¹ The canton of Glaris is a state of the Swiss Confederation.

² Power resides in the people, who exercise it directly during the Landsgemei N Of , at the municipal assembly or through the ballot box, and indirectly through the authorities and employees elected by him. ¹

³ The Constitution and all other parts of the canton's legal order are subject to federal law.

¹ State power is limited by fundamental rights.

² Everyone is obliged to respect the rights of others when exercising their fundamental rights.

³ Fundamental rights can be restricted only within the framework of the Constitution and on the basis of the law. Cases of serious, immediate and obvious danger are reserved.

⁴ No harm to freedom must go beyond what is required for a legitimate purpose and a preponderant public interest.

⁵ In exercising their powers of private law, the canton and the municipalities must comply with the meaning and spirit of fundamental rights.

Personality, dignity and human freedom are intangible.

¹ Equal rights are guaranteed to everyone.

² No one shall be adversely affected or taken advantage of the fact of his or her sex, language, race, country or origin, as well as his or her religious, ideological or political views.

¹ Everyone has the right to life, to the integrity of the body and the spirit, to freedom of movement, to personal security, to the protection of his health and to the protection against abuse of data concerning him.

² Privacy and home are inviolable.

Freedom of belief and conscience is inviolable.

The freedom to form religious communities and the freedom to perform religious acts are guaranteed, insofar as they do not seriously undermine public order or confessional peace.

The free formation, expression and dissemination of opinions, by words, writings and images or in any other way, shall be guaranteed, provided that public order, the protection of youth and the protection of interests are safeguarded. Third party personnel.

¹ Freedom of the media is guaranteed.

² There is no censorship of the press, films or other media.

Freedom of culture and art is guaranteed.

Freedom of education is guaranteed within the limits of the law and the objectives of school policy and training policy.

¹ Freedom of association and assembly is guaranteed.

² Meetings and events on the public domain may be subject to authorisation. They may be prohibited or restricted only where there is a serious and immediate danger to public order and security.

Free establishment is guaranteed.

¹ The property is guaranteed.

² The law may provide for expropriations and restrictions on property in the public interest.

³ In cases of expropriation or ownership restrictions equivalent to an expropriation, a full indemnity is payable.

The freedom of economic activity, in particular the free choice and free exercise of a profession and the freedom to engage in a gainful occupation, is guaranteed.

¹ No one can be distracted from his natural justice.

² Any authority or service of the administration shall be obliged to grant the persons concerned the right to be heard. Everyone has the right to consult the files that concern him or her, unless overriding public or private interests require secrecy.

³ State bodies are required to give reasons for their decisions and to indicate the remedies available to them; they are reserved for the exceptions provided for in the law.

⁴ Within the framework of the law, access to justice is free for indigent persons.

⁵ The legislation determines the necessary guarantees for the persons concerned in the event of a search, arrest or seizure, as well as during the criminal investigation, the execution of sentences and an internment in institutions.

Any State activity must comply with the law and respect the principles of proportionality and good faith.

¹ The canton, the municipalities and the other public law corporations shall respond to damage caused without the right, in the course of their activity, by the members of their authorities, employees and teachers or other persons acting within the framework of a Public mandate. ¹

² They may turn against those responsible in accordance with the law.

³ Legislation may extend the responsibility of the State to other cases. It may provide for personal liability within the meaning of federal civil law for certain activities carried out on the mandate of an authority. ²

Regulations with retroactive effect may not impose new charges on individuals.

¹ The right of cantonal city bases all the rights and duties of a citizen of the Confederation, the canton and the municipality.

² The right of cantonal city is inseparable from the municipal right of the city. ¹

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⁴ The law regulates the acquisition and loss of the right of cantonal and communal city. ³

¹ Each must fulfil the obligations imposed on it by the legal order of the canton and the municipalities.

² Participation in the Landsgemeinde , municipal assemblies, and elections and secret votes is a civic duty.

¹ Everyone is responsible for the environment.

² Within the framework of federal law, the canton and the communes enact the requirements and take measures aimed at the protection of man and his environment.

³ They preserve the beauty and the specific character of the landscape and the sites, as well as natural and cultural monuments.

