Professional initiative
A professional initiative (abbreviated as Kt.Iv.) in Switzerland is a draft or a general suggestion for an amendment to the constitution , a law or a federal resolution that a canton (status) submits to the Federal Assembly . The basis for this can be found in Article 160 of the Federal Constitution. The details are regulated in the Parliament Act.
A professional initiative is treated like a parliamentary initiative . In the 10 years 2009-2018, an average of around 25 professional initiatives were submitted each year.
This right to make proposals is in principle equal to both the right of the Bundesrat (federal government) and the right of individual parliamentarians to make proposals ( parliamentary initiative ).
A professional initiative goes through a two-stage process. First, the responsible parliamentary commissions of the National Council and Council of States examine whether the proposal should be followed. It is checked whether there is a need for regulation and whether the procedure by means of the professional initiative is appropriate. If an initiative is followed up, the responsible committee of the council in which the initiative was submitted prepares a template and submits it to the plenary.
The class initiatives are recorded in the parliamentary business database Curia Vista .
The professional initiative should not be confused with the cantonal referendum .
literature
- Parliamentary law and parliamentary practice of the Swiss Federal Assembly: Commentary on the Parliamentary Act (ParlG) of December 13, 2002 / ed. by Martin Graf, Cornelia Theler, Moritz von Wyss; Scientific staff: Nicole Schwager; Scientific Advisory Board: Wolf Linder, Georg Müller, René Rhinow. Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, cop. 2014. pp. 787-799; ISBN 978-3719029753
Individual evidence
Web links
- Standesinitiative in the parliament dictionary , parlament.ch, accessed August 20, 2016
- Vista Curia business database ; Professional initiative can be selected in the Business Type search section .