The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: law on public transport services to make the public transport Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2007, no. 15; 2008, 24 no; 2009, no. 15; Latvian journal, 2009, 193. no; 2010, 206. no; 2012, 151 no; 2013, 106 no). the amendments are as follows: 1. Article 1: to make point 7 by the following: ' 7) regular passenger services, passenger transport by a predetermined route, with a predetermined intensity and regularity, for a set fare, as well as passenger transport, which are made at specific intervals along the same or similar scheduled passenger transport route and which functional serving the same public that captures or releases the line structures or public transport zones provided for; " Add to article 7.1 of the following paragraph: ' 71) route of regional importance: the role of the regional Intercity routes, regional local routes and all rail route; ". 2. To make article 4 by the following: "article 4. National Authority and competence of local public transport sector (1) public administration public transport within its competence, exercise the Ministry of transport, public transport and the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Act, the Ministry of transport authorities, planning regions and municipalities of the Republic. (2) the Ministry of transport, public transport, Ministry of transport, the Council bodies, the planning regions and municipalities of the Republic within its competence, monitor the law and other regulatory compliance in the public transport sector and organise public transport services route network. " 3. To supplement the law with article 4.1 as follows: "article 4.1. The public transport Council (1) the public transport Council has institutional monitoring by the Ministry of transport in a collegiate institution. (2) the public transport Council has independent decision-making and functions. (3) the public transport Council consists of 10 members: five members who shall be appointed and removed by the Transport Ministers, and five regions, the development of planning boards of delegated representatives — one from each of the planning region. For public transport for the members of the Council may also appoint officers of the Directorate of road transport or employees. (4) the public transport Council of Transport Ministers of the representatives appointed by open vote, shall elect the President of the Council, which directs the work of the Council and meetings, but of the planning region development councils of delegated representatives, Deputy Chairman of the Council, which replaced the Chairman of the Council in his absence. (5) the public transport Council meeting is valid if it participates in no less than seven members of the Council; the Council's decisions shall be taken by a simple majority. Each Council Member has one vote. If the votes are divided into equal ("about" equal to "to" and "abstain"), is to be repeated voting. If you also vote, votes in the same Division, the decision is taken. If the decision is not adopted is threatened public transport service continuity, galalēmum adopted traffic Minister. The public transport Council work organisation issues determined by the Cabinet of Ministers approved regulations. (6) the public transport Council provides road transport Directorate, which acts as the Secretariat of the Council and executive functions. The Directorate of road transport within their competence, cooperate with the relevant institutions in the planning region. The cooperation procedure is determined by the public transport Council Charter. " 4. Put article 5 by the following: "article 5. The public transport Council, the Directorate of road transport, the planning regions and cities of the Republic, the competence of local public transport sector

(1) the public transport Council has: 1) to the single matter of regional route network; 2) familiar with the route network of regional routes to the meaning; 3) to decide on the organisation of public transport services in the interest of regional routes, as well as to monitor the enforcement of decisions; 4) approve public transport tariffs and changes in the regional interest; 5) define the required public transport services on routes in the regional interest, on the basis of this law, in article 6, the principles set out in; 6) monitor public transport from the State budget allocated to the administration of the financial resources allocation and assignment; 7) to prepare and submit proposals to the Ministry of transport on the State budget request for the organisation of public transport services, the Government granted distribution between modes of transport and to develop the national budget allocation principles for public transport services concluded contracts; 8) make suggestions of urban municipalities of the Republic for organising public transport route network of city significance; 9) decide on public transport services to customer proposals submitted on the matter of regional renewal of the route; 10) within the limits of its competence to carry out traffic Minister certain tasks. (2) the competence of the city are: 1) be familiar with the route network of the city in their own route to the meaning in the administrative territory; 2) organize public transport services route network of city significance; 3) make suggestions to the Council of public transport and road transport Directorate of the public transport services for the organisation of public transport Council the existing route network; 4) rational management of the State budget, local government and local public transport specific budget allocated to the funds; 5) provide in its administrative territory the public transport stop of the construction and maintenance of the infrastructure. (3) the competence of the Directorate of road transport are: 1) ensure public transport Council Secretariat and executive functions under the Council regulations and decisions; 2) in cooperation with relevant regional institutions planning to design and plan a route network of regional interest itineraries, make proposals to the Council for public transport on the routes from network management; 3) public transport Council to organise public transport services of regional interest; 4) ensure public transport from the State budget funds allocated to administration and allocation of cabinet order; 5) prepare proposals for public transport services tariff and the detection of changes and other matters of public transport Council; 6) organize public transportation related services: a) the Cabinet in order to establish and maintain uniform public transport services database and tracking system, b) to cooperate with the line structures and infrastructure managers. (4) the planning regions are: 1) prepare proposals for the third part of this article 2 and 5 of competence referred to in paragraph 2; 2) clarify and summarize the planning authorities in the regions and views on the route network in the planning region; 3) tracing stops planning region and make suggestions about the need for the inclusion of construction and route movement lists or descriptions of routes; 4) perform other tasks under the public transport Council decisions. " 5. in article 7: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) if the route network route to the meaning of the city move beyond the administrative borders of the city, of the city and the road Directorate, after coordination with the public transport Council to conclude agreement on urban and regional local route network boundaries."; to turn off the second and fourth; to make a fifth by the following: "(5) of the city and the road Directorate review each year the adequacy of the provisions of the agreement in the national policy planning documents in the field of public transport and, if necessary, after consulting the public transport Council to make the relevant amendments to the conditions of the agreement."; turn off the sixth. 6. in article 11: turn off the first part of paragraph 3; turn off the second part of paragraph 3. 7. Supplement article 13 with the fourteenth part as follows: "(14) the customer, taking into account the special circumstances (for example, holidays and public holidays, the passenger flow, weather, etc.), you can specify a temporary derogation from this law and other laws and regulations for the use of public transport services arrangements." 8. Supplement article 14, the third paragraph with the sentence as follows: "in determining the fare reductions, the only criteria should not be used by persons declared place of residence." 9. transitional provisions: exclude paragraph 17; to express the point 20 as follows: "20.2011, 2012 and 2013 for the carrier with the provision of public transport services losses related to regional local route network routes compensated from the State budget." Add to transitional provisions with the 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 as follows: "22. Public transport Council until 2014. December 31, develop this law article 5, first paragraph, referred to in paragraph 1, the common regional interest route network. 23. The Cabinet of Ministers 31 December 2013 issued by this law in the fifth subparagraph of article 4.1 these provisions. 24.31 December 2013 planning region with the taking-over certificate shall be referred to the Directorate of road transport: 1) closed public transport service contracts for the provision of public transport services in the regional local routes; 2) this law article 7, first paragraph, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the agreements made on city and regional local route network; 3) with ongoing litigation-related documentation. 25. Until 30 June 2014 planning region with the taking-over certificate shall be referred to the Directorate of road transport archives and record-keeping part of the Directorate of road transport needs to ensure a full fledged article 5 of this law, in the third paragraph, the specific competencies. Planning regional archives and records are stored in the archive and record management which required planning regions to fully comply with this law, article 5, fourth paragraph down. 26. The law on amendments to article 1, paragraph 7, and article 4, article 7, part of the first and fifth point in a new version of the amendment of the law to replenish article 1 7.1 points and 4.1 article, as well as the amendment on article 7 of the second, fourth and sixth subparagraphs, article 11 paragraph 3, second subparagraph, and paragraph 17 of the transitional provisions of exclusion shall enter into force on January 1, 2014. " The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. The Parliament adopted the law in 2013. on 21 November. The President a. Smith in 2013 in December 10.