The canton and the municipalities provide, within the framework of federal law, the orderly occupation of the territory and the judicious use of the soil.

¹ The canton and the municipalities regulate construction. The needs of persons with disabilities must be taken into account in an appropriate manner.

² The county and municipalities regulate the planning, construction and maintenance of roads and roads.

³ The Township shall exercise, in accordance with the law, water monitoring.

⁴ It lays down requirements concerning public matters, as well as their use and exploitation.

The canton and the communes guarantee public order and security.

¹ The canton and the communes promote social security and general well-being.

² State social assistance must strengthen personal responsibility and mutual aid. ¹

³ The canton, within the framework of federal law, exercises supervision over social works.

The canton and the municipalities can supplement the social security benefits of the Confederation.

¹ The canton rules, within the framework of federal law, assistance to the unemployed and the placement service.

² In addition to the provisions of federal law, it may lay down requirements relating to working relations and the protection of workers.

³ The canton and the municipalities can take measures to provide work.

¹ Social assistance and guardianship are the responsibility of the canton. The communes shall support the canton in carrying out this task to the extent necessary to carry out these tasks efficiently and effectively. ²

² The law regulates the supervision exercised by the canton on social assistance institutions, in particular on medical institutions.

The canton and the communes contribute to the integration of foreigners.

The canton may encourage the construction of housing or provide rent facilities, either independently, in addition to federal law or in cooperation with the municipalities or with third parties.

¹ The canton and the communes promote public health, health care and care for the sick.

² The law regulates the supervision exercised by the canton in the field of public health.

³ The canton regulates the exercise of the medical professions and the health police.

⁴ It provides grants to the Confederacy-recognized disease recipients operating in the canton.

¹ The canton guarantees the operation of a hospital with its site in the canton of Glaris (cantonal hospital). The law regulates the legal form of the cantonal hospital and the benefits it is required to provide. ¹

² Municipalities are responsible for the existence of institutions for the elderly. ²

³ They can manage institutions for the elderly or entrust management to third parties. ³

⁴ The law regulates surveillance. ⁴

The canton and the communes are endeavoring to protect and consolidate the family as a fundamental unit of the community.

¹ Within the age limits set by law, attendance at school is compulsory.

² Everyone must be able to attend public schools without being hindered by their freedom of belief and conscience.

³ The same training opportunities must be guaranteed for both men and women.

⁴ For the duration of compulsory school, education is free in all public schools for persons residing in the canton. The means of instruction and teaching shall be made available free of charge to the extent that the law does not provide otherwise.

¹ The right to create and manage private schools is guaranteed within the limits of the law.

² Private schools can be supported by public funds.

¹ The school and training sector is generally subject to the supervision of the canton.

² Municipalities manage the institutions of compulsory education.

³ In school matters, the canton has in particular the following tasks:

A.

Manages a cantonal school;

B.

Manages and supports professional schools and continuing education and training courses;

C. ¹

It encourages extra-formal education in music.

⁴ The canton may delegate tasks in the field of vocational training to private companies, economic and professional associations or other organisations.

⁵ It facilitates access to training through grants and social measures.

The canton regulates the management of day-care centres.

¹ Children with physical and mental disabilities receive appropriate and free education and training.

² The canton supports or manages special schools and educational institutions. ¹

³ The law regulates the supervision exercised by the canton on special schools and educational institutions.

¹ The canton and the communes encourage the creation and the cultural, artistic and scientific activities.

² They support adult education.

³ They encourage youth activities.

The canton and the municipalities support health-friendly sports activities.

¹ The canton and the municipalities shall endeavour to promote all sectors of the economy, in particular by creating favourable general conditions.

² The canton and the communes may, in the public interest, support or operate organisations, works or undertakings which serve the promotion of the economic development of the canton or participate in such institutions.

³ In the context of economic promotion, the canton ensures a balanced development of all parts of the territory.

The canton may lay down requirements for the orderly conduct of economic activities.

The canton can, in addition to federal law, take measures to maintain and encourage agriculture.

¹ The canton shall determine by legislation measures for the maintenance and exploitation of forests.

² The canton and the municipalities may, in addition to federal law, take measures to promote forestry.

