Model statutes
A model statute is usually a statute under public law that was not drawn up by the issuer of the statute himself, but by the body authorized to supervise.
General
Model statutes serve mainly to relieve local administrations and to protect them from errors. In addition, they serve the uniform application of law and legal training by regional councils and ministries. Laws are concretized through model statutes and the ministries shape them in such a way that their own point of view on the interpretation of the relevant laws is incorporated.
Articles of Association
The words model constitution and constitution model are often used synonymously. In a narrower sense, however, model articles of association mean a template from the superior authority, while articles of association can be created by anyone, for example often by the municipal umbrella organizations. Statute models are created primarily to save the municipalities work and they serve the lobbying work of the associations by also containing the legal positions of their creators. If an association draws up its statutes in agreement with the superior authority, it also calls it model statutes.
