Laws Commission gives green light to reform RSA
~ Collectivité owes CAF 1.3M euros per month for RSA benefit ~
MARIGOT--The Laws Commission verbally approved reform of the social benefit Revenu Solidarité Active (RSA) presented by the Overseas Ministry for St. Martin in the National Assembly on July 17 and written confirmation should be received from Parliament in due course, Second Vice-President Ramona Connor said Wednesday.
With President François Hollande endorsing its reform during his official visit here in May, the Collectivité is already proceeding with adapting RSA to the fiscal revenues of the Collectivité and modifying the criteria to apply for it.
As it stands, RSA is based on fiscal law and revenues of France but the Collectivité argues it cannot realistically apply figures used in France for St Read more
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