The primary purpose of the bill (Reg. No. 7082) is to regulate the legal relations
connected with the initiation and holding of the local referendum, standardize
the right of the citizens to initiate the referendum, and prevent administrative
pressure on the subjects of this process.
The People´s Deputies stated that the bill defines the concept ‘local referendum´, its types, principles of public participation, and the issues to be introduced for referendum.
The authors of the bill suppose that holding of the local referendum should be preceded by setting up the referendum initiative group to collect the signatures of the citizens of Ukraine. The bill defines the subjects of the local referendum initiation, regulates setting up of the referendum initiative group, procedure of its registration, the order and terms of collecting the signatures.
The bill regulates the issues concerning financial and material-technical support of organization and holding of the local referendum, responsibility for the violation of laws on the local referendum, storage of documentation on the local referendum, etc.