THE KARNATAKA COMMAND AREAS DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012
(Received the assent of the Governor on the twenty seventh day of August, 2012)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 34 OF 2012
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the thirtieth day of August, 2012)
An Act, further to amend the Karnataka Command Areas Development Act, 1980.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Command Areas Development Act, 1980 (Karnataka Act 6 of 1980) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-third year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Command Areas Development (Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 11.- In the Karnataka Command Areas Development Act, 1980 (Karnataka Act 6 of 1980) (hereinafter referred as the principal Act), in section 11, in sub-section (1), for clause (a), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(a) an officer of the Karnataka Water Resource Engineering Service in the grade of Engineer-in-Chief or Chief Engineer or Superintending Engineer shall be the Administrator of the Authority who shall, subject to the general superintendence and control of the Authority and the Director of Command Areas Development to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority and shall exercise and discharge such powers and duties as may be prescribed or delegated to him by the Authority.”
3. Insertion of new section 11A.- After section 11 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“11A. Establishment of Directorate.- The State Government may, by notification, establish a Directorate for all Command Area Development Authorities and appoint an officer of the rank of Secretary to Government as Director and such officers and staff as may be prescribed, to supervise and co-ordinate with all Authorities and make recommendations to or advice the Government on policy matters on activities of the Authorities.”
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