2023-11-23 15:15:29
Draft of the law that amends the building regulations for Vienna, the Vienna Allotment Garden Act 1996 and the Vienna Garage Act 2008 (building regulations amendment 2023)
Vienna (OTS/RK) – LAbg. Dipl.-Ing. Huem Otero Garcia (GREENS) said that she would agree to this amendment. However, she wanted to use her speech to introduce a motion that concerns the greening of public spaces. The irresponsible policies of the past decades have meant that global warming can no longer be stopped. Cities and countries must therefore now adapt to climate change. First and foremost, this adjustment is regarding people’s health and quality of life and is a central responsibility of the city, says Huem Otero Garcia. “Particularly vulnerable people such as infants, pregnant women or homeless people are affected by climate change because they cannot afford air conditioning or a garden,” said Huem Otero Garcia. “Climate adaptation is therefore a social issue and the only solution to climate change is to intensively green the city.” Unfortunately, not every street that is opened up beforehand is greened. This is an opportunity that is senselessly wasted. A planning instrument is therefore needed that coordinates this once-in-a-century task and regulates exactly how the water cycle or gray water can be used.
Lhptm deputy Kathrin Gaál (SPÖ) emphasized that these building regulations show how future-effective housing policy works. Because these building regulations offer concrete solutions to the challenges of our time, for example by maintaining affordable rents or through measures that support climate protection. Furthermore, a new approach was taken with this building code, in which the opposition was intensively involved in order to bring their views into the process. “My big thanks go to everyone involved and it’s great that we achieved such a good end product,” said Gaál. “I really appreciate this open communication and am deeply convinced that we have created a contemporary and innovative instrument here.”
The two joint amendments from the SPÖ, the Greens and NEOS were passed unanimously, as was the bill. All other motions did not receive the required majority.
Draft of a law with which the Cultural Promotion Contribution Act 2000 will be repealed
LAbg. Markus Ornig, MBA (NEOS) explained that the Kulturshilling had existed since 1972 and the GIS in 1998. We have now reached the point where the Cultural Promotion Contribution Act is being repealed. For Vienna, this means that the city will waive 40 million euros from next year and the Viennese will be sustainably relieved of 70 euros per household per year. “The culture will not lose any money in the next few years, as this budget will be increased by 25 percent per year,” says Ornig. “We in the Progress Coalition are relieving the burden on the people of Vienna and we can be proud of that.”
LAbg. Dr. Kurt Stürzenbecher (SPÖ) stated that repealing the law would save money. However, this would not mean that cultural benefits would be abolished. Rather, the cultural expenditure is taken from a different pool. In this way, people in Vienna can benefit sustainably from good relief.
LAbg. Dipl.-Ing. Martin Margulies (GREENS) emphasized that the praises of the previous speakers were a bit far-reaching. At the end of the year, the basis of the law would no longer apply anyway, so repealing the law would be unnecessary anyway. “But I really hope that more money will flow into the cultural sector in the future,” says Margulies.
The draft law to repeal the Cultural Promotion Contribution Act was passed by a majority.
Draft of a law with which the 1994 service regulations (62nd amendment to the 1994 service regulations), the 1994 salary regulations (70th amendment to the 1994 salary regulations), the 1995 contract employee regulations (69th amendment to the 1995 contract employee regulations), the Vienna Employees Act (24th amendment to Vienna Employees Act), the Pension Regulations 1995 (43rd amendment to the Pension Regulations 1995) and the Vienna Remuneration Act 1995 (20th amendment to the Vienna Remuneration Act 1995) are amended (3rd amendment to the Service Law 2023)
LAbg. Ing. Udo Guggenbichler, MSc (FPÖ) criticized that it was “not very democratically political” to only submit initiative motions shortly before the state parliament, which should actually go for a closer review. The FPÖ will therefore submit its own amendment.
StR Mag. Jürgen Czernohorszky (SPÖ) stated that the head of MA 2 had commented in great detail on the subject of the initiative application and provided information as to why a change was necessary. The repair concerns the pre-service regulation, which is necessary due to a change at EU level. It was not possible to introduce the draft law beforehand because the federal government’s requirements were only presented in October, said Czernohorszky.
The draft law to amend the 3rd amendment to service law in 2023 was approved by a majority. The FPÖ’s amendment on the subject of the division of waiting periods did not find the required majority.
Draft of a law amending the Vienna Mortuary and Burial Act – WLBG
LAbg. Mag. Barbara Huemer (GREEN) announced that she would agree to the draft law, but she had personal concerns as to whether the regulation on the subject of private burials with the setting up of the urn was not too restrictive. She also submitted an amendment that concerns the inconsistency in the law regarding relatives. On the one hand, relative characteristics are defined and on the other hand, it is regarding family characteristics, says Huemer. These differences would show that there is a distinction between married couples, partnered couples and civil partnerships. “In Vienna, the number of people without a partner title is increasing and they are being deprived of the opportunity to have their partner buried on their own property,” criticized Huemer. We must therefore do justice to this growing reality and enable equality through an amendment.
Labor MP Kurt Wagner (SPÖ) emphasized that all relatives in Vienna would be affected by this change. On the one hand, it involves very technical things, such as changing the positioning of the dead during identification processes or anatomy practice. However, this change also significantly facilitates cooperation between the cemeteries and MA 15, said Wagner. “A key element of this change also allows relatives to be buried on their own property. It is important that private burial has no economic benefit,” says Wagner.
Official StR Peter Hacker (SPÖ) added that the amendment was difficult to implement due to legal details. However, he thinks the suggestion is very clever and will therefore order that this point be looked at once more in more detail following the meeting.
The draft law to amend the Vienna Mortuary and Burial Act was approved by a majority. The Greens’ amendment on the subject of family status did not find a majority.
Draft of a law amending the Vienna Minimum Security Act (WMG).
Official StR Peter Hacker (SPÖ) emphasized that this is an amendment that can be traced back to the decision of the Constitutional Court in spring 2023. This would repair the consequences that families with large children receive less financial resources for minimum income.
LMP Wolfgang Seidl (FPÖ) said that the law was “creative”, but he did not see why the state parliament had to deal with an unconstitutional law once more. The Constitutional Court criticized the Vienna Minimum Security Act as unconstitutional and therefore it must “finally” be rethought. “Even with this repair, we will not be able to finally make the law conform to the constitution,” said Seidl. “It should therefore not be the case that every 14th euro that the city of Vienna earns goes directly to the minimum earners.” A particularly interesting fact for him is to know what citizenship the minimum earners have, but that would “Always kept secret,” said Seidl. (cont.) sco
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