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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, in his capacity as deputy, accompanied by her band mate in Congress, Andres Ayala, presented this morning to the media the 27 amendments (18 addition and modification nine), which presented to the bill that will begin to be processed in the coming weeks in Madrid, to repair the damage caused by the earthquake of Lorca.
Barreiro pointed out that the magnitude of the effects of the earthquake on May 11 in Spain prompted the government to draft a Royal Decree, which reflected the urgent measures to repair the damage.
He also noted that since the People's parliamentary group proposed to use the legislative instrument of the bill because it allowed include contributions with which to improve the proposals in the first place, which shall remain in force until the adoption of the Law
The understanding, dialogue and responsiveness have allowed the socialist parliamentary group, according to the mayor to present a package of proposals as an amendment to complete, expand and define the actual terms contained in the initial decree.
The common aim of these amendments is that the municipality of Lorca return to normal as quickly as possible, with the priority citizens who are homeless, jobless and without means to work.
This normally also affects public buildings and monuments of heritage value whose reconstruction will require a significant financial effort, he explained Barreiro.
Of the nine proposed amendments seek to improve the article 3 of decree-law which includes the exceptional assistance for damage to the following proposals:
Expand the coverage of aid to industrial, commercial and service and extended to agribusiness.
Improving the functioning of the committee that evaluated and studied in particular applications.
Comprehensive and accurate aid to cover emergency expenses incurred by the municipality of Lorca, which include expenses such as building demolitions, debris removal, child support, and monitoring staff costs.
To include an aid of 400 euros per child to cover costs of educational materials and purchase of books for school and college students.
Change the justification of support for household staples with a maximum of 2,850 euros, so that it supports the bill for new equipment for their justification.
The State should fund the technical staff for the expert appraisal of the damage to homes.
Grant aid to households affected by damage than usual residence and have no insurance, the amount would be half of what would correspond if residence.
Tax benefits for municipal taxes and property tax to be extended to all properties affected by the earthquake, regardless of their nature, urban or rural and exemption from the license fee repair work not only for housing but also commercial establishments.
The granting of awards and grants for both personal and material damage should be exempted from the tax returns, especially in the case of aid for rental housing.
Freedom from paying social security contributions to employers who have been forced to implement a redundancy file during the suspension of the activity and the worker compute the contribution.
Specify the value of homes destroyed or demolished by the earthquake as a reference by setting the value of the Autonomous Region for the purposes of transfer tax and aid set to the value of homes qualifying for subsidized housing.
That development companies that have completed unsold homes in Lorca and likely to be rented exempt from VAT refunds have been deducted in the construction of the work, Given the need for housing.
The State should also assume its 50% contribution in the repair of public buildings, local and regional ownership.
In regard to the serious damages to historical and cultural heritage, the amendments seek to improve the conditions for carrying out their reconstruction:
As for the monuments and buildings of heritage value of p we propose that, by agreement, the State covers 80% of the cost of repair, as assessed by the Ministry of Culture of the Community.
That the Government give priority within the Interministerial Committee on cultural one percent of the necessary steps in the assets of Lorca, and made ​​jointly with the Autonomous Region and the City.
Finally, Barreiro has highlighted an amendment very convenient given the financial and economic situation of the region.
This is the reconstruction, rehabilitation and repair of damage from the quake, which was valued at 650 million euros, will be funded 50% by the General State Administration and the Autonomous Community.
In this sense, the mayor explained that the contribution of the autonomous region will require a great effort so that the budget has included an amendment stating that the financing would be offset by increasing the indebtedness provided in its plan to rebalance agreed on the advice of fiscal and financial policy.
Finally Barreiro stressed coordination between the government proved nothing more happen on the earthquake, which is also expressed at the conference by agreement with the Socialist parliamentary group to deal with this bill.
We hope you will continue to maintain the openness and consensus because from all administrations and from all parties have the duty and obligation to understand that the reconstruction of Lorca is one in the shortest time possible, she added the deputy and mayor of Cartagena .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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