¹ The canton and the municipalities encourage public transport. They may participate in, or operate in, transportation companies.

² The canton and the municipalities promote a sufficient and environmentally friendly energy supply as well as energy efficient consumption. They may participate in companies that supply or operate the energy supply.

¹ Mining, salt, hunting and fishing regales belong to the canton.

² It regulates the collection and use of geothermal energy through legislation.

¹ The township operates a property insurance establishment.

² The institution can manage other assurances in accordance with the law.

¹ The canton operates a cantonal bank. It guarantees its commitments.

² The cantonal bank must be managed economically. It must first and foremost serve the entire cantonal economy.

¹ The canton and the municipalities are allowed to levy taxes, in accordance with the law, to cover the needs of public finances.

² They impose the income and fortune of natural persons as well as the profit and capital of legal persons.

³ The law determines the type and amount of other taxes. It shall rule on other contributions which the canton, municipalities or other public law corporations may levy.

⁴ The canton, municipalities and other public law corporations may require emoluments under municipal ordinances or regulations.

All taxpayers must participate according to their means and their economic capacity to the burdens of the state and the municipalities.

¹ The canton, municipalities and other public law corporations must manage their budgets according to the principles of legality, budgetary balance, economy, urgency, profitability, causality, compensation for benefits, The search for the efficiency and non-allocation of general taxes, with the exception of the cantonal tax for buildings. ¹

² The law sets out in detail the powers of expenditure.

³ It determines the scope and rules the execution of financial controls by independent bodies. ²

⁴ The Township and the Municipalities establish financial schedules. ³

¹ The budget includes the expected revenues and authorized expenditures for the accounting period.

² The account shall comprise all expenditure and revenue and shall indicate the state of the capital at the end of the accounting period.

³ The principle of advertising applies in accounting matters.

¹ In drawing up legislative acts or decisions, the authorities must in all cases assess the financial consequences and, if necessary, create the supplementary cover.

² They must present the relevant indications and proposals in the projects.

¹ The canton supports the communes in the execution of their tasks by allocating them, within the framework of the legal provisions laid down, allowances and financial assistance for special assignment.

² The law may require the communes to provide cash or in kind benefits to finance the execution of tasks of common interest of the canton or municipalities.

Fiscal equalization includes resource equalization and expense compensation. The communes finance the equalization of resources, the canton funds the compensation of the charges. The law regulates the details.

¹ Have the right to vote in the canton and in the municipality all Swiss citizens who are domiciled and who have reached the age of 16. ¹

² The right to vote is excluded from the right to vote because of mental illness or weakness of mind.

³ The right to vote shall be exercised by Landsgemeinde And, for the rest, provided that the law does not provide for facilities at home; it is acquired with the establishment.

¹ In cantonal matters, every active citizen has the right to:

A. ¹

To take part, as an elector, and, from the age of 18, as a candidate, in elections held at the Landsgemeinde Or through the ballot box;

B.

Make proposals to the Landsgemeinde ;

C.

Participate in the discussion and vote at the Landsgemeinde ;

D.

To vote through the ballot box on the canton's opinions on the construction of nuclear installations on the territory of the canton of Glaris and the neighbouring cantons.

² In communal matters, every active citizen has the right to:

A. ²

To participate, as an elector, and, from the age of 18 years, as a candidate, in elections held at the municipal assembly or through the ballot box;

B.

Make proposals to the local assembly;

C.

To take part in the discussion at the local assembly, as well as the votes which take place at this assembly or through the ballot box.

¹ Every active citizen has the right, alone or in common with other active citizens, to table initiatives ( Memorialsanträge ) For the purpose of Landsgemeinde The communes and their governing bodies have the same right. ¹

² An initiative may concern any subject matter falling within the competence of the Lan D Sgemeinde ; it shall not contain anything that is contrary to federal law or, unless it concerns a revision of the cantonal constitution, to the latter.

³ The initiative may be presented in the form of a proposal designed in general terms or in the form of a draft of all documents.

⁴ There must be a material connection between the different parts of the initiative.

⁵ The initiative must have a clearly defined purpose, be reasoned and be signed by its authors.

⁶ An initiative may be presented at any time to the Council of State. It may be withdrawn until the date of the decision on its relevance.

