Cantonal Council (Schaffhausen)

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The Cantonal Council of Schaffhausen is the parliament of the Canton of Schaffhausen . It meets in the canton council chamber in the town hall of Schaffhausen and is the canton's legislative and supreme supervisory authority. Its 60 members are distributed over six constituencies and are elected for four years according to the proportional procedure , whereby the biproportional seat allocation procedure according to Pukelsheim has been used since 2008 . The Cantonal Council enacts all fundamental and important provisions in the form of laws. It usually holds fifteen full-day or half-day meetings per year. The current term of office runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016. The last full renewal election took place on September 23, 2012.

tasks

Basic requirements for the Cantonal Council can be found in the Schaffhausen Cantonal Constitution in Articles 52 ff.

The 60 members of the Cantonal Council are elected for a term of four years. The council exercises supreme power, subject to the rights of the people. It passes laws and oversees the canton's state organs, i.e. the government council, courts and other authorities. If it does not fall within the competence of the government council, the canton council approves or terminates international and intercantonal agreements.

Budget drafts and statements by the government council are approved or rejected by the canton council. The government council can decide independently on new one-off expenses of up to CHF 100,000 or new recurring expenses of up to CHF 20,000. Any expenditure that goes beyond this must be approved by the Cantonal Council. A referendum must be held for one-off new expenses of over 3 million francs or new annual recurring expenses of over 500,000 francs (mandatory financial referendum). A referendum can be forced by the people against new expenditures of more than CHF 1 million or a recurring type of more than CHF 100,000 if 1,000 people entitled to vote request a referendum within 90 days of the publication of the resolution (optional financial referendum).

A legislative resolution is subject to a referendum unless at least 4/5 of the members of the cantonal council present have given their consent (mandatory referendum). However, if this requirement has been achieved, an optional referendum analogous to the optional financial referendum is possible.

However, Article 34 of the cantonal constitution authorizes the cantonal council to put urgent legislative resolutions into effect immediately if two thirds of the members present agree. If such an urgency law is subject to a mandatory referendum, it will expire after one year if the people have not approved it by then.

After a new election by the Cantonal Council, the election of the office members takes place during the constituent meeting. The President of the Government Council is also elected there.

According to the rules of procedure, the office of the Cantonal Council initially consists of the President and two deputies; As a rule, they are elected in December for the year of office beginning the following January and can no longer be elected for the same offices in the following year. The council office also has two tellers and substitute tellers, as well as the council secretary. These functions are elected at the beginning of the legislative term for a period of four years and are not subject to any term restrictions.

Constitutional and legal provisions have to be discussed twice before they can be adopted. The second consultation can usually take place in the next meeting at the earliest; however, a two-thirds majority can decide to carry out the second consultation immediately. However, a third consultation can also be scheduled by a two-thirds majority.

Voting is done by not raising hands, but standing up; there is no electronic voting as in other parliaments. In the event of an obvious result, a count is waived unless a council member requests a count. In the case of final votes, however, counting is mandatory. In the event of a tie, the Presidium has the casting vote.

Parties

In the elections from 1936 to 2012, the participating parties achieved the following number of seats and voting shares:

Schaffhausen canton council elections on September 25, 2016
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
35.1
22.7
15.5
7.1
5.7
3.9
3.9
3.7
2.4

Members

eligibility

Article 42 of the cantonal constitution stipulates that members of the government council and the judiciary cannot be members of the cantonal council. Members of the cantonal administration who report directly to the government council or one of its members are also not allowed to sit on the cantonal council.

Number and distribution among the constituencies

By decree of November 24, 2003, the canton of Schaffhausen was divided into six constituencies. According to the results of the 2010 census, the 60 representatives are distributed as follows.

Constituency Population (as of 2010) involved municipalities Number of representatives
Schaffhausen 34943 City of Schaffhausen 28
Klettgau 15453 Hallau, Beggingen, Beringen, Gächlingen, Guntmadingen, Löhningen, Neunkirch, Oberhallau, Schleitheim, Siblingen, Trasadingen and Wilchingen 12
Neuhausen 10185 Neuhausen am Rheinfall 8th
Reiat 8986 Thayngen, Bargen, Büttenhardt, Dörflingen, Lohn, Merishausen, and Stetten 7th
stone 5222 Stein am Rhein, Buch, Hemishofen and Ramsen 4th
Buchberg-Rudlingen 1567 Buchberg and Rüdlingen 1

Compared to the census result from 2000, there was no change in the distribution of mandates.

compensation

Claims for compensation and attendance fees are set out in the rules of procedure of the Cantonal Council. The amount of an attendance fee will, however, be determined by resolution during the constituent meeting, the last time on January 19, 2009, and is CHF 180.

Every council member is entitled to an attendance fee for attending a meeting. Council members who were present for less than half the session receive half the attendance fee. (Attendance is recorded twice at all meetings.) Presidents of the cantonal council and commissions receive double the attendance fee. In addition, the Presidium of the Cantonal Council receives a one-time annual lump-sum compensation for representation obligations. The parliamentary groups also receive a parliamentary group fee of six attendance fees per member.

