Styria municipal structural reform

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The Styria municipal structural reform (German: Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform) was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian municipalities^[1] from 542 to 287. The reform was intended to reduce costs and ease election of new town officials.^[2] The terms of the reform is formalized in the Styrian Municipality Structural Reform Act. (StGsrG).^[3] The law was adopted on December 17, 2013 by the Landtag of Styria [de], and promulgated on April 2, 2014.^[4]