Provincial Administrative Organization is a form of local government currently in use. The structure and powers have been adjusted in order as follows:
In 1933, the first provincial council was established according to the Municipality Organization Act of 1933. The Tak Provincial Council under this Act has the status of an organization that provides advice or recommendations to the provincial government. It has not yet become a separate juristic person from the regional administration.
          Later, in 1937, the Provincial Council Act of 1938 was enacted, separating the laws specifically related to the provincial council. However, the provincial council still acts as an advisor to the provincial government until the provincial administration act of 1952 was enacted, which stipulated that the provincial governor be the head of the administration and command of civil servants and be responsible for the administration of the provinces of various ministries, departments and agencies. As a result of this law, the provincial council also has the status of an advisor to the provincial governor.
           Later, an idea arose to improve the role of the provincial council. To be more efficient and to encourage people to participate in self-governance, this resulted in the establishment of the “Provincial Administrative Organization” in accordance with the Provincial Administration Act B.E. 2498 (1955), which stipulated that the Provincial Administrative Organization be a juristic person and a local administrative organization, separate from the province which is a regional administrative organization. The structure of the Provincial Administrative Organization consists of the executive branch headed by the governor and the Provincial Council which jointly conduct provincial affairs in accordance with the resolutions of the Provincial Council and as stipulated by law. As for the powers and duties of the Provincial Administrative Organization, Section 31 of the Provincial Administration Act B.E. 2498 (1955), stipulates that the Provincial Administrative Organization has the power and duty to conduct public administration within the province, outside of the municipalities, sanitary districts and other local administrative units. 
           The driving force that led to the revocation of the Provincial Administration Act B.E. 2498 (1955), until the Provincial Administrative Organization Act B.E. 2540 (1997) was enacted instead, was the government’s enactment of the Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act B.E. 2537 (1994), which elevated the subdistrict councils to juristic persons and a number of other subdistrict councils. One is the Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO), which severely impacts the Provincial Administrative Organization. This is because the power and duties that the Provincial Administrative Organization used to have in the past in terms of operating in the subdistrict area (Subdistrict Council) and collecting taxes and fees that the Provincial Administrative Organization used to have have fallen to the power and income of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization. This is considered a point of problem and difficulty between the Provincial Administrative Organization and the Subdistrict Administrative Organization in terms of overlap in terms of operating areas and income. Later, it led to the gathering of Provincial Council members to push the government to issue the Provincial Administrative Organization Act B.E. 2540 to clearly define the relationship between the Provincial Administrative Organization and the Subdistrict Administrative Organization, as well as calling for more decentralization of administrative power to the Provincial Administrative Organization.
 
 
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