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महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र

असाधारण भाग पाच--अ

वर्ष ४, अंक ७(२)] मंगळवार, मार्च २०, २०१८/फाल्गुन २९, शके १९३९ [पृष्ठे ४, किंमत : रुपये ३६.००

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प्राधिकृत प्रकाशन

महाराष्ट्र विधानसभेत व महाराष्ट्र विधानपरिषदेत सादर केलेली विधेयके (इंग्रजी अनुवाद).

MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT

The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 20th March 2018 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :—

L. A. BILL No. XIV OF 2018.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Water Conservation

Corporation Act, 2000.

Mah. III of 2001.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation Act, 2000, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

Short title.

1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(b) for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—

"(h) "member" means a member of the Corporation and includes the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Corporation ;".

4. In section 4 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

Amendment of section 4 of Mah. III of 2001.

(i) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—

"(b-1) One member to be nominated by Vice- the State Government, having special Chairman;"; knowledge and practical experience of water conservation and soil conservation as well as having a experience about water conservation, through peoples participation ;

(ii) for clause (q), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—

" (q) two members to be nominated by the State Government having special knowledge and practical experience in the field of Irrigation ;";

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and letters "clauses (a) to (n)" the words, brackets and letters "clauses (a), (b) and (c) to (n)" shall be substituted ;

(c) in sub-section (3), after the word "clauses" the brackets, letter and number "(b-1)," shall be inserted ;

(d) in sub-section (4), after the word "clauses" the brackets, letter and number "(b-1)," shall be inserted.

5. In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),—

Amendment of section 5 of Mah. III of 2001.

(a) for the portion beginning with the words "consisting of the Chairman" and ending with the words "the following members" the words "consisting of the Chairman of the Corporation as the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairmen of the Corporation as the Vice-Chairpersons and the following members" shall be substituted ;

(b) in clause (b), for the words and brackets "Chief Engineer, Irrigation (Local Sector), Pune" the words and brackets "Additional Commissioner (Water Conservation)" shall be substituted ;

(c) in clause (c), for the words "Director, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management, Pune" the words "Additional Commissioner (Soil Conservation)" shall be substituted.

6. In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the word "clauses" the brackets, letter and number "(b-1)," shall be inserted.

Amendment of section 7 of Mah. III of 2001.

7. In section 8 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub- section shall be substituted, namely :—

"(2) The Chairman shall preside over every meeting of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman, the Ex officio Vice-Chairman under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 shall preside over such meeting and in absence of both Chairman and Ex officioमहाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, मार्च २०, २०१८/फाल्गुन २९, शके १९३९ ३ Vice-Chairman under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, the nominated Vice-Chairman under clause (b-1) of sub-section (1) of section 4 shall preside over the meeting. If, for any reason, the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen are unable to attend any meeting, the meeting shall be presided over by the seniormost member Minister, present in the meeting.".

8. In section 17 of the principal Act, in proviso to sub-section (4), for the words "Executive Engineers" at both the places where they occur, the words "District Water Conservation Officers" shall be substituted.

Amendment of section 17 of Mah. III of 2001.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS.

The Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation is established under the provisions of section 3 of the Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation Act, 2000 (Mah. III of 2001) for promotion, operation and rapid development and regulation of watersheds and water conservation works including social forestry and the irrigation projects in the State of Maharashtra and the matters connected therewith.

2. With a view to ensure effective implementation of Soil and Water Conservation policies of the Government, it has been decided to establish a separate Soil and Water Conservation Commissionerate and to restructure the administrative machinery of the said Commissionerate. It has also been decided to provide that the Corporation shall have jurisdiction over minor irrigation projects or schemes having irrigable command area upto 600 hectares. In view of this, it is considered expedient to suitably amend sub- section (2) of section 1, sub-section (1) of section 5 and section 17 of the said Act, suitably.

3. Sub-section (1) of section 4 of the said Act, inter alia, provides that one member to be nominated by the State Government having special knowledge or practical experience in the field of Irrigation shall be a member of the Corporation.

It is felt that the main objective of the Corporation namely water conservation and watershed development can be achieved through the increased peoples' participation. It is, therefore, considered expedient to amend the said sub-section (1) suitably to provide that one non-official member, having special knowledge and practical experience of water conservation and soil conservation as well as having experience of water conservation through peoples' participation, nominated by the State Government shall be a Vice-Chairman of the Corporation. Towards this objective, it is also considered expedient to provide that, the number of members to be nominated from category of the persons, having special knowledge and practical experience in the field of irrigation, shall be increased to two.

4. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

RAM SHINDE,

Mumbai, Minister for Soil and Dated the 16th March 2018. Water Conservation.

Vidhan Bhavan : DR. ANANT KALSE,

Principal Secretary,

Mumbai, Dated the 20th March 2018. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.