¹ The Council of State shall transmit to the Grand Council within three months the initiatives submitted with its opinion concerning their legal admissibility.

² The Grand Council decides on the legal admissibility of the initiatives and their relevance; is relevant to the admissible initiatives which collect at least ten votes. There is no cantonal appeal against the decisions of the Grand Council on legal admissibility. ¹

³ The Grand Council shall submit the initiatives no later than the second Landsgemeinde Following the decision on their relevance.

⁴ The Council of State proposals to the Landsgemeinde They are not the subject of a decision on their relevance; however, when the Grand Council does not enter into a proposal by the Council of State or rejects it, the proposal lapses.

¹ Everyone has the right to petition and petition the authorities.

² The authority to which the petition or petition is addressed shall be required to respond to it within the framework of its competence or to transmit it to the competent authority.

The Landsgemeinde Is the assembly of the active citizens of the canton. It is the supreme organ of the canton.

¹ The memorial of the Landsgemeinde Contains the cases processed by the Landsgemeinde , in particular the draft laws or decisions of the Grand Council and the initiatives tabled.

² Initiatives that have not been declared relevant by the Grand Council are listed separately, without notice.

³ With the memorial, are brought to the attention of the Landsgemeinde The State's account, the report on finances and the budget.

⁴ The memorial of the Landsgemeinde Is distributed in sufficient numbers to active citizens no later than four weeks before the Landsgemeinde ; for Landsgemeinde Extraordinary, the Grand Council may shorten this period.

⁵ In urgent cases, the Grand Council may also submit to the Landsgemeinde A case not included in the memorial; the proposal of the Grand Council is to be published in the Official Sheet.

¹ The Landsgemeinde Ordinary meets on the first Sunday in May in Glaris.

² The Council of State decides on a possible postponement.

³ A Landsgemeinde Extraordinary occurs when the Landsgemeinde Decides, when at least 2000 active citizens ask for it by indicating the objects to be dealt with or when the Grand Council convenor of active citizens for urgent business.

⁴ The meeting shall be convened no later than fourteen days before the date of the meeting, by way of the Official Gazette.

⁵ The Council of State may take measures to facilitate participation in the Landsgemeinde , especially for active citizens from remote communities.

¹ The Landamman Presides over Landsgemeinde If it is prevented, it shall be replaced by the Landesstatthalter , in the event of the incapacity of the latter, by the oldest State Councillor in office.

² The Landamman Opens the Landsgemeinde By speech. Participants who have the right to vote are then sworn in.

¹ The projects of the Grand Council published in the memorial or in the Official Gazette form the basis of the debates; debates cannot be held on other objects.

² Each participant entitled to vote has the right to propose, support, modify, reject, postpone or refer projects.

³ The proposed amendments must have a material connection to the object under discussion.

⁴ The Landsgemeinde On initiatives which have not been declared relevant by the Grand Council only on a specific proposal; it may decide either the rejection or the treatment the following year.

⁵ Anyone who intends to speak about a project must first formulate its proposal and then explain it briefly.

¹ The proposal of the Grand Council is approved when no proposals to the contrary are presented.

² When such a proposal is made, the Landsgemeinde Must vote.

³ When two or more changes are made to a project, a final vote must take place.

⁴ In elections, a vote takes place in all cases.

¹ The Landamman Accounts for the majority by estimate. In doubtful cases, it may request the advisory opinion of four members of the Council of State.

² His decision is unassailable.

The Landsgemeinde Is competent:

A.

To elect the Landamman And the Landesstatthalter ;

B. ¹

To elect the presidents of the courts and other judges;

C. ²

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¹ The Landsgemeinde Is competent to modify the cantonal constitution. It also adopts, in the form of a law, all the fundamental and important provisions.

² In addition, it is responsible for:

A.

To approve the concordats and other treaties, where they concern an object under the constitution or law or entailing an expenditure under the terms of the Act; b;

B.

To rule on all undetermined and non-determined expenditure of more than 1 million francs and all non-determined periodic expenditure relating to the same subject matter, which exceeds 200,000 francs per year;

C.

To purchase real property as an investment or as a precautionary measure when the price exceeds 5 million francs;

D.

