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Chapter 2 Organizations Handling Public Disputes
Subchapter 1 Mediation Committees
Article 4
All special municipalities and county (city) government shall establish their own public nuisance dispute mediation committee (herein referred to as “mediation committee”) to mediate public nuisance disputes.
Article 5
A mediation committee shall consist of nine to 21 members. One of the members shall be the chairman of the committee.
The chairman of the mediation committee in special municipalities shall be the mayor of that municipality, or a suitable person designated by the mayor. The county commissioner or city mayor shall be the chairman of the mediation committee in a county or city. Other members of the committee shall be selected and appointed by the special municipality mayor, county commissioner or city mayor from among representatives of relevant agencies, environmental protection, legal and medical scholars and experts and impartial citizens. Scholars, experts and impartial citizens shall make up no less than two thirds of the total committee membership.
Article 6
The term of each member of a mediation committee shall be three years. Members may be reappointed.
Should a member of a mediation committee resign his or her position, the successor shall serve until the end of the original term.
Article 7
Mediation committee members shall exercise their powers independently and in accordance with the law. A member may not be dismissed during his or her term unless any of the following situations occur:
I. the member receives a prison sentence or more
II. the member declares bankruptcy, or has been declared mentally incompetent or under guardianship
III. the member is a civil servant and is dismissed or suspended from his or her position as a result of disciplinary action
IV. the member is unable to execute his or her duties due to physical or mental handicap
Article 8
After being drafted and promulgated the organizational rules of the mediation committee shall be submitted by the special municipality and county (city) governments to the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, for future reference.
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