St. Gallen Culture Promotion Act to be revised
The government of the Canton of St. Gallen is submitting two drafts for consultation on the amendment of cultural legislation: a total revision is intended to adapt the current Cultural Promotion Act to current requirements and circumstances.
The St. Gallen Cultural Promotion Act from 1995 no longer meets the requirements and circumstances of today's cultural promotion, writes the canton, and a complete revision is therefore overdue. At the same time, there is no legal basis for the preservation and transmission of the cultural heritage in its entirety, in particular movable cultural assets such as the manuscripts and archives of the Abbey Library or the Abbey Archives, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Abbey District of St.Gallen.
At the same time, the division of tasks between the canton and municipalities in the preservation of historical monuments, which the Cantonal Council demanded with the 2013 relief program, requires changes at the legislative level. The new Cultural Promotion Act and the new Cultural Heritage Act with their clear definitions and objectives also provide legal certainty for all parties involved.
The work on the new cultural laws was triggered in particular by the Cantonal Council's mandates on the division of tasks and prioritization of cultural promotion. The main thrusts of the new laws were discussed in the cantonal cultural conferences in 2014 and 2015. The draft of the new Culture Promotion Act "takes into account the heterogeneity of the canton, focuses on strong cultural regions and follows the principle of subsidiarity".
The consultation documents are available electronically on the canton's website:
http://www.sg.ch/home/staat___recht/staat/Kantonale_Vernehmlassungen.html
