State Act

THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT, 1976.

62. 1[Functions of the Standing Committees of other corporations]1.- 2[1[Standing Committees for the corporations other than the 3[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]3, shall perform the following functions, namely:- (1) The Standing Committee for taxation, finance and appeals shall deal with all matters relating to finance, taxation and appeal and all matters not specifically assigned to any other Standing Committee.]1 (2) The standing committee for public health, education and social justice shall deal with all matters relating to public health and education and securing the social justice to persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections of the society and women. (3) The standing committee for town planning and improvement shall deal with all matters relating to public works, town planning and improvement. (3A) The standing committee for accounts shall deal with all matters relating to accounts and audit;]2 (4) The corporation shall, by regulations framed for the purpose, determine the powers and duties of each standing committee, not specifically provided for in this Act and may by regulations provide for a conference of two or more standing committees or for the appointment out of such committee of a joint committee for any purpose in respect of which they may be jointly interested. (5) The standing committee for 1[accounts]1, in addition to the powers and duties assigned to it under the regulations,- (a) shall supervise the utilization of the budget grants; (b) shall have access to the accounts of the corporation, and may require the Commissioner to furnish any clarification which it considers to be necessary as to the receipts and expenditure of the corporation fund; (c) may conduct a monthly audit of the corporation accounts and shall be bound to check the monthly abstract of receipt and disbursement for the preceding month as furnished by the Commissioner; and (d) may, subject to the approval of the corporation, write off the amount of any loss, or depreciation caused to corporation property which appears to the committee to be irrecoverable: Provided that where the amount of any such loss or depreciation exceeds rupees one thousand it shall not be written off except with previous sanction of the Government. 1[(5A)x x x]1 (6) The corporation shall sanction such staff as may reasonably be required by the standing committees to discharge their respective functions.