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226 pages were distributed in the first draft of the Settlements Law, which contains some of the hundreds of changes in the biennial budget that the government plans to pass.
Any law and regulation that will require the state to allocate a special budget during the next two years must appear there.
While in the Treasury, the internal budget discussions with Minister Bezalel Smotrich continue, and the government ministries are warming up their engines to rake in a little more from the coffers, such as the statement by the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gabir to establish a "National Guard" - in the coalition they understand that they still have a long way to go.
None of the parties will be willing to delay: according to the law, if the budget is not approved 84 days after the formation of the government - it will dissolve.
You can look at the coming period as the first real test for the 37th government, since most far-reaching election promises require a special budget.
It is true that this is only the first draft, and the Ministry of Finance emphasizes that there are going to be many changes and significant additions, but what is published in the draft, and especially what is not, succeeds in teaching us a lot about the plans of the upcoming government - and the cards they keep close to their chest.
So what goes in?
And what is left, at the moment, outside?
Every office warms up engines to rake in a little more of the coffers.
Netanyahu and Smotrich, this week (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
15 cents per kilometer?
Within two years of the approval of the law - four metropolitan transportation authorities will be established, managed by the heads of the largest authorities in each geographic region (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Be'er Sheva).
Behind the decision is the understanding that the authorities know the area and will be able to adapt in the most intimate way the needs of the population to public transportation in the residential area.
All of this up to a certain limit - because the last section denies them an important possibility: the decision to operate public transportation on Shabbat will remain in the hands of the state.
In general, it is evident that the upcoming Law of Settlements has an emphasis on the independence of local authorities.
Their possibilities to adapt school education and public transportation to the nature of the place are increasing.
"Strong" municipalities will have the option of taking loans to the extent of 10% of the budget, without the approval of the Ministry of the Interior.
There is also good news for owners of electric vehicles.
The new government understands that due to the gradual transition to electric vehicles, the excise tax they have been collecting until now on fuel is decreasing, and a budgetary alternative needs to be found.
If it passes - starting in 2026, every kilometer traveled by electric vehicle will cost 15 cents.
Perhaps the ultimate sign of the dry winter that afflicts us is that the most significant storm we experienced at the beginning of January is the storm of the National Guard. The threat of Transportation Minister Miri Regev to cancel public transportation routes, then limit them outside of rush hours, and two weeks later to praise them - left a confused mark on the law as well The arrangements In the draft law, traffic inspectors will receive enforcement powers on the lanes, while in addition there is a consideration to exclude taxis from the benefit during rush hours.
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Election promises separately - and deeds separately
At an election conference with farmers last October, the Prime Minister, the then opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, criticized the agricultural reform of Avigdor Lieberman and Oded Forer and promised: "We must protect agriculture.
This reform is stopped.
point", and was applauded. Later on, those around him even explained that a new outline should be drawn up that would recognize agriculture as a Zionist value.
A practical test, did we say? At least according to the first draft of the Arrangements Law - massive imports of many fruits and vegetables are about to be approved, at the expense of blue-and-white produce, which is actually the next step in the previous government's reform.
This is good news for consumers, and probably less good news for farmers. But later in the document, they receive some appropriate compensation: the excessive power of the various crop councils will be distributed among the various authorities, in the hope that the farmers will pay a little less taxes. The validity of the eggs will be extended From 21 days to 28 days as per the European standard.
The buds of the reforms currently being promoted by Economy Minister Nir Barkat and Finance Minister Smotrich can already be seen in the sections of their offices - in fact, most of the document is written in the spirit of "encouraging competition in the economy and reducing regulation".
And if food is not enough, they intend to remove import barriers on various toiletries and medicines as well.
The drivers will start paying.
Electric vehicles (photo: photo processing, Walla Studio)
An interesting reform in education that received a step forward in the new law is the "GPN system", pedagogical-administrative flexibility. In the Arrangements Law of the previous government, it was decided to introduce a flexible budget basket, which every school principal will receive and can use it as he sees fit, in order to raise the quality Learning in the educational institution. The law was dropped from the final document in the end and was approved by the Bennett government a few months later.
In the period after the approval, there were claims from the administrators of educational institutions that it did not really reach a large scale, and the system mainly preserves the old options - only in a "more digital" form. In the draft Currently, there is already talk of an independent bank account for each school, into which funds will be flowed from the Ministry of Education directly to the principals, who will be able to monitor the balance together with the local authority.
For the avoidance of doubt, the money will not be able to go to the teachers to improve their employment conditions - but perhaps this is the first step there In the meantime, we will have to make do with the future, meteoric rise of private education programs.
Education: Will school principals get more budgetary freedom? (Photo: ShutterStock)
This is only the first draft of the law.
Apart from the mentioned news, there are many more in a variety of areas between the pages of the long document.
Some would call this step an inspection of the area before the really heavy loads are landed, such as the budgeting of livestock or the law of free education from age 0, which is conspicuous by its absence.
The draft also did not yet include the reforms in the Ministry of Communications, the police and other bodies that are in a prominent place in the public discourse - so there is more to look forward to.
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