[2] The statute was drafted by a commission formed by politicians of the Committee of National Liberation accompanied by three teachers of the law faculty of the University of Palermo.
The right to adopt legal standards was major, assuming an identity that differentiates it from the State despite the commitment to maintain its political unity.
The High Court, with one major ruling of July 19, 1948, enshrined the principle of the immutability of the statute with an ordinary law of the State.
This legal condition, which gives rise to the use of the adjective after the official name of the institution (Regione Siciliana), is due to mainly political reasons at that time why the Sicilian administrative entity is considered a primary source of law.
According to the Special Statute, the Region has exclusive competence in a number of matters, including cultural, heritage, agriculture, fisheries, local authorities, environment, tourism, forestry police.