New legislation on local self-government

On 18th May, 2020, Law of the Republic of Tatarstan of 7th May, 2020, Number 20-ЗРТ “On changes into separate legal acts of the Republic of Tatarstan in the part of participation of separate officials categories in non-profit organisations management” comes into force.

Tis Law changes Laws of the Republic of Tatarstan of 28th July, 2004, Number 45-ЗРТ «On local self-government in the Republic of Tatarstan”, of 4th March, 2006, Number 16-ЗРТ «On public posts of the Republic of Tatarstan”. 

According to changes deputies, members of the elected body of the local self-government, elected officials of the local self-government on the municipal posts and implementing their powers on an ongoing basis and persons filling public posts of the the Republic of Tatarstan (except for deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan) have a right to free of charge participate in management of non-commercial organizations with the tentative notification of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan in the form set by the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan Number 20-ЗРТ.

Moreover, Code of the Republic of Tatarstan on municipal service  added by the Article 161 which gives to the municipal servants the right to free of charge participate in management of non-commercial organizations with the permission of the representative of the employer. This Article also establishes procedure for obtaining of this permission. There are introduced by this Law forms of application on permission of free of charge participation in management of non-commercial organizations and journal of registration of these applications. Provision of the paragraph 3 of the part 1 of the Article 16 of the Code on prohibition of the participation  in management of non-commercial organizations of the municipal servant are specified. Part 1 of the Article 16 of the Code added by the paragraph 3.1 which prohibits to the municipal servant to do entrepreneurship personally and via trusties.

Part 3 of the Article 32 of the Code is presented in the new version. According to this, order of application and cancellation of punishment from the municipal servants are determined by the labor legislation expect cases provided by the Federal Law on municipal service. 

Part 9 of the Article 33 of the Code is also presented in the new version which increases period (and specifies order of their calculation) of application of punishment for the violating restrictions and prohibitions, lack of compliance on prevention or settlement of the conflict of interests and breach of responsibilities established for the countering corruption.

Adoption of the Law Number 20-ЗРТ will demand changes into Statutes of the municipal bodies and municipal laws and regulations governing questions of municipal service.