14.3 Municipal and urban development Acts of Maharashtra notes

1. 14.3.1Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act 1949: constitution, municipal authorities, Commissioner and committees

   The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (the old BPMC Act) governs every Municipal Corporation in the State except Brihanmumbai; it creates the Corporation as a body corporate and splits power between a deliberative wing (Corporation, Mayor, committees) and an executive wing headed by the State-appointed Commissioner.

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2. 14.3.2MMC Act: property tax (ss.127–149A), laying out land (s.217), unauthorised works, by-laws and State control

   The MMC Act lets a Corporation tax property on rateable or capital value (s.129) with the tax as a first charge on the premises (s.141), controls street lines and the laying out of land (ss.210–220), treats work done without the Designated Officer's permission as unauthorised (s.478), and keeps the State in control through default, suspension and dissolution powers (ss.448–452A).

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3. 14.3.3Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act 1965: classification and authorities

   The 1965 Act governs Maharashtra's smaller towns: it constitutes Municipal Councils for "smaller urban areas" (classed A, B or C by population under s.4), Nagar Panchayats for "transitional areas", and allows industrial townships, with the Council, its committees, the President and the Chief Officer as the municipal authorities under s.7.

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4. 14.3.4Municipal Councils Act 1965: President, Chief Officer, Director of Municipal Administration and obligatory duties

   In a Municipal Council the President leads the elected body (ss.51–58), the State-appointed Chief Officer runs the administration (ss.75–77), the Director of Municipal Administration and the Collector supervise on behalf of the State (s.74), and Chapter III lays down the Council's obligatory duties, including a water supply scheme (s.50).

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5. 14.3.5MMRDA Act 1974 and metropolitan region development authorities in Maharashtra

   The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, set up on 26 January 1975 under the MMRDA Act, 1974, plans and coordinates development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and funds and builds regional projects; it is chaired by the Minister for Urban Development, and the Metropolitan Commissioner is its member-secretary and chief executive.

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6. 14.3.6Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act 1971 and slum rehabilitation

   The Slum Act, 1971 lets a Competent Authority declare an area a slum (s.4) and improve, clear or redevelop it; an amendment in the mid-1990s, following the 1995 Afzalpurkar Committee report, added Chapter I-A, creating Slum Rehabilitation Authorities and the developer-led scheme in which eligible hutment dwellers get a free 27.88 sq m (300 sq ft) tenement paid for by a free-sale component.

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7. 14.3.7Street Vendors Act 2014: Town Vending Committees and vending plans

   The Street Vendors Act, 2014 protects the livelihood of urban street vendors and regulates vending through a Town Vending Committee (TVC) in every local authority, a survey of vendors every five years, certificates of vending, and a five-yearly plan for street vending that fixes vending and no-vending zones.

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