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Law for the Commemoration of the Memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman, 5785-2025

חוק להנצחת זכרו של הרב חיים דרוקמן, תשפ"ה-2025

Published: 2025-01-19Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-01-23 · Last amended 2025-01-19✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter IV: General Provisions

Conflict of Interests§

24.
(a)In this Section –

"family member" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, son or daughter and their spouses, brother or sister and their children, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, uncle or aunt and their children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandson or granddaughter, including a relative as aforesaid who is a step-relative;

"interested party" has the meaning assigned to it in the Securities Law, 5728-1968;

"treatment" includes making a decision, raising a matter for discussion, being present at a discussion, participating in a discussion or vote, or engaging in a matter outside a discussion;

"conflict of interests", of a member of the Public Council, means a conflict of interests between the discharge of the member's function on the Council and a personal interest or other function, of the member or of the member's relative;

"relative", of a member of the Public Council, means any of the following:

(1)a family member of the member of the Public Council;
(2)a person in whose financial situation the member of the Public Council has an interest;
(3)a corporation in which the member of the Public Council, the member's family member or a person as referred to in paragraph (2) is an interested party;
(4)a body in which the member of the Public Council, the member's family member or a person as referred to in paragraph (2) are managers or responsible employees.
(b)A person shall not be appointed as a member of the Public Council and shall not serve as such a member if, by reason of the member's service, the member would regularly find himself or herself in a position of conflict of interests that would prevent the member from discharging the principal part of the member's function on the Public Council.
(c)A member of the Public Council shall not, in the framework of the member's function, deal with a matter whose treatment would cause the member to be in a position of conflict of interests.
(d)If a member of the Public Council becomes aware that the member is liable to find himself or herself in a position of conflict of interests as referred to in subsections (b) or (c), the member shall notify the Chairperson of the Public Council thereof as soon as possible; if the said member of the Public Council is the Chairperson, the member shall notify the Minister thereof.
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a member of the Public Council who was appointed under section 5(a)(5), (6) or (8) may also take into account the interests of the body of which the member is a representative, insofar as they are connected to the functions of the Public Council, and the member shall not be regarded as being in a position of conflict of interests by reason thereof alone.

Financing of Activity§

25.
(a)The establishment of the Centre shall be financed from the State budget and from donated funds; the activity of the Centre shall be financed, subject to the provisions of section 26, from the State budget as required for the expenses of its existence, maintenance, development and management of the totality of its activities, as well as from donations and from revenues that the Centre may have.
(b)The amount of the State's participation in the Centre's budget shall be determined, in each fiscal year, in the annual budget law as defined in the Budget Foundations Law; the said amount of participation shall not exceed NIS 2,500,000 per year in the fiscal years 2025 and 2026, and NIS 5,000,000 per year from the fiscal year 2027 onwards.

Budget§

26.
(a)The Council shall approve the annual budget of the Centre, on the proposal of the Director of the Centre, and shall submit it to the Minister for approval; the budget requires the approval of the Minister of Finance.
(b)A budget year of the Centre shall coincide with the State budget year.

Exemption from Taxes§

27.

For the purposes of the Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], the Centre shall be regarded as a public institution under section 9(2) of the said Ordinance.

Centre Employees§

28.
(a)The engagement of a person for employment at the Centre shall be carried out in accordance with the principles of equality and adequate representation, transparency, publicity and integrity, pursuant to procedures to be determined by the Centre and in accordance with any law.
(b)The employees of the Centre shall be treated as State employees for the purposes of the enactments listed in section 29.

Application of Laws§

29.

Members of the Council who are not State employees shall, in their actions as members of the Council, be treated as State employees for the purposes of the following enactments and in respect of their activities on the Council:

(1)Public Service (Gifts) Law, 5740-1979;
(2)Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969;
(3)State Service (Restriction of Party Activity and Collection of Funds) Law, 5719-1959 – the provisions applicable to State employees generally;
(4)Public Service (Restrictions after Retirement) Law, 5729-1969;
(5)Penal Law, 5737-1977 – the provisions relating to public employees.

Prohibition on Transfer of Assets§

30.
(a)The Centre shall not be entitled to sell or otherwise transfer an asset in its ownership, except for assets whose particulars, including their type and value, have been prescribed by Regulations, without the approval of the Minister.
(b)The Centre shall not be entitled to mortgage an asset in its possession or to lease it for a period exceeding ten years, without the approval of the Minister; for this purpose, "to lease it for a period exceeding ten years" includes a lease that confers a right to renew or extend it, or a lease for an additional period, which, when combined with the preceding lease periods, together exceed ten years.
(c)The Centre shall not take a loan exceeding the amount prescribed by the Minister by Regulations, without the approval of the Minister and the Minister of Finance.

Implementation and Regulations§

31.

The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law and may make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation, including with respect to the working procedures of the Council.

Report to the Knesset§

32.

The Minister shall report to the Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Knesset, in writing, once a year, on the implementation of the Law in the year preceding the date of the report, including on the following matters:

(1)the composition of the Public Council and its activities;
(2)the budget of the Centre, including the sources of financing and utilisation of the budget;
(3)the activities of the Centre and its institutions.

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