Wijziging van de Waterschapswet tot het instellen van een overgangsbestuur voor op 1 januari 2013 ingestelde waterschappen en het uitstellen van de waterschapsverkiezingen van 2012

This Dutch bill amends the Water Boards Act (Waterschapswet). It creates an interim governing body for water boards set up on 1 January 2013 and postpones the water board elections that were due in 2012. Water boards are regional public bodies responsible for water management, including flood defence, water levels and water quality. The bill is based on the metadata alone, not the full legislative text. The change mainly affects the water boards being newly established and their governance arrangements, as well as the timing of their democratic elections. Residents of the affected regions would see their next water board elections delayed. The bill is mainly relevant to national and regional administrators.