Overview
- The state cabinet released a draft law for consultation that would drop mandatory internal objections in selected administrative procedures.
- An objection procedure is an in-house review of a government decision that people must complete before they can file a case in an administrative court.
- The plan would allow direct lawsuits in 27 areas, including cases under the Assets Act, Assembly Act, state planning law, and the housing benefit law.
- Justice Minister Constanze Geiert called the change a step toward a more modern, service-focused administration and said legal protection would remain intact.
- The draft enters a public hearing before any parliamentary debate, and officials note that many other states already skip this step in certain cases.