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Assignments of the Committee of Experts

Laws of the Italian Republic 25 April 1995


DECREE READ 29 APRIL 1995, N.140

(G.U. 29-4-95) Art.3 INTERVENTIONS in the Sector of PUBLIC WORK

1. It is hereby decreed that 31 December 1995 is the revised termination date for the term of December 31 1993 established by article 1, paragraph 2, of the law of 23 December 1992, n.493, relative to the conclusion of assignments of the committee of experts founded for the operations related to the interventions of consolidation and restoration of the tower of Pisa, which originated with article 1, paragraph 2, of the decree-law 5 October 1990, n.279, converted, with modifications, by the law 30 November 1990, n.360.

2. The article 1, paragraph 1, of the decree-law 5 October 1990, n.279, converted, with modifications, by the law of 30 November 1990, n.360, is replaced by the following:

"1. For the interventions of consolidation and restoration of the Tower of Pisa, a committee of 11 experts of the highest scientific integrity, Italian and foreign, 2 members selected among experts in the history of medival art, by the director of the Central Institute of restoration; the Institute for the Operation of Applied Studies, by the President of the Council of Ministers; on recommendation of the Minister for the Cultural and Environamental Good and the Minister of Public Works, prepares, and designates by decree, on the basis of the examination of the existing documentation of the subject in the Office of the Public Works, the details and definition of the plan of repair and execution, establishing the times, the costs and the formalities of execution and designating, also, the responsible subject for the direction of the work to the realization of the necessary interventions and indication of the formalities for the successful fruition of the monument. The committee, toward the goal of implementaing a plan of restauration of the tower of Pisa, will collaboration with the Central Institute for Restoration".




Urgent Dispositions for the Safeguard of the Tower of Pisa

Laws of the Italian Republic 7 March 1997, n. 53
Published in the Official Gazette n. 59 12 March 1997


LAWS, DECREES and PRESIDENTIAL ORDINANCES Legislation 7 March 1997 n. 53

Urgent Dispositions for the Safeguard of the Tower of Pisa.

The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic have approved; The PRESIDENT of the REPUBLIC promulgates the following laws:

Art. 1. Committee of coordination for the safeguard of the Tower of Pisa

1. It is constituted, within 45 days from the date entered of the present law, a Committee of coordination for the safeguard of the Tower of Pisa composed of 13 experienced, Italian and foreign individuals from various areas of significant scientific qualification, of which two are to be selected from historians of medieval art, as well as by the manager of the central Institute for the Restoration, any who are competent by law. The nomination of the Committee is decreed by the President of the Counsel of Ministers, on proposal from the Minister for the Cultural and Environmental Good and by the Minister of Public Works.

Art. 2. Functions of the Committee

1. The Committee of article 1 is advisory to the Government for the interventions of consolidation and restoration of the Tower. It, in particular: a) defines and dispenses the normal activities with collegial expertise in the various subjects, the plan of operation and those executive necessities for the restoration of the Tower, and also, it arranges an order for realization of the necessary interventions; b) it points out the times and the necessary tasks by written instruction, in relationship to the plans; c) it points out the criterion of fruition of the monument, compatible with its guardianship.

2. The Committee, in matters of the realization, schedules to the letter a) and b) of paragraph 1, it adopts, likewise, the technical necessary interventions for the safeguard of the Tower of Pisa.

3. For the activities of paragraph 1 above, letters a) and c), the Committee may locate and acquire technical persons of proven fitness and experience. The relative burden for the operation of the Committee are tied to the appropriation for this article 3.

4. Each six months the Committee presents a report on the activity to date and on the intervention and administrative expenses to the President of the Counsel of Ministers, which takes care of any transmission to the Parliament.

Art. 3. Financial norms 1. For the intervention of consolidation and restoration of the Tower of Pisa, the expense of 6 billion lire for each of the years 1997 and 1998 has been authorized. The appropriation is prepared by means of corresponding reduction of the enrolled appropriation, to the goals of the trienial budget 1997-1999, to chapter 9001 of the State of Forecast of the Department of the Treasury for the year 1997, partially using the accounting, relative to the Office for the cultural and environmental good.

