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Government bill · 20th Knesset · published as law 29 July 2015

חוק לייעול האכיפה והפיקוח העירוניים ברשויות המקומיות (הוראת שעה) (תיקון מס' 2), התשע"ה-2015Law for the Streamlining of Municipal Enforcement and Supervision in Local Authorities (temporary provision) (Amendment No. 2), 2015 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית

Topics: Police and internal security*, Local government* · * from the Knesset's official law classification

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law for the Efficient Enforcement and Supervision by Municipalities created the municipal policing framework, under which inspectors of local authorities operate in assistance to the Israel Police in actions to prevent violence. The Law was enacted in 2011 as a temporary provision for a two-year trial period, and in 2013 it was extended by an additional two years. The current amendment extends the temporary provision, under which the municipal policing framework operates in certain local authorities, by an additional year and a half, until 28 February 2017.

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Hebrew original

החוק לייעול האכיפה והפיקוח העירוניים ברשויות המקומיות יצר את מערך השיטור העירוני, במסגרתו פועלים פקחים של הרשויות המקומיות בסיוע למשטרת ישראל בפעולות למניעת אלימות. החוק נחקק בשנת 2011 כהוראת שעה לתקופת ניסיון של שנתיים, ובשנת 2013 הוארך בשנתיים נוספות. התיקון הנוכחי מאריך את הוראת השעה, במסגרתה פועל מערך השיטור העירוני ברשויות מקומיות מסוימות, בשנה וחצי נוספות, עד ליום ב' באדר התשע"ז (28 בפברואר 2017).

Readings

What was said in the plenum

The bill reached its first reading as a request to turn the temporary provision under which the municipal policing and enforcement system in local authorities operates into a permanent arrangement, but the Interior and Environment Committee decided to split the bill and advance to second and third reading only an extension of the temporary provision by about a year and a half, until February 2017, in order to allow for a more thorough discussion of the issue. The debate focused on whether the functioning of the municipal policing system and the data about it should first be examined before establishing a permanent arrangement, and on the proper way to regulate by law the transfer of governmental enforcement powers to municipal inspectors.

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Hebrew original

הצעת החוק הגיעה לקריאה ראשונה כבקשה להפוך את הוראת השעה שמכוחה פועל מערך השיטור העירוני והאכיפה ברשויות המקומיות להוראת קבע, אך ועדת הפנים והגנת הסביבה החליטה לפצל את ההצעה ולהעביר לקריאה שנייה ושלישית רק הארכה של הוראת השעה בכשנה וחצי, עד פברואר 2017, כדי לאפשר דיון מעמיק יותר בנושא. הדיון נסב על השאלה אם יש לבחון תחילה את תפקוד מערך השיטור העירוני והנתונים לגביו בטרם קביעת הסדר של קבע, ועל הדרך הנכונה להסדיר בחוק את העברת סמכויות אכיפה שלטוניות לפקחים עירוניים.

Arguments for

  • The municipal enforcement and oversight system has proven its effectiveness and the satisfaction with it among heads of local authorities and the Israel Police, and therefore it should be continued and expanded.
    Gilad Erdan (Likud)
  • There is a need to improve the oversight and enforcement capabilities of local authorities and to assist the police in preventing violence and offenses that harm quality of life.
    Gilad Erdan (Likud)
  • Since the committee did not have time to conduct an in-depth review of the arrangement before the temporary provision expired, it should be extended for an additional period, during which comprehensive discussions should be held to enable an informed decision in the future, rather than turning it into a permanent provision now.
    David Amsalem (Likud)

Arguments against

  • After four and a half years, and following three extensions, the Knesset has never received data or held a substantive discussion on the results of the pilot, and it is unclear whether the system is functioning properly or whether there have been cases of improper use of authority or violence.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Esawi Frej (Meretz)
  • This involves the transfer of a serious and sensitive governmental power - including the power to use force and detain a person - from the police to municipal inspectors, not all of whom are properly trained for this, and not all authorities are ready for it, which raises concerns that have not been properly examined.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
  • The model may deepen the gaps between strong local authorities that can invest resources in their own enforcement system and weak authorities that cannot, and it is precisely in the latter that crime will continue to rage unchecked.
    Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
  • If the model is familiar and has already been operating for four years, and heads of authorities are using it successfully, there is no justification for continuing to extend it as a repeatedly renewed temporary provision instead of enshrining it as a clear, permanent law, and repeated use of a 'temporary provision' to regulate ongoing matters harms the proper functioning of legislation.
    Esawi Frej (Meretz)
Who spoke (4)
MemberFactionReadingsSpeechesIn the final vote
Gilad ErdanLikud coalitionFirst reading3no record
David AmsalemLikud coalitionThird reading2for
Tamar ZandbergMeretz oppositionThird reading1against
Esawi FrejMeretz oppositionThird reading3against

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 · write to the author

Reservations to the second reading

No reservations were filed to this bill.

Asked to speak: Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Zehava Galon (Meretz), Ilan Gilon (Meretz), Esawi Frej (Meretz), Michal Rozin (Meretz), Yael German (Yesh Atid)

Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF) · write to the author

Reservations, sections and other votes (2)

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 ↗