Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government recommends Ukrainian Parliament return draft law on introduction of amendments into Law of Ukraine "On status of mountain area population centers in Ukraine" (as to expansion of criteria of designation of population centers to category of mountain settlements and provision of state guarantees) for further adaptation

Press Service
10 September 2015, 15:16

The Secretariat of the Committee said that the author of the draft law Ivan Rybak, who was invited to take part in the Committee meeting, noted that the draft law No. 2469 he had offered ensures proper socioeconomic development of the population centers geographically located in the mountain areas but having no any "mountain" status, and to guarantee the protection of constitutional rights, in particular, the rights of children to education. At the same time, chairperson of the subcommittee for local executive bodies and territorial structure Mykola Fedoruk drew attention of the participants to the position of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Budget Affairs, which noted that the draft law had certain impact on the indicators of budgets (will increase the expenditures of state and local budgets). At that the draft law does not envision proper feasibility study and proposals as to the additional state and local sources to finance the construction, which goes in violation of the requirements of Section 1 of Article 27 of the Budget Code of Ukraine and Section 3 of Article 91 of the Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.