2. The high complexity destines the activity of the Committee meet in the special registered accounting to the Prefect of Pisa that, as needed, it has authorized to withdraw the necessary sums from the funds generally of the same special accounting. The application of the creditor for payment of the sums for which the applicant has intervened, is transmitted from the Committee to the Prefect of Pisa on whose special accounting has reassigned the required sums.

3. The prefecture of Pisa assures the functions of secretary of the Committee availing quantities for its proper personnel and for its proper structures.

Art. 4. Transitory and Final Norm

1. The Committee of article 1 stays incumbent until 31 December 1998.

2. The legal decrees 5 October 1990, n. 279, convert, with modifications, from the law 30 November 1990, n. 360, and repealed. 3. The actions and the adopted provisions stay valid and protect the effects produced and the juridical reports rest on the base, respectively, of article 3 of decree-law 29 April 1995, n. 140, of article 3 of decree-law 28 June 1995, n. 256, of article 3 of decree-law 28 August 1995, n. 358, of article 3 of decree-law 27 October 1995, n. 445, of article 3 of decree-law 23 December 1995, n. 546, of article 3 of decree-law 26 February 1996, n. 81, of article 3 of decree-law 26 April 1996, n. 217, of article 3 of the decree-law 25 June 1996, n. 335, and of the article 3 of the decree-law 8 August 1996, n. 443.

Art. 5. Entered in Force

1. The present laws enter in force the day following that of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic. The present laws, provided by the seal of the State, will be inserted in the official Collection of the normative actions of the Italian Republic. The obligation is fact to observe it and to make it to observe like any law of the State.

Dated at Rome, on 7 March 1997

SCALFARO PRODI, President of the Counsel
Minister VELTRONI, Minister for the cultural good and environment




Legislative Decree 30 July 1999, n. 303

(in SO 167/ L for the GU 1 September 1998, n. 205)

Rules for Reassignment of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers,
in realization of articles 11, paragraph 1, a)
and 12 of the 15 March 1997 law, n. 59


The PRESIDENT of the REPUBLIC

Considering the articles 76 and 87 of the Constitution;

Considering the law of 15 March 1997, n. 59, which delegates to the Government the conferment of functions and assignments to the regions and to the local corporate body, for the reform of the public administration and for the administrative simplification, and particularly article 11, paragraph 1, as modified by article 7 of the law 15 May 1997, n. 127, by article 1 of the law 16 June 1998, n. 191, and by article 9 of the law 8 March 1999, n. 50;

Consisdering article 11, paragraph 1, letter a), and article 12 of the law 15 March 1997, n. 59;

Considering the preliminary deliberation of the Council of Ministers, adopted at the meeting of June 4 1999;

Having acquired the opinion of the parliamentary bicameral Committee in article 5 of the law 15 March 1997, n.59;

Considering the deliberation of the Council of Ministers adopted at the meeting of ...

As proposed by the President of the Council of Ministers

The following legislative decrees are provided:

Heading 2
Rules of first application, transitory and final
Article 10

(Rearrangement of the operational and managerial assignments)

1. In article 12, paragraph 1, letters a) and b), of the law 15 March 1997, n. 59, are transferred to ministers in individual succession the relative assignments to the following functional areas, in activities not attributable to the autonomous functions addressed and coordinated by the President. To the interested offices are contextually transferred the corresponding structures and the relative financial, material and human resources:

a) tourism to the office of the industry, commerce and craftsmanship;
b) Italians in the world to the office for the foreign business;
c) secretary of the committee for the liquidation of the privileged ordinary pensions, of which article 19, paragraph 1, letter s), of the law 23 August 1988, n. 400, to the Department of the Treasury, budget and economic planning; d) urban areas, except as scheduled by paragraph 5, as well as the Reggio CalabriaCommission, article 7 of the law 5 July 1989, n. 246, and Committee for the protection of the Tower of Pisa, to the office of the public Works;




Translated by Gary Feuerstein, 5 April 1998 and following, from original text of Italian legislation at: http://www.camera.it/



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