חוק שיקום נרחב לחבל התקומה כאזור מיקוד לאומי וסיוע ליישובים הסמוכים אליו, התשפ"ה–2025Law for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Recovery Area as a National Priority Zone and Aid to Adjacent Settlements, 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law establishes the Tekuma Region as a national priority area which the Government will act to rehabilitate extensively. According to the Law, the "Tekuma Region" includes Sderot and the communities in the Eshkol, Hof Ashkelon, Sdot Negev and Sha'ar HaNegev regional councils that are located within a range of up to 7 km from the Gaza Strip, in accordance with the list of communities in the First Addendum. The extensive rehabilitation includes actions in all areas of life to be taken for the benefit of the region's communities and residents, including the provision of benefits, allocation of resources and investment in development. This is intended to bring about a full, rapid and optimal return to routine life in the Tekuma Region, to promote growth within it, encourage demographic growth in its area, and strengthen the resilience of its residents. The validity of the provisions concerning the Tekuma Region as a national priority area is seven years from the date the Law comes into effect. In addition, the Law anchors the roles and powers of the Tekuma Administration, a government support unit that was established pursuant to a Government decision and has been operating specifically for the benefit of the Tekuma Region since October 2023. Among other things, the Administration will act to formulate a policy for the extensive rehabilitation of the Tekuma Region in cooperation with government ministries and to implement it through itself, or through the relevant government ministries in accordance with their powers and subject to their consent. The Law determines that the budget of the Tekuma Administration will be set as a separate field of action and that the head of the Administration will be responsible for its execution. The period of activity of the Tekuma Administration will be 5 years, but the minister designated by the Law as responsible for its implementation may, with the approval of the Government and the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, extend by order the Administration's activity for additional periods not exceeding six years in total, if convinced that this is required to implement the purposes of the Law. In addition to the extensive rehabilitation of the Tekuma Region, the Law includes a separate chapter concerning assistance to communities adjacent to the Tekuma Region that were harmed in the 7 October attack. According to the Law, the Government will determine, in its decision, within 14 days from the date of the Law's publication in the Official Gazette (hereinafter – the commencement date), the list of communities or areas that will be eligible for assistance and the criteria for their inclusion in this list. In accordance with the Government's decision, the Prime Minister or the minister authorized as responsible for the said chapter will determine, by order, the list of communities within the framework of the Second Addendum to the Law. The Government will also determine, within 3 months from the commencement date, the assistance actions to be carried out by government ministries for the benefit of the said communities or areas, in accordance with their needs, their unique characteristics and the level of harm caused to them due to the 7 October attack.

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