ISSUES OF LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE: ISSUES OF METHODOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF MUNICIPAL-LEGAL REGULATION

Uporov I. V.

In accordance with the current Federal Law "On General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation" of 2003, local government bodies (representative body, head of the municipality, local administration) are generally required to be formed in municipalities, which must resolve issues of local importance, the list of which is also required for each type of municipality. The article examines the category of "issues of local importance" from two positions. Firstly, the concept of local issues and the methodology of their formation for different types of municipal entities are examined with an emphasis on local issues of settlements and municipal districts, given that the two-tier system of local self-government (settlement-district) in this aspect gives rise to many different opinions; secondly, the features of legal regulation of local issues are considered. Accordingly, the norms of both the specified federal law and other regulatory legal acts, including those issued in the municipal entities themselves, are analyzed. Proposals for improving the regulation of the considered municipal-legal relations are substantiated.

Keywords:local self-government, local issues, powers, local government bodies, structure, authority