Voorstel van wet van het lid Heijnen tot wijziging van de Gemeentewet in verband met het terugbrengen van het aantal gemeenteraadsleden tot op het niveau van voor de dualisering van het gemeentebestuur

This is a private member's bill (initiatiefwet) submitted by MP Heijnen in the Dutch House of Representatives. It proposes amending the Municipalities Act (Gemeentewet) so that the number of seats on municipal councils returns to the level that applied before the 'dualisation' of local government. Dualisation separated the roles of the elected council and the executive, so the proposal would revisit the size of councils that followed that reform. The change would apply to municipal councils across the Netherlands, affecting the number of elected councillors in each municipality and potentially the workload and representation of local citizens and parties. Details on how seats would be reduced per municipality depend on the full text, which is not reflected in this summary.