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Title: The Regulation on Allowances for Elected Representatives and Subsidies for Chiefs of Village CH
Amended Date: 2022-05-04
Category: Ministry of the Interior(內政部)
Attachment:
Article 1
The Regulation on Allowances for Elected Representatives and Subsidies for Chiefs of Village is enacted in accordance with the provisions of Article 52, Paragraph 3 and Article 61, Paragraph 3 of the Local Government Act.
Article 2
“Elected Representatives” as used in this Regulation refer to the Speaker of the Special Municipality Council, the Deputy Speaker of the Special Municipality Council, and the councilor of the Special Municipality Council; the Speaker of County (City) Council, the Deputy Speaker of County (City) Council, and the councilor of the County (City) Council; and the Chairman of County (Township, City) council, the Vice-chairman of County (Township, City) council and representatives of county (Township, City) council.
Article 3
The monthly research expenses to be paid to Elected Representatives shall not exceed the following standards:
Article 3(1): the Speaker of the Special Municipality Council: Refer to the monthly salary and public expenses for the Mayor of the Special Municipality.
Article 3(2): the Deputy Speaker of the Special Municipality Council: Refer to the monthly salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for the Deputy Mayor of the Special Municipality.
Article 3(3): the councilor of the Special Municipality Council: Refer to the salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for the head of Special Municipality Government Level 1 organizations.
Article 3(4): the Speaker of County (City) Council: Refer to the salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for County (City) Mayor.
Article 3(5): the Deputy Speaker of County (City) Council: Refer to the salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for the County (City) Deputy Mayor.
Article 3(6): the councilor of the County (City) Council: Refer to the salary, and professional allowance for County (City) government Level 1 organizations’ appointed 11th ranking supervisors.
Article 3(7): the Chairman of County (Township, City) council: Refer to the salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for the Mayor of County (Township, City).
Article 3(8): the Vice-chairman of County (Township, City) council: Refer to the salary, professional allowance and supervision allowance for the Deputy Mayor of the County-administered City.
Article 3(9): County (Township, City) Elected Representatives: Refer to the Level 1 salary and professional allowance for County (Township, City) offices’ 8th ranking senior supervisors.
The term "professional allowance" as used in the preceding paragraph refers to the professional allowance for general public servants.
Article 4
During the period when Elected Representatives are meeting in accordance with the law, allowances for attendance, transportation and meals shall not exceed the following standards:
Article 4(1): Attendance allowance: NT$1000 per person per day.
Article 4(2): Transportation allowance: NT$1000 per person per day.
Article 4(3): Meal allowance: NT$450 per person per day.
Article 5
Due to the nature of service of an Elected Representative, respective local public organizations shall make budgets to pay for the Representatives’ health checkup fees, insurance premiums, public servant expenses, Chinese New Year bonuses and expenses for overseas investigation trip.
Respective local public organizations may make budgets to pay for special allowance funds for the Speaker of the Special Municipality Council, the Deputy Speaker of the Special Municipality Council, the Speaker of County (City) Council, the Deputy Speaker of County (City) Council, the Chairman of County (Township, City) council, and the Vice-chairman of County (Township, City) council.
Please refer to the annex for maximum budgets standard allowed for expenses set out in the preceding two paragraphs.
Article 6
Each Councilor of the Special Municipality Council may employ six to eight assistants at public expenses. Each County (City) Council Councilors may employ two to four assistants at public expenses.Assistants mentioned in this clause shall advance and dismiss together with the Councilor.
The total amount of subsidy for publicly-funded assistants in the preceding paragraph shall not exceed NT$240,000 per person per month for the councilor of the Special Municipality Council. However, the maximum monthly payment for each publicly-funded assistants shall not exceed NT$80,000 per month. The maximum monthly payment for each publicly-funded assistants for the councilor of the County (City) Council shall not exceed NT$80,000 per month.
The Labor Standard Law shall be applicable to the publicly-funded assistants, and their related expenses shall be paid by budgets as prepared by the Council, and Chinese New Year bonuses are to be considered with the same standards as year-end bonuses for public servants.
Article 7
Chiefs of village shall be subsidized by County (Township, City, District) offices through the chief of village affairs subsidy in the amount of NT$50,000 per month per village .
Due to the nature of the services performed, County (Township, City, District) offices shall make budgets to pay for insurance premiums and an optional health checkup fees for chiefs of village; the standard allowance shall be the same as that for local elected representatives.
The budget for the insurance premium in the preceding paragraph made by the County (Township, City, District) office shall include the injury insurance for the chief of village worth at least NT$5 million.
Unless the chief of village fails to take out the insurance or under-insures the full amount of the injury insurance for a valid reason, when the insurance premium is paid in the current year, the bill shall include the insurance premium for the insured amount of the injury insurance of more than NT$5 million.
Article 8
The payment of allowances for Elected Representatives and the subsidy items and standards for chiefs of village shall be in accordance with this Regulation; if not provided for in this Regulation, no budget shall be prepared for payment.
Article 9
The expenses stipulated in this Regulation shall be included in the budgets made by the local government in accordance with the provisions of Article 70, Paragraph 2 of the Local Government Act and Article 37, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenue and Expenditures.
Article 10
This Regulation shall come into force on the date of promulgation, except for Article 7, Paragraphs 1 and 3, which were promulgated on Jul. 8, 2009 and enforced on Jan. 1, 2010; and Article 7, Paragraphs 3 to 5, which were promulgated on Apr. 25, 2018 and enforced on Dec. 25, 2018; and Article 7, which were amended on Apr. 15, 2022 and shall come into force on December 25, 2022.