List of members

As of March 1, 2015

Surname Political party place of residence vintage function
Till Aders ALSH Schaffhausen 1987 Vote counter
Andreas Bachmann SVP Rudlingen 1954 member
Werner Bächtold SP Schaffhausen 1953 Group President (SP-JUSO)
Franziska Brenn SP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1960 member
Philippe Brühlmann SVP Thayngen 1973 member
Richard Buehrer SP Thayngen 1951 member
Urs Capaul Green Schaffhausen 1954 member
Theresia Derksen CVP Schaffhausen 1956 member
Iren Eichenberger Green Schaffhausen 1957 Group President (Greens-EPP)
Samuel Erb SVP Schaffhausen 1947 member
Mariano Fioretti SVP Schaffhausen 1969 member
Osman Osmani SP Schaffhausen 1957 member
Andreas Frei SP Stone at the Rhein 1963 member
Matthias Freivogel SP Schaffhausen 1954 member
Matthias Frick ALSH Trasadingen 1985 member
Seraina Fürer SP Schaffhausen 1990 member
Andreas Gnädinger SVP Siblings 1976 member
Thomas Hauser FDP Schaffhausen 1948 Second Vice President of the Cantonal Council
Beat Hedinger FDP Wilchingen 1962 member
Barbara Hermann check JSVP Schaffhausen 1987 member
Christian Heydecker FDP Schaffhausen 1964 member
Florian Hotz JFSH Schaffhausen 1979 member
Walter Hotz SVP Schaffhausen 1947 member
Beat Hug SVP Stone at the Rhein 1962 member
Urs Hunziker FDP Schaffhausen 1956 member
Thomas Hurter SVP Schaffhausen 1963 member
Willi Josel SVP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1948 member
Linda De Ventura ALSH Schaffhausen 1986 member
Martin Kessler FDP Trasadingen 1968 member
Lorenz Laich FDP Dörflingen 1963 member
Renzo Loiudice SP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1979 member
Hedy Mannhart FDP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1954 member
Franz Marty CVP Stone at the Rhein 1966 member
Marcel Montanari FDP Thayngen 1985 member
Bernhard Muller SVP Thayngen 1956 member
Markus Müller SVP Löhningen 1954 member
Martina Munz SP Hallau 1955 member
Peter Neukomm SP Schaffhausen 1962 member
Heinz Rether Green Thayngen 1968 member
Marco Rutz CVP Schaffhausen --- member
René Sauzet FDP Neuhausen 1948 member
Peter check SVP Schaffhausen 1956 Group President (SVP-JSVP-EDU), President of the
Cantonal Council
Rainer Schmidig EPP Schaffhausen 1949 Vote counter
Andreas Schnetzler EDU Gächlingen 1964 member
Jonas Schönberger ALSH Schaffhausen 1977 Group President (AL)
Werner Schöni SVP Schaffhausen 1951 member
Hans Schwaninger SVP Guntmadingen 1952 member
Manuela Schwaninger JSVP Guntmadingen 1985 member
Virginia Stoll SVP Wilchingen 1964 member
Jeanette Storrer FDP Schaffhausen 1963 Group President (FDP-JF-CVP)
Patrick Strasser SP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1971 member
Susi Stühlinger ALSH Schaffhausen 1985 member
Erwin Sutter EDU Schaffhausen 1947 member
Dino Tamagni SVP Neuhausen am Rheinfall 1968 member
Juerg Tanner SP Schaffhausen 1957 member
Walter Vogelsanger SP Committed 1963 First Vice President of the Cantonal Council
Ueli Werner SVP Merishausen 1986 member
Regula Widmer Green Ringing 1962 member
Josef Würms SVP Ramsen 1958 member
Kurt Zubler SP Schaffhausen 1958 member
  • Daniel Preisig had submitted his resignation from the Cantonal Council on August 20, 2013. His successor Mariano Fioretti was sworn in on August 26, 2013.
  • Christian Ritzmann resigned on September 30, 2013. Barbara Hermann-Scheck was sworn in as her successor on October 28, 2013.
  • On December 9, 2013, the resignations of Felix Tenger, Peter Käppler and Peter Gloor were announced on December 31, 2013. The obligation of their successors - Renzo Loiudice, Hedy Mannhart and Kurt Zubler - took place on January 13, 2014.
  • Erich Gysel announced his resignation at the end of June 2014. His successor is Virginia Stoll from Wilchingen; it became mandatory on August 18, 2014.
  • At the end of December 2014, Florian Keller resigned as a cantonal councilor. Linda De Ventura was her successor.
  • Christian Di Ronco also resigned from his position at the end of December 2014. The obligation of his successor Marco Rutz will take place on March 16, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://rechtsbuch.sh.ch/fileadmin/Redaktoren/Dokumente/gesetzestexte/Band_1/101.000.pdf Constitution of the Canton of Schaffhausen
  2. ↑ http://rechtsbuch.sh.ch/fileadmin/Redaktoren/Dokumente/gesetzestexte/Band_1/171.110.pdf Rules of Procedure of the Cantonal Council of Schaffhausen
  3. ↑ bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/tabellen.assetdetail.1644266.html Canton Schaffhausen: national and cantonal elections since 1919
  4. ↑ http://rechtsbuch.sh.ch/fileadmin/Redaktoren/Dokumente/gesetzestexte/Band_1/161.110.pdf Decree on the division of the Canton of Schaffhausen into electoral districts for the election of the Cantonal Council and the number of members to be elected in these constituencies
  5. ↑ http://rechtsbuch.sh.ch/fileadmin/Redaktoren/Dokumente/gesetzestexte/Band_1/171.111.pdf Decision of the Schaffhausen Cantonal Council on the attendance fee for the members of the Cantonal Council, the office and the commissions