Seongbuk-gu Council

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Meetings and Terms - Current number of days per session, General meeting, Temporary meeting.
Current number of days per session	General meeting	Temporary meeting
110 days or less (legal day)	Convenes twice a year, called-up within 50 days [1st general meeting] Date of meeting: June 5, every year Agenda: Approval of previous year's settlement plan, audit of administrative works and other matters In the year of general election, the 1st regular meeting can be postponed until September or October by a council resolution [2nd general meeting] Date of meeting: November 20, every year Agenda: Review and approval of budget plan for next year and other matters	[Call-up] When it's called for by district mayor or 1/3 or more of councilors Duration is not to exceed 15 days. The first temporary meeting after the election is called by municipal assembly's director of secretariat within 25 days from the starting date of councilors' tenure.

Composition: All members of the council (22 including the Chairperson)
Convening: Convened by attendance of 1/3 or more councilors
Resolution: It is achieved by attendance of more than half of councilors with more than half of them agreeing (exception: for a resolution following a review of councilor's qualification, agreement from more than 2/3 of councilors is required)
Public disclosure: Council meetings are normally open to public attendance. (exception: when more than 2/3 of councilors or the Chairperson decides to bar public attendance for the reasons of keeping public safety and order)
Rule of continuous session: A legislative draft submitted during a session is not automatically discarded just because it wasn't passed (exception: when councilor's tenure is expired)
Rule of double jeopardy: A legislative draft vetoed in a session cannot be proposed or submitted again in the same session.

Establishment and composition: By relevant ordinances, the council can establish a standing committee and staff it with councilors who have professional knowledge in the areas concerned for efficient review and handling of various legislative proposals.
Request for convening: When requested by a committee Chairperson or 1/3 or more of councilors; when in the middle of closing session, by resolution from plenary session; when it is acknowledged to be necessary by the Chairperson; when it's requested by 1/3 or more of councilors or by the district mayor
Standing committee: the Seongbuk-gu District Council is composed of 4 standing committees - Operation Committee, Health & Welfare Committee, City Construction Committee, Administration & Planning Committee

Establishment and operation: A special committee is established and operated to deal with a specific issue for a limited period of time under a resolution reached in plenary session. Its period of existence can be extended with a resolution reached in plenary session.

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