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Law No. 13 Of 23 November 1972 On Mutual Aid Houses Of Pensioners

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 13 din 23 noiembrie 1972 privind casele de ajutor reciproc ale pensionarilor

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LEGE no. 13 13 of 23 November 1972 on the mutual aid houses of pensioners
ISSUER GREAT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Published in OFFICIAL BULLETIN no. 138 138 of 29 November 1972



EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Right. Decree no. 204/1951 The mutual aid houses of pensioners in the state social insurance system were organized. These mutual aid houses have proved useful, achieving good results in supporting their members through actions of self-help or cultural and social character. Given the social-economic conditions created in our country, it was necessary to broaden the range, in mutual aid houses, pensioners and beneficiaries of social assistance, regardless of the social security system and pensions to which they belong. The law adopted, having applied since March 1, 1973, represents an improved regulation of the organization of mutual aid houses of pensioners, mainly encompassing provisions regarding: -the right of all pensioners, regardless of which pension scheme they belong to, to be constituted in houses of mutual aid; -the conditions and modality of establishing these houses; -establishment of the collective management bodies of C.A.R.P. and of their responsibility in compliance with the legal provisions on the administration of material and monetary means of the house; -the establishment of sources of income and the establishment of funds intended for the granting of loans, grants, for the organization of cultural-artistic activities and the financing of other expenses of houses; -the attribution of the executive committees of the popular councils to ensure the guidance and support of the work of the pensioners ' mutual aid houses as well as the task of the Ministry of Labour to guide them from a methodological point of view specialty. UNDER ARTICLE 57 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA WE SIGN AND HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA, LAW NO. 13 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1972 ON THE MUTUAL AID HOUSES OF PENSIONERS. PRESIDENT OF THE STATE COUNCIL, Nicolae Ceausescu Bucharest, November 25, 1972. The Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania adopts this law. + Article 1 (1) Retirees of any category, regardless of the social security system and pensions to which they belong, as well as beneficiaries of social assistance, may associate themselves in mutual aid houses of pensioners-referred to as abbreviated C.A.R.P. (2) May be members of a mutual aid house and family members husband, wife, and major children unable to work in the maintenance of pensioners or beneficiaries of social assistance members of that house. + Article 2 The pensioners ' mutual aid houses aim to support members by providing loans and aids; they can also organise cultural, artistic and leisure activities, the provision, for payment, of services for members. house and family members in their maintenance, using the work of retired members of the C.A.R.P., as well as other actions and forms of public aid. + Article 3 (1) The mutual aid houses of pensioners shall be constituted by territorial areas, either from pensioners belonging to the same social insurance system and pensions, or from pensioners belonging to different such systems, and are legal entities in conditions of this law (2) The mutual aid houses of pensioners may be constituted at the written request of at least 100 pensioners and beneficiaries of social assistance. (3) In the mutual aid houses constituted of pensioners belonging to a certain social security and pension system may be received, by the governing council, and pensioners from other systems, on the basis of the approval of the general meeting of the general assembly of that house. (4) The mutual aid houses of pensioners shall be established with the authorization of the executive committees of the county folk councils or of the city of Bucharest, in relation to the locality in which the house will be based. Authorization shall be given on the basis of the instrument of incorporation accompanied by the statute adopted by the + Article 4 (1) Upon receipt in the house of mutual assistance of pensioners shall be paid a registration fee whose amount-fixed or percentage-of pension or social assistance is established by statute. (2) The members of the pensioners ' mutual aid houses pay monthly contributions, as well as monthly contributions, the percentage of which or in fixed amounts-shall be decided by the general meeting, within the limits and under the conditions established by the statute. (3) Upon termination, for whatever reasons, of the quality of the member of the mutual aid house of pensioners, the amounts deposited as monthly dues shall be returned to the holder or his followers, as the case may be. + Article 5 (1) The governing body of the pensioner's mutual aid house is the general meeting of the members of the house. (2) The Governing Board shall be the executive body of the pensioner's mutual aid house and shall respond to the general meeting for all its work; it shall also be responsible for compliance with the legal provisions on the administration of the means materials and money of the house. ((3) The verification of the entire economic and financial activity of the house shall be ensured by the censor committee. (4) The Governing Board, the Audit Committee and their chairpersons shall be elected by the General Assembly under the conditions laid down by the Statute. + Article 6 (1) Presidents of mutual aid houses of pensioners, members of management boards and censor commissions may not be granted monthly remuneration; those who distinguish themselves in their work within the house may benefit from rewards. quarterly money, in the amounts approved by the general meeting and without exceeding the limits laid down in the statute. (2) The mutual aid houses of pensioners can use employed personnel, under the conditions of law, especially among the members of the house, within the framework of the legal regulations on salary and personnel norms. + Article 7 (1) The incomes of the pensioners ' mutual aid houses come from: registration fees, contributions and monthly contributions of members, interest, income made from service provision and the organization of cultural-artistic events, as well as from donations. ((2) The interest charged by the members, for loans granted by the mutual aid houses of pensioners, is 4% per year. + Article 8 (1) Of the incomes realized, the mutual aid houses of pensioners constitute, under the conditions provided by the statute, separate funds for: loans; non-reimbursable aid; cultural-artistic activities; investments; general expenses. (2) Of the investment funds constituted by the mutual aid houses of pensioners can be financed, with the approval of the general meeting, actions to arrange and equip some spaces for the activities referred to in art. 2, the construction, arrangement and endowment of own spa treatment units or hostels for pensioners, as well as the purchase of public transportation means. These actions will be carried out in the regime established by the legal provisions on non-centralized investments financed by extra-budgetary means. + Article 9 (1) The executive committees of the county folk councils and of the city of Bucharest shall ensure the mutual aid houses of the pensioners the guidance and support necessary for the proper functioning of their activity. (2) The Ministry of Labor provides the specialized methodological guidance of the mutual aid houses of pensioners. + Article 10 The organization and functioning of the mutual aid houses of pensioners, the rights and duties of the members, the conditions for the establishment and use of the funds provided in art. 7 and 8, as well as the services that can be provided within these houses, shall be established by statute, adopted by the general assembly of members, on the basis and within the limits of the framework status approved by the Ministry of Labour, in consultation with the central bodies of State and public interest. + Article 11 (1) This law shall enter into force on 1 March 1973. (2) The current mutual aid houses of pensioners will be able to continue their activity, after March 1, 1973, only on the basis of new statutes, which they will adopt in accordance with the new regulations. + Article 12 On 1 March 1973 it is repealed Decree no. 204/1951 for the organization of the mutual aid houses of pensioners, published in the Official Bulletin no. 113 113 of 21 November 1951. This law was voted on by the Grand National Assembly at its meeting on November 23, 1972, with the unanimity of the votes of the 421 deputies present at the meeting. President of the Great National Assembly, STEFAN VOITEC Bucharest, November 23, 1972. No. 13. ---------