Other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, within the scope of their respective duties, do a good job in the franchise activities of urban sewage treatment according to law. Article 5 The franchise period of urban sewage treatment shall be determined according to the scale and operation mode of urban sewage treatment projects, and the longest franchise period shall not exceed 30 years. Article 6 The people's government of a city shall select a franchise operator for urban sewage treatment, which shall be conducted by the construction administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level through bidding. Article 7 To participate in the bidding for urban sewage treatment franchise, the following conditions shall be met: (1) Having the qualification of an enterprise legal person; (2) Having corresponding registered capital, equipment and facilities; (3) Having good bank credit standing, financial status and corresponding solvency; (4) Having corresponding work experience and good performance; (5) Having a corresponding number of technical, financial and management personnel; (6) Other conditions stipulated by the state. Article 8 The winning bidder shall be granted the franchise of urban sewage treatment by the construction administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level, and sign the franchise contract of urban sewage treatment. Article 9 If the urban sewage treatment franchisee undertakes the mandatory public welfare tasks of the government outside the contract and causes economic losses, the government that issued the tasks shall give corresponding compensation. Article 10 If the relationship between administrative divisions and the city government changes, the construction administrative department of the changed city people's government will continue to perform the original franchise contract for urban sewage treatment. Eleventh in the period of validity of the contract, the urban sewage treatment franchisee intends to terminate the contract, must inform the construction administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level three months ago, and bear the liability for breach of contract according to the contract. Article 12 Franchisees of urban sewage treatment shall perform the responsibilities stipulated in the contract and accept the supervision of the relevant departments of the urban people's government according to law. Thirteenth Municipal People's Government shall formulate an emergency plan for the suspension of production of urban sewage treatment franchise enterprises. The emergency plan shall be reported to the people's government at the next higher level for the record. Fourteenth due to improper behavior of the Municipal People's government, the franchise operator of urban sewage treatment fails to perform the contract, and the Municipal People's government shall be liable for compensation. Fifteenth city sewage treatment franchise expires, the construction administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall re organize the tender, re choose the city sewage treatment franchise. If the original urban sewage treatment franchisee did not breach the contract during the performance of the contract and participated in the bidding, it shall have the priority to win the bid under the same conditions. Article 16 If the staff of the relevant government departments commit any of the following acts, they shall be given administrative sanctions by their units, higher authorities or relevant competent departments according to law, and if the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated by judicial organs according to law:
(1) Failing to perform supervisory duties according to law or causing consequences due to poor supervision;
Dereliction of duty, breach of privilege, corruption;
(3) taking advantage of his position or work convenience to seek illegitimate interests for individuals or others;
(4) Other illegal acts. Seventeenth these Measures shall come into force as of August 1 day, 2006.