Article 50 (Definition)
The term " official residence" as used in this Ordinance means any official house which is owned for use of public officials belonging to the Incheon
Metropolitan City, such as the Mayor, Vice Mayors and other facility management officials. <Amended by Ordinance No. 3685, Nov. 15, 1999>
Article 51 (Classification of Official Residences)
The official residences shall be classified as follows:
1. Grade Ⅰ official residence : official residence for the use of the Mayor;
2. Grade Ⅱ official residence : official residence for the use of Vice Mayors;
and
3. Grade Ⅲ official residence : official residence for the use of facility management officials, other public officials belonging to the Incheon Metropolitan City and so on.
Article 52 (Permission for Use)
The Mayor shall, upon request for permission for the use of an official residence, permit such use: Provided, That the use of a Grade Ⅰ or Ⅱ official residence shall not require the permission.
Article 53 (Responsibility for Use)
A public official who uses an official residence (hereinafter referred to as the "user") shall, in doing so, fulfill good user's obligation in respect of due management as follows:
1. To prevent any damage to property and facility;
2. To prevent any loss of or damage to equipment;
3. To preserve cleanliness; and
4. To curtail various charges for public service and to faithfully pay all the public dues which shall be borne by the user.
Article 54 (Keeping of Official Residence Management Book)
In order to ensure that official residences are efficiently managed, their
respective specific management numbers and the scope of public officials who may be permitted to use them shall be determined and the official residence management book shall be kept and arranged in order.
Article 55 (Revocation of Permission for Use)
In a case falling under any of the following subparagraphs, the Mayor shall revoke the permission for the use of an official residence:
1. In case that the user is removed from his/her office;
2. In case that the user discontinues the use of an official residence;
3. In case that there arises any great difficulty in managing or operating an official residence normally because the user neglects his/her obligation in respect of due management as is provided for in Article 53; or
4. In case that it is necessary that the permission for the use of an official residence should be revoked for the reasonable management or operation thereof.
Article 56 (Responsibility of Bearing Expenses for Management of Official Residences)
Expenses for the management of official residences shall, in principle, be borne by the users thereof: Provided, That other expenses which fall under any of the following subparagraphs may be paid out of the relevant budget;
1. Expenses necessary for building fundamental facilities, such as those for the construction, reconstruction and extension of a building, the construction of a structure, a fixture and other communications facilities, the installation of a large-scale apparatus such as a boiler and an air conditioner and the installation of waterworks, and expenses necessary for landscaping;
2. Expenses for the maintenance and management of property, such as those
for the maintenance and repair of a building and a fire insurance premium;
3. Expenses for the management of a boiler (limited to Grade Ⅰ through Grade Ⅲ official residences);
4. Expenses for the purchase, maintenance and management of fundamental ornamentation such as a set of parlor furniture and a curtain (limited to Grade Ⅰ and Grade Ⅱ official residences);
5. Electricity rates (limited to Grade Ⅰ official residences);
6. Telephone rates (limited to Grade Ⅰ and Grade Ⅱ official residences);
7. Water rates (limited to Grade Ⅰ official residences); and
8. Common-area charges, in case that official residences are located in apartment houses (limited to Grade Ⅰ official residences).
Article 57 (Exemption from Use Fees)
If an official residence as is referred to in Article 51 falls under any of the following subparagraphs, it shall be exempted from the whole of the use fees:
1. In case that a public official who belongs to the Incheon Metropolitan City and who is permitted to use the said official residence makes direct use thereof;
2. In case that the said official residence is used for the temporary protection thereof; and
3. In case that the public official concerned uses the said official residence for the protection, guard and so on of relevant facilities.
Article 58 (Management of Equipment)
A goods administrator as is referred to in Article 91 of the Local Finance Act shall separately keep a book of equipment for use in official residences,
record the equipment and fundamental ornamentation as purchased from the relevant budget under Article 56 of this Ordinance in that book and manage that equipment and fundamental ornamentation.
Article 59 (Turning over, Taking over and so on)
(1) If the permission for the use of an official residence is revoked under Article 55, the user thereof shall turn over the official residence not later than any date determined by the Mayor.
(2) If the user turns over an official residence under paragraph (1), he/she shall identify and pay an amount of money which shall be borne by him/her among expenses for the management of the official residence incurred until the date of such turning over and transmit the following matters to the next user or a public official in charge of the official residence:
1. Status of facilities, installations and goods which belong to an official residence;
2. Circumstances of settlement of expenses for the management of the official residence concerned; and
3. Other necessary matters.
Article 60 (Compensation Measures)
If the user destroys or damages facilities which belong to an official residence or loses or damages equipment for use therein (including facilities, installations and goods) as purchased from the relevant budget by his/her negligence in the course of using the official residence, he/she shall make compensation therefor.
Article 60-2 (Mutatis Mutandis Application)
The provisions of Article 50 through Article 60 shall apply mutatis mutandis
to any leased official house which is subject to the debt-claim.