The Styria municipal structural reform was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which effective 1 January 2015 nearly halved the number of Styrian municipalities. The number of municipalities was reduced from 542 to 287, with the reform being intended to reduce costs and ease election of new town officials. Its basis is the Styrian Municipality Structural Reform Act . The law was adopted on December 17, 2013 by the Landtag of Styria, and promulgated on April 2, 2014.
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