DOLA municipality upgrades list, Part 2

As there are now 1841 subdistrict municipalities, compared to 1468 in December 2008, there must have been 373 upgrades, quite a lot but however less than the 460 I have found in the board meeting transcripts. And there are also some from board meetings which haven't been put on the website.

In the current local administrative data there are two files which list the upgrades in last year.

• สรุปการยกฐานะ อปท. ปีงบประมาณ 2552, covering fiscal year 2009 from October 1 2008 to September 30 2009. It includes 1 subdistrict municipality upgraded to a town, and 59 TAO to subdistrict municipalities.
• สรุปการยกฐานะ อปท. ปีงบประมาณ 2553 covers the first three months of fiscal year 2010, from October 1 till December 15. It contains 319 TAO upgrades to subdistrict municipalities.

The most notable thing is the fact that the dates of becoming effective according to these two lists differ from those given in the board meeting, most of them taking place on October 27. A total of 64 upgrades I did not know before from the board meetings, fitting with my earlier assumption. On the other hand, there are about 140 upgrades which are still pending - already decided by the board but for whatever reason delayed.

Already from the case of the upgrade of Ko Samui, which was set to become a city by the board but then actually became only a town, I knew that the board does not have the final word on the municipality upgrades, but it is surprising to see so many changes taking effect on later days than the originally set date. Just sad that these final steps aren't documented on the web, so I only have the annual lists to confirm what I expect from the board meetings.