State Constitution Discussion Assembly

“ The municipalities are in their area under their own responsibility the only public body responsible for the whole local public administration. They can take over any public duty if it is not by explicit legal regulation assigned exclusively to other bodies in urgent public interest.
(2) The municipal unions have within their legal responsibilities the same position.
(3) The right to self-administer their matters are provided to the municipalities and municipal unions by the state. The overseeing of the state is restricted to ensuring that the administration is in conformance with the laws. ”

“ The goal of education is to make the young man a personality with common sense, to prepare his working ability and the political responsibility for an independent and responsible service to the people and mankind through awe and charity, respect and acceptance, legality and veracity. ”

“ One who is unemployed with no fault has the right to the required alimonies for himself and his relatives. A law regulates the unemployment insurance.
Article 29
(1) A uniform labor law is to be made for employees, workers and public officials.
(2) Within the scope of the labor law, common agreements can only be made between the labor unions and the employers or their substitutes. They form binding law that can in general only be changed in favor of the employee. ”

“ It must emphasize the great deeds of mankind, the development of state, economy, civilization and culture, but not commanders, wars and battles. It is not acceptable to teach opinions which endanger the basis of the democratic state. ”

“ One who is owner of a company transferred to common property or is commissioned to lead the company, is to continue governing the company as a state trust until the executional laws have entered into force. ”

“ Until a legislation for the German Republic is instated, the government may agree with other German governments that certain parts of the law are to be put under a unified legislation which may not put a hindrance to the final German unity. ”

“ No one can be forced to perform, refrain from, or permit an action, so long as no law or a ruling based on law requires or allows it.
(3) If someone believes that his rights are violated by public force, he is entitled to take legal action. ”

“ Regulations of the constitution may be changed by legislation, but only in a way that the text of the constitution is changed or a new article is added to the constitution.
(2) To perform a change of constitution, more than half of the legal members of parliament must approve the change and a community vote must have the majority of people approve the change. ”

“ The people act by the regulations of this constitution directly through community votes (community election, community desire and community decision) , indirectly through the decisions of the constitutional organs.
Article 72
Freedom of voting and secrecy of voting are guaranteed.
Article 73
(1) Eligible for voting are all Germans according to article 116 paragraph 1 of the Basic Law older than eighteen years which live in Hesse and whose right to vote was not forfeited.
(2) The right to vote is general, equal, secret and direct. The day of voting must be a Sunday or a public holiday. ”

“ It is the job of the social insurance to raise the health of the people, even by precautionary measures, to provide help to the ill, the pregnant and the postnatal and to provide sufficient supplies to people with limited or no ability to work, as well as the widows and the elderly. ”

“ The access to this property and its administration is, after more detailed legal determination, to be assigned to legal people that assert that the property will only be used for the welfare of the whole people and that concentration of power is avoided. ”

“ VII. The justice Article 126
(1) The judicial power is only exerted by the judges ordered by law.
(2) The judges are independent and only subject to the laws.
Article 127
(1) The regular judges are appointed for life.
(2) Judges are appointed for life only if, after a temporary instation in a period of time to be defined by law, they provide the guarantee by their personality and their judicial activity that they will exert their position in the spirit of democracy and the social understanding. ”

“ Article 33
The wage must correspond to the performance of the employee and must suffice for the daily needs of the employee and his relatives. The woman and the young are entitled to the same wage for the same job and the same performance. The wage continues to be paid during holidays if they lie within work time. ”

“ Article 138
The lord mayor, the mayor and the officers of the districts, as leaders of the municipalities or municipal unions, are elected by the people in a general, direct, free, equal and secret election.
X. The finance Article 139
(1) The parliament serves to meet the demands of the state by approving the required resources.
(2) All incomes and expenses of the state must be calculated for every fiscal year and included in the budget plan. It is determined by a formal law before the beginning of the fiscal year. ”

“ If the constitution loses its actual power through revolutionary acts for a short or long period of time, everyone who has violated the constitution in the overthrowing is to be made responsible once the unconstitutional state is disposed if. ”

“ Every convicted person is to be taken to the judge within 24 hours, who can interrogate him, decide to detain or release him, and in case of detention up to the final judgment, decide every month whether the detention is still warranted. ”

“ Article 7
No German may be extradited by a foreign force. Foreigners enjoy protection against extradition and expelling, if they are pursued under violation of the basic rights mandated in this constituion and fled to Hesse. ”

“ For the compensation of the previous owner, Article 39 paragraph 4 applies accordingly.
Article 43
(1) Independent small and medium companies in farming, business, handcraft and trade are to be specially supported by legislation and administration and are to be especially protected against overburden and acquisition. ”