To make other decisions referred to it by the Grand Council;

E.

To set the tax rate.

³ The Landsgemeinde May delegate its powers to the Grand Council or the Council of State, provided that the delegation is limited to a specific area and that the purpose and scope of the competence granted are precisely defined.

¹ Active citizens elect the members of the Grand Council through the ballot box, the proportional system.

² The law determines the electoral districts and regulates the allocation procedure.

Active citizens elect the members of the Council of State through the ballot box, the majority system.

Active citizens elect the two members of the Council of States through the ballot box, the majority system.

¹ The Grand Council is the parliament of the canton. It has 60 members. ¹

² It is the canton's highest supervisory authority over government, administration and the courts.

³ It prepares the constitutional and legal texts enacted by the Landsgemeinde And the other decisions of the latter.

⁴ It makes ordinances, makes decisions in the administrative and financial fields, and decides on major or general planning.

The Grand Council shall elect each year, within the Grand Council, the President, the Vice-President and the other members of the Grand Council.

¹ The Grand Council may set up committees to prepare its deliberations, to exercise high surveillance or to conduct special investigations.

² Members of the Grand Council may form groups.

¹ The Grand Council meets as often as the cases require.

² The meetings of the Grand Council are public.

³ In camera meetings may take place only if two-thirds of the members present decide by secret ballot.

¹ The Grand Council shall order its organisation, its meetings, the procedure for the deliberation, the election and organisation of the committees and the rights and obligations of the members of the Grand Council. ²

² Constitutional amendments, laws and ordinances are the subject of second reading.

³ Members of the Grand Council deliberate and vote without instructions.

¹ Any member of the Grand Council shall have the right, in the course of its parliamentary activities, to require the departments, the State Chancellery, the other authorities responsible for administrative tasks and the courts of information concerning the Legal or technical issues that do not fall under the secrecy of the function. ²

² The commissions of the Grand Council obtain information on or have access to records when carrying out their duties. In reasoned cases, the Conseil d' Etat may unlink a function secret to one of its members, a cantonal employee or a teacher in the canton. Similarly, the Committee on the Management of the Courts may, in reasoned cases, unlink a member or an employee of a court in relation to matters relating to the administration of justice. ³

³ When the Grand Council, in order to shed light on important events, establishes a committee of inquiry, it can obtain all the necessary information from the Council of State, the courts-for matters falling within the scope of the The administration of justice-and of the municipal authorities-on matters relating to cooperation between the canton and the municipalities. The members of the authorities, as well as the employees and teachers of the canton and the municipalities, are obliged to provide information, even on findings which are subject to the secrecy of the function. Individuals may be heard in accordance with the Administrative Jurisdiction Act. ⁴

The members of the Council of State shall participate with a consultative vote in the meetings of the Grand Council and, as appropriate, in the meetings of its committees.

¹ The Grand Council elects the members of the authorities and commissions as well as the employees of the State to the extent that the legislation provides for it; in addition, it appoints the commanders of the cantonal battalions. ¹

² He [the Great Council] is more competent to elect prosecutors, lawyers for minors and ex officio defenders. He then appointed the Attorney General. ²

The Grand Council has jurisdiction:

A.

To release projects that must be presented to the Landsgemeinde And to submit proposals to the latter;

B.

To issue ordinances when authorized by the Constitution;

C.

For the purpose of enacting orders when authorized by the Landsgemeinde ;

D.

To adopt provisions for the application of federal law and the implementing provisions of intercantonal law, to the extent that they do not concern an object of the law;

E.

To approve or denounce intercantonal conventions and other treaties, to the extent that Landsgemeinde Or the Council of State is not competent;

F.

To legislate in urgent cases instead of Landsgemeinde ; such legislative acts have effect until the next Landsgemeinde Ordinary.

It is the responsibility of the Grand Council:

A.

Establishing the budget, reviewing and approving the accounts of the State and approving the financial plan;

B. ¹

To rule on all single expenditure, not determined and relating to the same subject matter, not exceeding 1 million francs, and any periodic expenditure not determined and relating to the same subject matter, which does not exceed 200 000 francs Per year;

C.

