.

1 The Management Board decides on the draft budget of the Cantonal Council and the Parliamentary Services, as well as on their accounts.

2 Upon application by the Secretary General, it approves the organisation of the Parliamentary Services and their staffing plan.

3 It elects the Secretary General.

1 The Administrative Delegation is the supreme supervisory body

for the Parliamentary Services.

2 It may issue guidelines for the management of the Parliamentary Services

and decides on personnel policy upon application by the Secretary-General.

3 It is also responsible for

a. determining the expenditure authority and the job description of the

Secretary-General;

b. administrative tasks that exceed the expenditure authority according to lit. a

or have fundamental implications for the conduct of business of the Cantonal Council and its organs;

c. all other administrative matters of the Cantonal Council that are not

assigned to any other body.

1 The Secretary General manages the Parliamentary Services and is

responsible in particular for

a. the organisation and further development of the Parliamentary

Services and the fulfilment of their tasks according to the needs of

the Cantonal Council and its organs,

b. the implementation of personnel policy and management of staff,

c. the preparation of the financial plan, budget, and accounts for

submission to the Administrative Delegation and the Executive Board,

d. the steering and planning of resource deployment.

2 They ensure efficient administrative processes and effective deployment

of staff and resources.

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3 They report annually to the Administrative Delegation on the fulfilment

of tasks and the annual objectives of the Parliamentary Services and

prepare an activity report every four years for submission to the Executive

Board.

## 1 Delegation of Administrative Competences in Personnel Law

1 The Administrative Delegation is the appointing authority for the Secretary General, subject to the electoral competence of the Management Committee.

2 The Secretary General is the appointing authority for the remaining employees of the Parliament Services.

3 In other matters concerning personnel law, the following shall apply mutatis mutandis

a. the Management Committee shall have the function of the Government Council;

b. the Administrative Delegation shall have the function of the Director;

c. the Secretary General shall have the remaining functions.

4 The Administrative Delegation may issue regulations if deviations from individual provisions of personnel law are intended.

**Right to Control Premises**

In the absence of the President of the Cantonal Council, the Secretary-General exercises the right to control the premises used or rented by the Cantonal Council and the parliamentary services.

1 This Ordinance shall enter into force after approval by the Cantonal Council on 1 May 2020.

and Entry

into Force

2 With the entry into force of this Ordinance, the Ordinance on the Organisation and Tasks of the Parliament Services of 28 March 1996 and the Resolution of the Cantonal Council on the Establishment of an Administratively Independent Parliament Service of 29 April 1996 are repealed.

1 OS 75, 229; for grounds, see ABI 2019-12-06.

2 Approved by the Cantonal Council on 3 February 2020.

3 LS 171.1.

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