Omihachiman City, a major production area, asked the government to examine "Omi beef", which is popular as a gift for hometown tax payment, and Shiga Prefecture made it a gift for all local governments in the prefecture. Meeting was held.
As a general rule, hometown tax refunds are limited to local products produced and processed by the local government, but they are well known nationwide, and if the prefecture recognizes them as "local resources", they will be returned to all local governments in the prefecture. You will be able to treat it as a gift.
Shiga Prefecture has certified Omi beef as a local resource since the 1st of last month, but Omi Hachiman City, one of the main production areas of Omi beef, is dissatisfied with this certification and is a country that handles conflicts between local governments. I applied for examination to the "Autonomous Dispute Resolution Committee".
On the 24th, the first meeting of the examination was held online, and three experts appointed as committee members confirmed the policy of the examination in the future.
Omihachiman City insists that "the process of certifying Omi beef as a local resource is a big problem even though the local governments of the major production areas do not agree", while Shiga Prefecture "regards the certification process." It takes a long time to gather opinions and there is no problem. "
The national "autonomous dispute resolution committee" will come to a conclusion around the beginning of August.