Laws of the Guangdong Province

Rules of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen People' s Congress on the handling of Deputy' s Bill

£¨Adopted by the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Third Shenzhen Municipal People' s Congress on June 25th, 2004£©

  Article 1 In order to standardize the handling of the bill of deputy to Shenzhen People' s Congress (hereinafter referred to as the municipal people' s congress), these rules are formulated according to relevant provisions of the Organic Law of the People' s Republic of China on the People' s Congresses and People' s Governments at All Local Levels, the Law of the People' s Republic of China on the Deputies to the National People' s Congress and People' s Congresses at All Local Levels, the Rules of Debate of the Shenzhen People' s Congress and other laws and regulations, and combining with the actual circumstances of this city.

Article 2 Deputy' s bill in these rules refers to the bill, which is jointly submitted by the deputies of the municipal people' s congress (hereinafter referred to as the deputy) according to law, handed over to the municipal people' s government (hereinafter referred to as the municipal government) for handling by the municipal people' s congress, and be deliberated by the Standing Committee of the municipal people' s congress (hereinafter referred to as the Standing Committee) with the authorization from the municipal people' s congress.

Deputy' s bill may be a separate original bill, or may be composed of several same or similar original bills.

Article 3 The handling of deputy' s bill shall be designed scientifically, organized meticulously, and be practical and effective.

Article 4 The meeting of directors of the Standing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the meeting of directors) shall lead and coordinate the supervision and handling of deputy' s bill.

The working committee of selection, liaison, personnel appointment and removal of the Standing Committee is the administrative department of the supervision and handling of deputy' s bill, which is in charge of the registration, delivery and liaison of deputy' s bill and other concrete routine work.

The special committee and working committee (hereinafter referred to as the department of supervision and handling), which is determined by the meeting of directors, shall be in charge of the concrete supervision and handling.

Article 5 Deputy' s bill shall be handed over by the Standing Committee within 30 days from the adjournment of the municipal people' s congress to the municipal government for handling.

Article 6 Mayor or the deputy mayor designated by mayor shall be in charge of the handling of deputy' s bill, and the government shall determine corresponding undertaking unit of deputy' s bill (hereinafter referred to as undertaking unit).

Article 7 The municipal government shall make out the handling scheme according to the content of deputy bill and the decision of the municipal people' s congress.

The handling scheme shall include the aim, duty, measure, completion time limit and so on.

Article 8 When the undertaking unit draws up the handling scheme, it shall listen to the opinions of the sponsor of deputy' s bill, relevant representatives and the department of supervision and handling of the Standing Committee.

Article 9 The municipal government shall submit the handling scheme to the meeting of the Standing Committee for deliberation within 3 months from the date when the deputy' s bill is handed over.

If it needs to extend the period for special circumstance, having been agreed by the meeting of directors, it may be extended for less than 3 months.

Article 10 If the municipal government considers that the deputy' s bill may be handled in 6 months, having been agreed by the meeting of directors, it may directly submit handling report to the meeting of the Standing Committee for deliberation without submitting handling scheme.

Article 11 After the Standing Committee receives the handling scheme submitted by the municipal government for deliberation, the meeting of directors shall refer it to relevant department of supervision and handling for original deliberation, which shall submit the report of original deliberation. Having been deliberated and decided by the meeting of directors, the report of original deliberation shall be submitted to the meeting of the Standing Committee for deliberation.

The department of supervision and handling and the Standing Committee shall invite the sponsor of deputy' s bill and relevant representatives to take part in their original deliberation or deliberation of handling scheme.

The Standing Committee shall make a resolution or decision when it adopts the handling scheme.

If handling scheme is not adopted by the meeting of directors, the municipal government shall remake it and submit to the next meeting of the Standing Committee for deliberation.

Article 12 The undertaking unit shall periodically report the handling of deputy' s bill to the Standing Committee in writing.

If handling scheme is executed by stages, the undertaking unit shall report the execution to the department of supervision and handling at the end of every stage. Report may take a written form.

Article 13 During the handling of deputy' s bill, if it needs to make relatively large adjustment to the time, measure and so on of handling scheme for special circumstance, the municipal government shall submit a report of adjustment scheme to the Standing Committee. The handling procedure shall accord with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 11.

Article 14 The municipal government shall submit the settlement report after deputy' s bill is handled. The handling procedure shall accord with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 11.

Article 15 The department of supervision and handling and the Standing Committee shall invite the sponsor of deputy' s bill and relevant representatives to attend the meeting of the original deliberation or deliberation of settlement report. If it concerns special problem, they may invite the expert of relevant aspect to attend meeting. If the meeting of directors or the department of supervisor and handling considers it necessary, it may hold a hearing to listen to opinions.

The meeting of the Standing Committee shall make a resolution or decision when it adopts the settlement report. If the settlement report is not adopted by the meeting of the Standing Committee, the municipal government shall handle it continuously and resubmit the settlement report according to the requirements of the resolution or decision of the meeting of the Standing Committee.

Article 16 The Standing Committee or the department of supervisor and handling shall periodically organize representatives to inspect and examine the handling of deputy' s bill.

The Standing Committee shall organize representatives to reexamine the handled deputy' s bill.

Article 17 The municipal government and its undertaking department shall reply to the inquiries or questions to handling, which are proposed by the members of the Standing Committee and deputies according to law.

Article 18 The Standing Committee shall report the handling of deputy' s bill at the next meeting of the municipal people' s congress of current session, print and distribute the report to all deputies.

The deputy' s bill, which has not been handled during the municipal people' s congress of current session, shall be supervised and handled continuously by the Standing Committee of the municipal people' s congress of the next session.

Article 19 If relevant undertaking unit violates these rules, the Standing Committee shall require it to rectify within a prescribed time limit, and may suggest relevant unit to give a sanction to the person liable.

Article 20 The handling of the deputy' s bill, which is handed over to the Standing Committee for handling by the municipal people' s congress, shall accord with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People' s Congress.

The handling of the deputy' s bill, which is handed over to the intermediate People' s Court, city People' s Procuratorate or other department, shall observe these rules referentially.