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Government bill · 19th Knesset · published as law 6 August 2014

חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 102), התשע"ד-2014Law Planning and Building (Amendment No. 102), 2014 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית

Topics: Housing, land and construction* · * from the Knesset's official law classification

Readings

What was said in the plenum

The bill amends the Planning and Building Law and allows extending the declaration of an evacuation-reconstruction site for a third period of up to six years, alongside renaming the evacuation-reconstruction committee to urban renewal and expanding its composition. The debate focused mainly on whether the repeated extensions solve a real problem in advancing housing projects, or whether they indicate a deep flaw in how evacuation-reconstruction projects are managed and in harm to existing residents.

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Hebrew original

הצעת החוק מתקנת את חוק התכנון והבנייה ומאפשרת להאריך בתקופה שלישית של עד שש שנים הכרזה על מתחם פינוי-בינוי, לצד שינוי שם ועדת הפינוי-בינוי להתחדשות עירונית והרחבת הרכבה. הדיון נסב בעיקר על השאלה אם ההארכות החזרתיות פותרות בעיה אמיתית בקידום פרויקטים דיור, או שהן מצביעות על כשל עומק באופן שבו מתנהלים פרויקטי פינוי-בינוי ובפגיעה בדיירים הקיימים.

Arguments for

  • There are compounds (13 in number) that, without the third extension, will lose their rights and collapse, which will lead to the loss of about 7,000 new housing units needed amid the housing crisis.
    Fania Kirshenbaum (Likud Yisrael Beytenu), מירי רגב, Gideon Sa'ar (Likud)
  • Evacuation-reconstruction projects help solve land shortages, revive the social fabric, prevent population aging, and efficiently utilize infrastructure and public institutions, and should therefore be encouraged and incentivized.
    מירי רגב, Gideon Sa'ar (Likud)
  • The planning and approval processes for evacuation-reconstruction plans take a very long time (usually more than five and a half years), so the existing periods are insufficient for actual implementation, and the amendment conditions the third extension on requirements such as a qualified majority of residents and an approved plan.
    מירי רגב, Gideon Sa'ar (Likud)
  • The amendment simplifies and streamlines bureaucratic procedures, including by expanding the entities authorized to declare sites and changing the committee's composition.
    Fania Kirshenbaum (Likud Yisrael Beytenu), מירי רגב

Arguments against

  • Evacuation-reconstruction projects have in practice become economic real-estate deals focused on developers' profits rather than residents' needs, and therefore a social impact survey should be prepared to examine whether the project indeed meets the population's needs before extending the declaration.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
  • The original population, which is usually poorer, is harmed by the transition to the new construction project due to high maintenance and planning costs it cannot afford, leading to resident opposition and further delays that require new extensions.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
  • Evacuation-reconstruction is not the only or recommended method for urban renewal, and other tools such as National Outline Plan 38 should also be used, adopting a more balanced and broader approach among urban renewal mechanisms.
    Dov Khenin (Hadash)
  • The third extension of the declaration's validity, to 18 years, indicates that the current approach does not solve the root problem causing the projects to be delayed for so long.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
Who spoke (5)
MemberFactionReadingsSpeechesIn the final vote
Fania KirshenbaumLikud Yisrael BeytenuFirst reading1for
מירי רגב (יו"ר ועדת הפנים והגנת הסביבה)—Third reading1—
Tamar ZandbergMeretz oppositionThird reading1against
Dov KheninHadash oppositionThird reading1against
Gideon Sa'arLikud coalitionThird reading1for

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

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

The reservations filed to Section 1 seek to shorten the arrangement period from six to three years and to reduce local authority representation to a single representative, as well as to require the preparation of a social impact report examining the characteristics of the population affected by evacuation-reconstruction (Pinui-Binui) plans.

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Hebrew original

ההסתייגויות שהוגשו לסעיף 1 מבקשות לקצר את תקופת ההסדר משש לשלוש שנים ולצמצם את ייצוג הרשויות המקומיות לנציג אחד, וכן לחייב הכנת תסקיר השפעה חברתית הבוחן את מאפייני האוכלוסייה הנפגעת מתכניות פינוי ובינוי.

By faction

  • Shas opposition · 2 reservations · 9 members
  • Hadash opposition · 1 reservation · 4 members
  • Meretz opposition · 1 reservation · 6 members

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it. 1 proposer was not matched to a member: listed under the groups, not counted by faction.

Who proposed what
  • אריה דרעי, אליהו ישי, יצחק כהן, אמנון כהן, יעקב מרגי, דוד אזולאי, יצחק וקנין, נסים זאב, אברהם מיכאלי ויואב בן צור · 2
    The reservations seek to shorten the arrangement period from six years to three years, and to replace the two local authority representatives with advisory status with a single representative of local authorities.
    Sections: לסעיף 1
    אריה דרעי, Eliyahu Yishai, Yitzhak Cohen, Amnon Cohen, Yakov Margi, David Azoulay, Yitzhak Vaknin, Nissim Zeev, Avraham Michaeli, Yoav Ben Tzur
  • זהבה גלאון, אילן גילאון, ניצן הורוביץ, מיכל רוזין, עיסאווי פריג', תמר זנדברג, דב חנין, מוחמד ברכה, חנא סוייד ועפו אגבאריה · 1
    The reservation seeks to require the submission of a social impact report by a social consultant as part of the discussion of evacuation-reconstruction (Pinui-Binui) plans, including an analysis of social and community impacts and demographic and socio-economic data of the population, as well as an examination conducted with the participation of residents.
    Sections: לסעיף 1
    Zehava Galon, Ilan Gilon, Nitzan Horowitz, Michal Rozin, Esawi Frej, Tamar Zandberg, Dov Khenin, Mohammad Barakeh, Hanna Swaid, Afou Agbaria

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. The reservation numbers in this document cannot be read as text, so the count was not checked against it automatically. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)

Reservations, sections and other votes (4)

In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.

Source: bill page in the Knesset legislation database ↗

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