Parliamentary Council

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Parliamentary Council is the official title for an official in an advisory capacity.

Germany

In Baden-Württemberg there are the official titles parliamentary council and leading parliamentary council for civil servants who work in the parliamentary advisory service. At the Lower Saxony State Parliament , members of the Legislative and Advisory Service (GBD) in salary group B 5 carry the official title of Parliamentary Council.

Parliamentarians support the committees, political groups and members of parliament in their work. They advise on draft laws, provide legal information or prepare legal opinions on draft laws and applications. They are not subject to any instructions in their work. They are paid from the state parliament budget.

The scientific services of the German Bundestag are also subject to party-political neutrality .

Austria

In place of the official title of "Councilor" or " Councilor occur" in the Parliamentary Administration , the official title parliament Councilor or Counselor of Parliament (§ 1 140 para. 2 BDG 1979 ). The Parliamentary Directorate is appointed to support parliamentary tasks and to take care of administrative matters in the area of ​​federal legislative bodies as well as similar tasks and administrative matters that affect the members of the European Parliament elected in Austria and is subordinate to the President of the National Council (Art. 30 para 3 BV-G ). The official title of officials in service class VIII in the Parliamentary Directorate who are not used in the library or stenographer service is also Parliamentary Council . Head of the Parliamentary Administration, the Parliament Director (§ 255. BDG 1979).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, employment plan for civil servants 2019.
  2. ↑ Lower Saxony Salary Act (NBesG) in the version dated November 7, 2008, p. 18.
  3. ↑ Adviser to the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, accessed on July 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Legislative and Advisory Service (GBD) Landtag Lower Saxony, glossary, accessed on July 16, 2020.
  5. ^ The Scientific Services of the German Bundestag, Text Archive, 2014.
  6. ^ The Parliamentary Directorate Republic of Austria, Parliament, accessed on July 16, 2020.