Samenvoeging van de gemeenten Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Menterwolde en Slochteren

This Dutch national legislative procedure concerns the merger of three municipalities in the province of Groningen: Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Menterwolde and Slochteren. Under Dutch law, changes to municipal boundaries and the creation of new municipalities require legislation passed by Parliament, and this procedure is the formal step to combine the three into a single municipality. The residents, local councils and public services of the three municipalities would be affected, as their administrative boundaries and local governance arrangements would change. Based on metadata only; the full bill text was not reviewed, so specific provisions and transition arrangements are not described here.