2-day Guj Assembly session from tomorrow, 6 bills to be tabled

Six bills will be tabled for discussion and approval of the House during the two-day monsoon session of the Gujarat Assembly commencing Tuesday at Gandhinagar.

Apart from tabling of bills, the House would pass a resolution Tuesday to condole the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP's chief whip in the Assembly Pankaj Desai said.

One of the bills to be tabled during the session will replace an ordinance, which came into effect last month, that amended certain provisions of section 379, which deals with punishment for theft, of the Indian Penal Code.

Through the ordinance, the state government had, in August, increased the jail term for chain-snatching offences from three years to seven years along with a fine of Rs 25,000, said an official.

The second bill would propose stringent penalties against unauthorised schools.

To expedite the process of re-development of housing colonies, the state government would introduce a bill to amend the Gujarat Ownership Flats Act of 1973, said an official.

As per the bill, consent of 75 per cent of flat owners in such colonies, against the present provision of 100 per cent, will be enough to undertake redevelopment or reconstruction of dilapidated buildings.

Another bill would seek to amend the 'Gujarat Municipalities Act of 1963' to streamline the administration of 162 municipalities in the state.

This bill seeks to create a new post of "Commissioner of Municipalities Administration" in place of the present post of "Director of Municipalities".

Other bills to be tabled are regarding revision of GST rates and setting up of a Biotechnology University near Gandhinagar.

This will be the second session of the 14th Gujarat Assembly following elections in December last year. The Assembly, earlier, met in March this year for the Budget session.