To decide on the acquisition of a willing seller or as a precautionary measure when the price is above 600 000 francs and does not exceed 5 000 000 francs;

D.

Decide on the subscription or renewal of long-term borrowings.

The Grand Council is responsible for:

A.

To examine and approve the minutes of the Landsgemeinde ;

B.

To call Landsgemeinde Extraordinary;

C.

To exercise high supervision over the Council of State, the cantonal administration and the courts, in particular by examining and approving the management report;

D.

To adopt plans of fundamental or general significance and to adopt the guidelines for the planning of buildings, structures and cantonal establishments;

E.

Grant concessions to the extent that the law does not otherwise dispose of them;

F. ¹

To fix the daily salaries and allowances as well as the social benefits paid to the members of the authorities, the employees of the canton and the teachers of the canton and the municipalities;

G.

Decide on conflicts of jurisdiction between the Council of State and the courts;

H.

Exercise the right of grace in cases provided for by law;

I.

Order the setting up of the cantonal troops when the public order is disturbed in the canton or when there is an external danger;

K. ²

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The Grand Council may, on behalf of the canton, participate in federal political life, including:

A.

By filing a cantonal initiative;

B.

Requesting the referendum with other cantons;

C.

Calling for the convening of the Federal Assembly with other cantons.

The Grand Council may delegate its powers to the Council of State provided that the authorisation is limited to a specific area and that its purpose and scope are precisely defined.

¹ The communes and the trade unions of communes are autonomous corporations of public law.

² The existence of municipalities and trade unions of communes and their right to settle their affairs autonomously are guaranteed within the limits of the constitution and the law.

¹ Municipalities may, together with other communes, in or outside the canton, form trade unions to carry out specific tasks.

² The agreement on the founding of the trade union and its statutes, as well as the amendments made to these two texts, must receive the agreement of the municipalities concerned and be approved by the Council of State. In the case of inter-cantonal trade unions, the Council of State may also approve these amendments if they are expected to be accepted by a majority. ¹

³ The Council of State may, for just reasons, establish trade unions of communes and determine the content of the conventions relating to their foundation and statutes or oblige the communes to join a trade union of communes. The municipalities concerned may appeal to the Grand Council within 30 days against the decision of the Council of State.

⁴ The law regulates the organisation of trade unions and defines the rights of active citizens as well as the authorities of the communes that are connected to them.

¹ The canton encourages collaboration between municipalities.

² The municipalities and the trade unions of municipalities shall cooperate with other communes or trade unions in the performance of all tasks of common interest.

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¹ Changes in the number of communes shall be accepted by the electoral body concerned and approved by the Landsgemeinde .

² The approval of the Grand Council is sufficient in the parishes and in the modification of the boundaries of the communes.

¹ The communes handle all the local affairs which do not belong to either the Confederation or the canton.

² As long as the constitution and the law do not provide otherwise, they themselves determine their organisation by issuing a communal regulation, elect their authorities, appoint their employees and their teachers and carry out their Tasks as they see fit. ¹

¹ Municipalities, trade unions and their establishments and enterprises are under the supervision of the Council of State.

² In so far as the legislation does not provide otherwise, the Council of State shall examine only the conformity with the law of the decisions, the orders and the normative acts of the municipalities.

³ If irregularities occur, it takes appropriate action; in serious cases it may limit or eliminate the right of the communes to administer themselves.

⁴ The municipalities concerned may appeal to the Administrative Court within 30 days against the decision of the Council of State.

¹ Any person who has a proper and proper interest may lodge an appeal within the legal period, before the Council of State or before a department, against the decisions, orders and normative acts adopted at the last instance by the Bodies of municipalities and trade unions of communes. Both parties can attack the decision on appeal before the Administrative Tribunal in accordance with the law. ¹

² In the field of elections and voting, every active citizen has the right to make use of the exceptions provided for in the law.

¹ The communes carry out all the public tasks which do not belong to the Confederation or the cantons or the parishes (common communes).

² The commune includes persons domiciled in its territory.

³ Unless the law provides otherwise, the commune deals in particular with all school matters.

¹ The parish includes persons domiciled in the parish and belonging to the Church recognised by the public law concerned.

² The parish shall, within the framework of the law of the State and in accordance with the requirements of its Church, settle cases within its denomination on the territory of the parish.

