ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - Under a bill on changes to the Law on the Management of Public Utilities, which the Croatian government on Wednesday forwarded to parliament to discuss it under urgent procedure, facilities built without
necessary permits will not be connected to public utilities.
ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - Under a bill on changes to the Law on the
Management of Public Utilities, which the Croatian government on
Wednesday forwarded to parliament to discuss it under urgent
procedure, facilities built without necessary permits will not be
connected to public utilities.#L#
The Minister of Environmental Protection, Zoning and Construction,
Marina Matulovic Dropulic, said the law was instrumental in combating
illegal construction.
Two years ago, owners of facilities built without necessary permits
were allowed to connect to the public utilities system, which led to a
boom in unlawful construction, the minister said, announcing that a
new law on the management of municipal services would be submitted to
parliament by the end of the year.
Government members were also informed about the ongoing reform of the
judiciary.
Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt said that 16,000 cases were
transferred from the Zagreb Municipal Court to other courts in April
to relieve the Municipal Court of part of its workload. She added that
judges were relieved of administrative tasks, that the Law on Distress
was changed to transfer distress proceedings from courts to public
notaries, except in disputed cases, and that a plan for the
supervision of court and state prosecution administration was
prepared.
(Hina) rml