The new law on public sector contracts came into force on March 9, and this means that the municipalities must adapt their regulations to this new law.
The city council of Murcia has not done it.
From Now Murcia we will promote that the ordinance of the water for the municipality of Murcia respects the principle of reserve of law and respects that these rates are public revenues.
This means that this ordinance can not be drawn up according to the needs of the private company that manages it, as is the case with the current regulation-, but must be drawn up in compliance with the laws in force in Spain and under the control of the City Council.
For these reasons, Now Murcia is going to request the plenary session of the city council to elaborate an ordinance on water rates in a participatory manner, where a water table is set up, with various institutional actors and civil society organizations.
In this way our city council can apply these rates with legal guarantees, and on the other hand, with environmental and social guarantees that adapt to the diversity of situations of Murcia and Murcia.
We recall here, according to the new Public Sector Contracts Law, the coercively established economic considerations that are received for the provision of public revenues-as in the case of water, are the rates we pay for receive the service, will have the condition of patrimonial benefits of non-tributary public character.
In addition, the law of local haciendas is reformed and requires that tariffs be regulated by municipal ordinance.
NOW MURCIA
Source: Ahora Murcia