חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 137 והוראת שעה), התשפ"ב-2022Law on Planning and Building (Amendment No. 137 and temporary provision), 2022 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law establishes that the head of a local authority who serves as a member of the National Council for Planning and Building may be permitted to appoint the local authority engineer as his substitute. It was further established that there will be a change in the fixed composition of every special committee, so that it will include a representative of environmental organizations. In addition, this Law establishes a temporary provision for a period of 27 months that will allow an additional, third, extension of the operation of a special committee. It was established that during this period, two additional members will serve on the special committee – one from a bordering local authority and one from a neighboring local authority. In addition, an observer from another neighboring authority will be appointed to the special committee. It was further established that during the third extension period, the actions of the special committee will not be valid if the above-mentioned representatives were not appointed for reasons not dependent on the Minister of the Interior, or if the additional members from a bordering and neighboring local authority were not appointed within six months from the start of the third period. In addition, it was established that during the third additional period, which shall not exceed two years, the authority of the special committee is limited to the area in which there are plans that were approved by the end of the second period.

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What was said in the plenum

The bill includes two amendments to the Planning and Building Law: the first expands the identity of those eligible to serve as acting head of a local authority on the National Planning and Building Council, and the second, as a temporary provision, extends by about 27 months the term of the special committee for the Harish community, which is currently the only special committee operating under the law. The debate focused mainly on the second amendment and its implications for the Arab communities neighboring Harish in the Wadi Ara region, with claims of discrimination and harm to their rights, versus the position of the government and part of the coalition, who presented the amendment as necessary to complete the planning and development processes of the city of Harish.

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An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2

Reservations to the second reading

10 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.

The reservations concerned the term of authority and composition of the Special Committee for Housing under the Planning and Building Law: the Joint List group sought to shorten the extension period, add representatives of neighboring and adjacent authorities, and limit the committee's authority to approve changes in designation of agricultural land and nature reserves, while the Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism and Religious Zionism groups sought to extend the period to three years and an additional two years and limit the expedited procedure to plans deposited or approved by certain dates.

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By faction

• Joint List opposition · 6 reservations · 6 members
• Likud opposition · 4 reservations · 28 members
• Religious Zionism opposition · 4 reservations · 6 members
• United Torah Judaism opposition · 4 reservations · 7 members
• Shas opposition · 4 reservations · 9 members

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it. 2 proposers were not matched to a member: listed under the groups, not counted by faction.

Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)