Report of the Select Committee on Local Government and Administration on the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B 49B - 2003] (National Assembly - sec 75), dated 9 October 2003:

The Select Committee on Local Government and Administration, having considered the subject of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B 49B - 2003] (National Assembly - sec 75), referred to it, reports the Bill with proposed amendments, as follows:

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1. On page 3, in line 42, to omit "86I" and to substitute "86H".

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1. On page 6, from line 39, to omit subsection (4B) and to substitute:
(4B) Bonuses based on performance may be awarded to a municipal manager or a manager directly accountable to the municipal manager after the end of the financial year and only after an evaluation of performance and approval of such evaluation by the municipal council concerned.

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1. On page 17, from line 34, to omit the proposed new section 93D and to substitute:
93D.(1) The council of a parent municipality must designate a councillor or an official of the parent municipality, or both, as the representative or representatives of the parent municipality to attend shareholder meetings and to exercise the parent municipality's rights and responsibilities as a shareholder, together with such other councillors or officials that the council may designate as representatives.
(2)(a) The official lines of communications between a municipal entity and the parent municipality exist between the chairperson of the board of directors of the municipal entity and the mayor or executive mayor, as the case may be, of the parent municipality.
(b) The mayor or executive mayor, as the case may be, of a parent municipality may at any time call or convene any meeting of shareholders or other general meeting comprising the board of directors of the municipal entity concerned and the representatives of the parent municipality, in order for the board of directors to give account for actions taken by it.
(3) A municipal representative referred to in subsection (1) -
(a) must represent the parent municipality faithfully at shareholder meetings, without consideration of personal interest or gain, and must keep the council informed of -
(i) how voting rights were exercised; and
(ii) all relevant actions taken on behalf of the municipality by the representative;
(b) must act in accordance with the instructions of the council; and
(c) may be reimbursed for expenses in connection with his or her duties as a municipal representative, but may not receive any additional compensation or salary for such duties.
2. On page 19, in line 15, to omit "93L" and to substitute "93K".
3. On page 19, from line 16, to omit the proposed new section 93I.
4. On page 19, in line 23, to omit "93J." and to substitute "93I.".
5. On page 19, in line 30, to omit "93K." and to substitute "93J.".
6. On page 19, in line 43, to omit "93L." and to substitute "93K.".

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1. On page 21, in line 59, to omit "93I. Meetings of boards of directors".
2. On page 21, in line 60, to omit "93J." and to substitute "93I.".
3. On page 21, in line 62, to omit "93K." and to substitute "93J.".
4. On page 22, in line 1, to omit "93L." and to substitute "93K.".