³ The organisation and administration of the parish must be in accordance with the principles set out in the cantonal constitution and in the legislation on the communes.

¹ The following are the necessary bodies of the commune:

A.

The electoral body;

B. ¹

The governing body;

C. ²

The Joint Management Committee or an audit body of the accounts of a parish.

² In the municipal commune, the governing body is the municipal council; in the parish, it is the parish council. ³

³ Municipalities can establish a communal parliament. It has at least 20 members and constitutes itself within the framework of the Law and the Communal Regulation. ⁴

¹ Every active citizen shall have the right to submit, at any time, to the governing body, for the electoral body, proposals relating to matters which fall within the competence of that body. ¹

² The law regulates the admissibility and the form of proposals and the manner in which they are dealt with.

¹ Active citizens shall, in principle, exercise their right to vote at the local assembly; it shall meet as required, but at least once a year. ¹

² An extraordinary communal assembly shall take place when the governing body so decides, when the number of active citizens laid down in the law requires it by indicating the cases to be dealt with or when the Council of State orders it. ²

³ The municipal law or regulation may, for specific cases, provide for the election or voting through the ballot box. The communal assembly may decide that an election or voting through the ballot box will be held in exceptional cases in other cases as well.

⁴ The members of the communal parliament are elected through the ballot box, by proportional representation; the law regulates the electoral districts. ³

⁵ The mayor and members of the council of the municipal commune are elected by the ballot box, by the majority vote. ⁴

⁶ The law sets out the electoral skills and procedures for the other elections. ⁵

¹ The electoral body is competent in particular:

A. ¹

To elect the President and the members of the governing body;

B. ²

To elect the chairman and members of the management committee or the audit body;

C. ³

To elect members of other municipal authorities and commissions and to appoint employees, unless that competence has been delegated to the governing body;

D.

To enact the municipal regulation;

E.

To enact the other municipal requirements, unless that competence has been delegated to the governing body for specific cases;

F.

To establish the budget;

G. ⁴

To approve the accounts of the municipality and the related reports of the Management Committee or the audit body;

H.

To decide on expenditure and to decide on the acquisition and disposal of immovable property and the granting of limited real rights in immovable property, unless, according to the municipal regulation, that jurisdiction belongs to the governing body;

I.

To determine the share of municipal tax under cantonal tax legislation;

K.

To decide on the merger of the commune with another municipality or on the dissolution of the municipality and on the modification of limits;

L.

To decide on membership of a union of communes, to approve the agreement relating to the establishment of such a trade union and its statutes, as well as the amendments made to those two texts, as well as to conclude others Conventions;

M.

To rule on other matters referred to it by the governing body.

² In municipalities with a communal parliament, the electoral body is obliged to:

A.

To elect members of the communal parliament;

B.

To elect the President and the members of the governing body;

C.

To enact the municipal regulation;

D.

To make the decisions provided for in para. 1, let. H in the framework of the Communal Regulation and the decisions provided for in para. 1, let. I, k and l. ⁵

A decision of the municipality falling within the competence of the electoral body may exceptionally be taken in a tacit way in urgent cases when the decision of the governing body, taken unanimously, or the decision of the municipal parliament, taken at An absolute majority, which is the subject of a public opinion and provided that the number of active citizens laid down in the law does not then, within the prescribed period, request that it be put to the vote as a proposal at the next municipal assembly or The next vote.

¹ The communes with a communal assembly may, in their settlement, provide that the governing body shall have jurisdiction:

A.

To enact communal normative acts determined in accordance with Art. 131, para. 1, let. E;

B.

To take up to a specified amount the decisions under s. 131, para. 1, let. H;

C.

To enter into certain contracts in accordance with s. 131, para. 1, let. L.

² These normative acts and decisions are subject to an optional referendum; the law sets deadlines and quorums.

³ Municipalities with a communal parliament designate in the municipal by-law the normative acts and the decisions of the parliament which are subject to the optional referendum or that the parliament must submit to the vote of the electorate.

¹ The creation of new corporations and changes in the number of corporations must be approved by the Conseil d' Etat or by a department . ¹

² Corporations can administer their wealth and enjoy the wealth independently, as long as the law does not provide otherwise.

