Status skarbników w samorządzie radców prawnych

Abstract

The professional self-government of attorneys-at-law is one of the functional self-governments established by the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, gathering persons practicing the profession of public trust. The Act on Attorneys-at-Law defines the tasks of this self-government and its internal structure. One of the statutorily distinguished functions in the structure of the self-government are the treasurers of the District Chamber of Attorneys-at-Law and the National Board of Attorneys-at-Law. They are members of the executive bodies of the councils at both levels of self-government units. Apart from the placement of treasurers in executive bodies and the general indication that they are elected by the relevant councils, the Act on Attorneys-at-Law does not explicitly contain any further regulations concerning them. The method of election and the competencies of treasurers are not specified in the Act on Attorneys-at-Law, but in intra-governmental acts issued by authorized bodies of the self-government. Overall, these competencies relate to the financial management carried out by the councils at both levels of self-government. This is an extremely important issue, as it provides the material basis for carrying out the statutory tasks of the self-government that comprise their constitutional functions. Letting the self-government normalize the issues that comprise the status of treasurers indicates the legislature’s belief in its ability to self-regulate. This corresponds to the essence of self-government and the principle of decentralization and independent performance of tasks by this self-government, including those of a public nature.