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###### No. 391 Dispur, Monday, 17th December, 2007, 26th Agrahayana, 1929 (S.E.)

 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

 ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

 NOTIFICATION

 The 15th December, 2007

 No. LGL.147/2007/11. --The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information.

 ASSAM ACT NO. XXVII OF 2007

 (Received the assent of the Governor on 12th December, 2007)

 ASSAM MUNICIPALITY DISCLOSURE ACT, 2007


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###### 2500 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DECEMBER 17, 2007

 AN

 ACT

 to provide for transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation or Municipalities of Assam.

 Whereas it is expedient to provide for transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation or Municipalities of Assam.

 It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Short title, extent 1. ( 1) This Act may be called the Assam Municipality
and commencement Disclosure Act, 2007.

(2)1t extends to such Municipal Corporation and other

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Municipalities of Assam as may be notified by the State
Government in the Official Gazette from time to time. \

(3)1t shall come into force on such date as the State

Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
appoint in his behalf

Definitions 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subjec~ or

context,- ·

(a) "Municipal Corporation or Municipality" means an institution of

Self Government constituted under Article 243-Q of the
Constitution of India;

(b) "State Government" means the Government of Assam;

(c)"Prescnbed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

Obligation of Municipal 3. Every Municipal Corporation or Municipality shall maintain and
Corporation and publish all its records duly catalogued and indexed, in a manner
Municipality and form which enables the Municipal Corporation or

Municipality under this Act to disclose the required information as
specified in Part-A and Part-B of Appendix to this Act at quarterly
intervals.

Manner of disclosure 4. The disclosure under section 3 shall be made through,-

(a) newspaper in regional, Hindi and English language;

(b) Internet;

(c} notice boards of the Municipal Corporation or Municipality;

(d) ward offices;

(e) any other mode as may be prescribed, by the State
Government under the rules or specified by notification issued
from time to time.

###### Power to make rules 5. (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out

the purposes of this Act.

(2) All rules made by the State Government under this Act shall,
as soon as may be after they are made, be laid before the
State Legislature, while it is in session. for a total period of

not less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one
session or two or more successive sessions, and shall,


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unless some later date is appointed, take effect from the
date of their publication in the Official Gazette subject to
such modifications or annulments as the Legislature may,
during the said period agree to make, so however, that any
such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to
the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

**APPENDIX**

###### PART-A

 1. Particulars of the Municipal Corporation or Municipality;

2. A statement of the Boards, Councils, Committees and other

Bodies consisting of two or more persons, constituted as its
part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether
meetings of those Boards, Councils, Committees and other
Bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such
meetings are accessible for public;

###### 3. A directory of its officers and employees;

4. The particulars of officers who grant concession, permits or

authorization for each activity.

**PART-B**

1. Audited financial statements of Balance Sheet, Receipts and

Cash Flow on a quarterly basis, within two months of end of
each quarter; and statutorily audited financial statement for
the full financial year, within three months of the end of the
financial year;

2. The service levels being provided for each of the services

being undertaken by the Municipal Corporation or
Municipality;

3. Particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures, actual

expenditures on major services provided or activities
performed and report on disbursements made;

4. Details on subsidy programme on major services provided or

activities performed by the Municipal Corporation or
Municipality, and manner and criteria of identification af
beneficiaries for such programmes;

###### 5. Particulars of the Master Plan, City Development Plan or any

other plan concerning the development of the municipal area;

###### 6. The particulars of major works as may be prescribed in the

rules to be made under this Act, together with information on
the value of works, time of completion, and details of contract;

7. The details of Municipal Corporation or Municipal funds i.e.,

income generated in the previous year by the following -
(a) taxes, duties, cess and surcharge, rent from the
properties, fees from licenses and permission;

(b) taxes, duties, cess and surcharge, rent from the
properties, fees from licenses and permission that
remain uncollected and reason thereof;

(c) share of taxes levied by the State Government and
transferred to the Municipal Corporation or
Municipality and the grants released to the Municipal
Corporation or Municipality;


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(d) grants released by the State _Governmen~ **for**
implementation of the schemes, proiects as a~srgned
or entrusted to the Municipal Corporation or
Municipality, the nature and extent of utilization;

(e} _money rai r~_ ed th rough donation or contribution from

public or non-Governmental agencies;

8. annual budget a!loo-ited to eacl: ward; and

9. such other information as may be prescribed.

###### MOHD. A. HAQUE, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department.

GUWAHATI-Printedand Published by the Dy. Director (P&S), Directorate of Ptg. & Sty., Assam, Guwahati-21, (Ex-
Gazette) No. 781-500-600-17-12-2007.


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