Overview
- The bill passed on December 27 with 93 votes in favor, 71 against and five abstentions, putting the new liability limits and preventive-opinion regime into force immediately.
- Financial responsibility for administrators found grossly negligent is now capped at 30% of the ascertained loss or at two years of gross salary, with full recovery still foreseen in cases of fraud or illicit enrichment.
- Administrations can request a prior opinion or a legality check; if the Court does not reply within 30 days—extendable to 90 in some cases—the silence is deemed favorable and the requester is exempt from erarial liability.
- Organizational changes, including merging sections, separating prosecuting and judging functions, and expanding the powers of the procuratore generale, will be set by delegated decrees.
- The government says the measure counters the “fear of signing” and brings predictability to controls, while magistrates and opposition warn of court overload, weaker oversight of PNRR contracts and costs shifted to citizens.