ФУНКЦІЇ ОРГАНІВ МІСЦЕВОГО САМОВРЯДУВАННЯ

Abstract

This article examines the functions of local self-government bodies. Local self-government bodies are an element of the political system that perform certain tasks and functions determined by their competence. It is noted that the functions of local self-government are normatively defined directions and types of activities of local self-government bodies, which are determined by its tasks and goals and defined in the Constitution of Ukraine and other legislative acts. It is noted that local self-government bodies have a dual administrative and legal status as a self-government body and as a body that performs delegated powers, that is, the powers of executive bodies granted to local self-government bodies by law, as well as the powers of local self-government bodies, which are transferred to the relevant local state administrations under by decision of district and regional councils. It is noted that the functions of local self-government are determined by the nature, the place of self-government bodies in the system of people's government, the tasks and goals that their activities are aimed at achieving. It was determined that the list of functions of local self-government, depending on the sphere of their activity, is wider, because it includes the performance of normatively defined own and delegated tasks in all spheres of public administration, in addition, the functions of local self-government received their external expression. Types of functions of local self-government are determined by their features: 1) defined differently depending on the administrative level of the territorial community; 2) are determined by the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of the territorial community or their associations; 3) have broad subject competence, which is due to the performance of their own and delegated powers; 4) determine methods and forms of activity. It is claimed that the functions of local self-government, depending on: I. the direction of activity, are divided into: a) human rights protection; b) law enforcement; c) administrative; d) socio-economic; e) organizational; e) communicative; f) installation; g) jurisdictional; h) rule-making; II. nature of powers: a) own; b) delegated; III. spheres of exercise of powers: a) social and cultural; b) economic; c) budgetary; d) regulatory; e) service provider; f) defensive; g) registration; g) legal.