The Chamber of Deputies definitively approved with 303 yes, 163 no (9 abstentions) the decree law for the simplification and transparency of the Public Administration, without modifications compared to the text voted by the Senate.
The measure was voted on in the third reading. In particular, the cut to the measures introduced in the first reading in the Chamber on teachers "quota 96" was confirmed, which would have allowed the immediate retirement of around 4.000 teachers, with an estimated cost of around 50 million in 2014 and almost 400 million between 2014 and 2018). According to the chairman of the budget commission of the Chamber, Francesco Boccia, who spoke in the courtroom before the final vote on the decree, the government's decision to withdraw the rule "caused an inevitable rift that must be healed": "How the State Accounting Office certified the coverage of the mission decree, it was correct to certify the similar coverage on quota 96».
The contents of the decree are many and wide-ranging. Among the most important chapters, those that intervene on the pension front, with the abolition, for example, of the institution of public employee retention. From the end of October, no employee of the PA will be able to remain at work after having met the pension requirements. So stop the practice of allowing the extension of the service for two years. The rule will also apply to magistrates (who today can remain in service for up to 75 years, 5 more than the 70 that trigger retirement.
A tightening is also on the way to the use of magistrates in the context of the Public Administration. The robes who hold positions in offices of direct collaboration, even only in legal consultancy, will no longer be able to enjoy the expectation, but will necessarily have to go out of office, a position for where the spaces are not infinite (the maximum duration is ten years). However, the rule does not apply to those who have already obtained leave.
Still on the subject of pensions, among the novelties is also the possibility of administrations to send employees to retirement, giving reasons for the choice, at 62 years of age, provided they have the maximum length of service. The reform also provides for the halving of permits and union secondments and, to encourage turnover in the Public Administration, the prohibition of assigning tasks to retired former civil servants. The restriction was also extended to employees of publicly controlled companies and entities, with the exception of members of the councils of local entities and members of the elected bodies of professional orders.
Among the most eagerly awaited measures of the reform there is also the possibility of ordering, without needing to give reasons, the transfer of a public employee from one office to another as long as they are within a radius of 50 kilometres. The rule will not apply to employees with children under 3 or those protected by law 104. The general criteria for defining mobility will be decided together with the trade unions. The same applies to demotion following a transfer: at most, you can be downgraded by one qualification.
Decree 90/2014 then broadens the field of action of the president of the Anti-Corruption Authority, a role now covered by the former magistrate Raffaele Cantone. Its supervision of risky tender contracts will also involve the concessionaires and will be able to propose receiverships even in cases in which the criminal proceedings have not yet been opened. To facilitate the simplification of procedures, the introduction of authorization forms for building works and the start of production activities (Scia) that are the same throughout the national territory is also envisaged. The forms will be published on the portal www.impresainungiorno.gov.it.
The measure that provides for the cut of the sums owed by companies to the Chambers of Commerce was much contested during the parliamentary passage. The halving of chamber rights, initially envisaged in one year, will instead be spread over three years (35% for 2015, 40% in 2016 and 50% in 2017), as requested by Unioncamere
