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Kirkeministeriet Telefon 3392 3390 Dokument nr. 309107 Dato: 21. november 2006
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Kirkeudvalget har ved brev af 16. november 2006 bedt om kirkeministerens besvarelse af spørgsmål 6 vedrørende L 27, Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om folkekirkens økonomi, lov om menighedsråd, lov om folkekirkens kirkebygninger og kirkegårde og forskellige andre love (Budgetlægning for kirke- og præstegårdskasserne, ændret sammensætning og opgaver for stiftsøvrigheden, aflastning af provsten for administrative opgaver m.v.).
â€I bemærkningerne til lovforslaget fremgÃ¥r det, at stiftsøvrighedens opgaver fremover omfatter et juridisk tilsyn med menighedsrÃ¥d og provstiudvalg, administration af Fællesfonden m.m. Det fremgÃ¥r endvidere, at direktører har særdeles gode forudsætninger for dette, men uddannelseskravene til fremtidens direktører for de regionale statsforvaltninger sikrer ikke, at disse stillinger besættes med en juridisk kyndig person. Vil den foreslÃ¥ede model med, at direktøren personligt har opgaven i stiftsøvrigheden, sÃ¥ledes ikke risikere at blive udhulet inden for fÃ¥ Ã¥r? Og ville det ikke være mere holdbart generelt at udstyre stiftskontoret med juridisk kompetence?â€
Svar:
Med lovforslagets § 1, nr. 4, foreslås, at stiftsøvrigheden sammensættes, så den fremover består af biskoppen og direktøren for den regionale statsforvaltning, således at hver direktør indgår i stiftsøvrigheden for to stifter. Der stilles ligeledes forslag om, at stiftsøvrighedens opgaver indsnævres.
Med denne indsnævring af opgaverne er det vurderingen, at det vil være overkommeligt for direktørerne for statsforvaltningerne hver at indgÃ¥ i to stiftsøvrigheder. Denne sammensætning af stiftsøvrigheden vil desuden sikre, at biskoppen har en â€sparringspartner†med økonomiske, juridiske og administrative kompetencer pÃ¥ højest niveau. Det bemærkes i den forbindelse særligt, at statsforvaltningerne varetager det juridiske tilsyn med kommunerne, og direktørerne har sÃ¥ledes særligt gode forudsætninger for at varetage det tilsvarende tilsyn med menighedsrÃ¥d og provstiudvalg.
PÃ¥ denne baggrund finder jeg, at direktørerne for statsforvaltningerne fuldt ud har forudsætningerne for at udfylde opgaven pÃ¥ betryggende vis.       Â
Det skal i øvrigt bemærkes, at der i høringssvarene var meget bred opbakning til denne model. Forslaget nyder således stor opbakning blandt folkekirkens interessenter.
Bertel Haarder
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