Juridical Analysis of the Amendment to the Qanun of Bireuen Regency Number 31 of 2004 concerning the Establishment of the Krueng Peusangan Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM)

Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government and Government Regulation Number 54 of 2017 concerning Regional Owned Enterprises mandates local governments to make adjustments to the form of business for existing regional companies to become Regional Public Companies or Regional Government Companies. So that the Regional Government of Bireuen Regency made changes to one of the regional companies, namely the Krueng Peusangan Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM) to become the Krueng Peusangan Regional Public Drinking Water Company. This paper discusses the problems faced in changing the legal form of the Krueng Peusangan Regional Water Company to the Krueng Peusangan Regional Public Water Company and how these problems can be overcome. The results of the study indicate that the amendment is intended so that local governments can improve the welfare of the people in their regions through Regional Public Companies. Changes and adjustments to the legal form of the Krueng Peusangan Regional Drinking Water Company to become the Krueng Peusangan Regional Public Drinking Water Company, as well as to provide the basis and guidelines in the preparation and discussion of the draft on changing the legal form of the regional drinking water company into a regional public company. The changes are also based on the principles of the formation of laws and regulations as regulated in Article 5 of Law no. 12 of 2011.