Suwon Establishes Legal Basis to Extend Disaster Basic Income to Married Immigrants and Permanent Residents

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The "Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on the Operation and Management of Suwon's Disaster Management Fund," sponsored by Suwon City Councilor Yoon Kyung-seon, was formally announced on the 8th.

The amendment establishes the legal basis to extend Suwon's disaster basic income to married immigrants and permanent residents.

Following the promulgation of the "Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on Gyeonggi Province's Disaster Basic Income" on the 4th, Suwon City has sponsored this amendment to ensure the economic activities of married immigrants and permanent residents, thereby enabling disaster basic income payments to these groups.

Additionally, in accordance with amendments to superior laws, the ordinance has been revised to include the purposes of the disaster management fund as well as the legal basis and terminology.

The definition of accounting civil servants has also been changed, and provisions have been made to establish "separate accounts" for disaster management fund-related projects undertaken by direct municipal agencies, public enterprises, and districts.

Councilor Yoon Kyung-seon explained, "I have sponsored this amendment to clearly define the beneficiaries of disaster basic income so that it can be extended to married immigrants, who are members of multicultural families, as well as to foreign nationals with legal status to permanently reside in the Republic of Korea."

The amendment is scheduled to be reviewed and passed during the 351st extraordinary session, which will be held for 12 days beginning on the 18th.