The Government of Himachal Pradesh, on December 02, 2025, issued the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2025, to further amend the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994.
The following amendment has been stated namely:-
• Before clause 2, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(1) “Audit Agency” means Principal Accountant General Audit, Himachal Pradesh, under whose technical guidance and supervision the audit of the accounts of Municipalities shall be conducted, by Director, the Himachal Pradesh State Audit Department who shall have the access to relevant information and record of municipalities for conducting audit of accounts of Municipalities;”.
• In section 14, after sub-section (3), following shall be inserted, namely:- “(4) When a part of the area of any Municipal Council, during its term, is declared to be a Municipal Corporation under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (12 of 1994), the said declaration shall not affect the term of the members of Municipal Council, till the expiration of the duration of the Municipal Council(s) specified in sub-section (1) or its dissolution under section 271 of this Act.”
• In section 66, for the sign “.”, the sign “:” shall be substituted and thereafter the following shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that if the user charges during the previous year is not realised, the same, along with fine thereof shall be added as arrears of Property Tax.”.
[Bill No. 23 of 2025]
