Taoyuan City Council

Taoyuan City Council 桃園市議會
Type
Type	Municipal council
Leadership
Speaker	Chi Yi-sheng[1]
Deputy Speaker	Li Hsiao-chung
Structure
Seats	60[2][3]
Political groups	KMT (29)     DPP (20)     NPSU (9)     Green Party Taiwan (2)     TSU (1)
Elections
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
Last election	2014
Meeting place
The Building of Taoyuan City Council Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Website
www.tycc.com

The Taoyuan County Council (TYCC; Chinese: 桃園市議會; pinyin: Táoyuán Shì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan City, Republic of China. The council composes of 60 councilors lastly elected through the 2014 Republic of China local election on 29 November 2014. It has the most number of seats among other county councils in Taiwan.

History

The council was established on 21 January 1951 as Taoyuan County Council.^[4] On 25 December 2014, the council was promoted in status to Taoyuan City Council after Taoyuan County becomes a special municipality.

Organization

Committees

• First Examination Team
• Second Examination Team
• Third Examination Team
• Fourth Examination Team
• Fifth Examination Team
• Sixth Examination Team
• Procedural Examination Team
• Discipline Committee

Departments

• Agenda Procedure Division
• General Affairs Division
• Legal Affairs Office
• Information and Library Office
• Public Relationship Office
• Accounting Office
• Personnel Office^[5]

See also

• Taoyuan City
• Taoyuan City Government

References

1. "Taoyuan Country Council - Chiefs of the speaker". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
2. "Taoyuan Country Council - Councilors". Tycc.gov.tw. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
3. http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/W2/300000000000000.html
4. "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
5. "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.