Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Tkuma Region as a National Focus Area and Assistance to Settlements Adjacent to It Law, 5785-2025

The purposes of this Law, except for Chapter IV, are the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Tkuma Region and its development, in all spheres of life, including the strengthening of the resilience of its residents, the encouragement of sustainable growth, demographic increase and the allocation of appropriate resources for the achievement of these purposes, so that it shall be a thriving region, and this, inter alia, by means of designating the Tkuma Region as a national focus area in which the State and its institutions shall concentrate on its comprehensive rehabilitation and by means of anchoring the powers and functions of the Tkuma Administration (hereinafter – the purposes of this Law).

In this Law –

"national focus area" – as its meaning in Section 3;

"public body" – any one of the following bodies:

"Tkuma Region" – Sderot, the settlements in the regional councils of Eshkol, Hof Ashkelon, Sdot Negev and Sha'ar HaNegev, and the areas within the territory of the said local authorities that are located within a range of up to 7 kilometres from the Gaza Strip, all in accordance with Government Decision No. 462 of the 29th of Nisan 5783 (20 April 2023) and in accordance with the list of settlements set out in the First Schedule;

"State Service (Appointments) Law" – State Service (Appointments) Law, 5719-1959;

"Tkuma Administration", "the Administration" – a subsidiary unit established as a dedicated administration pursuant to Government Decision No. 980 of the 4th of Cheshvan 5784 (19 October 2023);

"comprehensive rehabilitation" – measures in all spheres of life whose purpose is a full, rapid and optimal return to routine in the Tkuma Region, as well as the encouragement of growth and development therein, including by means of an overall view of such measures, to be taken for the benefit of the local authorities in the Tkuma Region and the settlements and residents therein, including the granting of benefits, the allocation of resources and investment in growth and development drivers, all for the purpose of achieving the purposes of this Law;

"control" – as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968;

"resident" – one of the following, as the case may be, except in respect of Chapter IV:

"the Minister" – a Minister whom the Government has empowered to implement this Law, except in respect of Chapter IV.

The Tkuma Region shall be a national focus area in which the Government shall act for its comprehensive rehabilitation in an accelerated manner, all in accordance with the provisions under this Law, except for Chapter IV.

In fulfilling the function of a public body and in exercising its power under law in the fields of construction and infrastructure in the Tkuma Region or in the granting of benefits, the allocation of resources and investment in growth and development drivers required for the development of the Tkuma Region, the public body shall consider, in addition to every other consideration it is required to consider under law, the fact that the Tkuma Region is a national focus area in which action must be taken for its comprehensive rehabilitation, insofar as the matter is relevant and in a manner appropriate to its circumstances.

"Budget Foundations Law" – Budget Foundations Law, 5745-1985;

"annual budget law" – as its meaning in the Budget Foundations Law;

"sphere of activity" – as defined in the annual budget law.

For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Law except for Chapter IV, the Head of the Tkuma Administration, together with the comptroller of the Administration, is authorised to represent the Government in transactions as referred to in Sections 4 and 5 of the State Property Law, 5711-1951, except for transactions in real property, and to sign in the name of the State on documents relating to such transactions.

Without derogating from the duty to report under section 4(c), the Director General of a Government ministry shall report to the Head of the Tkuma Administration, each year on 1 August and on 1 February, on measures carried out by the ministry pursuant to this Chapter for the implementation of the Policy in the six months preceding the date of the report.

The Head of the Tkuma Administration shall publish on the Administration's website, by 1 April each year, in addition to his duty under any law, an annual report containing data and information on the activity of the Administration in the year preceding the year of the date of publication, including information regarding compliance with the targets formulated by the Administration for the implementation of its policy in that year.