³ They are under the supervision of the Council of State.

¹ The amendments of 7 May 2006 come into force on 1 July 2006. ^Er January 2011.

² The Council of State can anticipate ¹ The entry into force of isolated provisions or groups of provisions.

¹ From 1 ^Er January 2011, there will be no more in the canton than the following three communes, in the form of joint communes (meeting of the municipal commune, the commune school and the Tagwen):

Bilten, Mühlehorn, Obstalden, Filzbach, Niederurnen, Oberurnen, Näfels and Mollis;

Netstal, Riedern, Glarus and Ennenda

Mitlödi, Sool, Schwändi, Schwanden, Haslen ¹ , Luchsingen, Betschwanden, Rüti, Braunwald, Linthal, Matt, Engi and Elm.

² Other voluntary mergers are reserved.

³ Voters in the merged communes decide on the name of the new municipality.

⁴ In the event that the communes mentioned in para. 1 would not merge on their own initiative by 31 December 2010, the merger would be effective as soon as 1 ^Er January 2011 without the need for a decision.

⁵ The Law on Municipalities may provide that, for a transitional period corresponding to a legislature, municipalities which must merge according to para. 1 is entitled to at least one seat in the municipal executive. This right may be granted to each municipality or group of communes.

In the event that the school communes and the corresponding municipal municipalities were not met by 31 December 2010, the meeting in communes unified within the meaning of Art. 148, para. 1, would be effective as of 1 ^Er January 2011 without the need for a decision.

In the event that the Tagwen and the corresponding municipal municipalities were not met by 31 December 2010, the meeting in communes unified within the meaning of Art. 148, para. 1, would be effective as of 1 ^Er January 2011 without the need for a decision.

The coming into force of s. 29, para. 1, in its version of 7 May 2006, has the effect of abolishing the existing communes of assistance. The Council of State may provide that the canton shall take over the municipality of assistance, by joint and by stage. The consequence of this resumption of duties is that the assistance funds are returned to the canton which is bound by the goals of their assignment; if, on 20 September 2005, there was no more independent municipality, or if its meeting with the municipality Municipal ¹ Was already in force, the municipality is relieved of the obligation to transfer assistance funds to the canton. The law regulates the details.

The coming into force of s. 29, para. 1, in its version of 7 May 2006, has the effect of abolishing the municipal authorities of guardianship. The law may provide that these tutelary authorities are still liquidating the cases of which they were seized before its entry into force. She rules the details.

¹ If, at the time of the entry into force of the amendment of 7 May 2006, a united municipality does not have the necessary rules of law, the Council of State shall adopt the necessary provisions for the required duration.

² As a supervisory authority within the meaning of s. 138 ff of the Law on Municipalities, the Council of State may, on the basis of this constitutional provision, take all necessary steps to ensure the transition between the decisions of the Landsgemeinde , on the one hand, and the creation of the three unified communes, the resumption, by the canton, of the tasks of the former communes of assistance and of the local tutelary authorities, as well as the abolition of the communes of assistance, of the other part. It can do the same if it allows to implement without delay and in a way saves the new communal structure. In particular, it is concerned to preserve as much as possible the assets, to engage them in effective goals, to use them sparingly and in accordance with the law so as not to disadvantage the other communes.

³ This provision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption by the Landsg E Meinde .

The law may provide that the governing bodies of the three communes created at 1 ^Er January 2011 who were elected before the end of the post 2006/2010 period, enter into office as early as 1 ^Er July 2010, with all the rights and duties, tasks and competences of the governing bodies departing on 30 June 2010 municipal municipalities, Tagwen and school communes.

¹ The Landsgemeinde Adopt in an ad hoc order the provisions concerning the manner and financing of the compensation for the differences in financial situations between the municipalities merging in accordance with Art. 148, para. 1. It shall determine in particular the amount of the cantonal contribution and the ceiling of the amount which may revert to the merging municipalities, as compensation for the economic relations.

² It can transfer its powers to the Grand Council, especially since it is a question of adapting the contributions agreed in 2006 to the situation as at 31 December 2010.

³ This provision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption by the Landsg E Meinde .