Control and supervisory activities regarding local self-government bodies

Subject. The article examines the draft federal law No. 1058242-8 on the organization of control and supervisory activities in relation to local self-government bodies and their officials within the framework of the unified system of public authority in the Russian Federation. The subject field covers the legal regulation of oversight over municipal authorities, their constitutional status as public bodies and legal entities, and the interaction between federal, regional and local levels of power.

The purpose of the study is to assess whether the proposed draft law is necessary and consistent with the current legislation, and to identify its potential negative and positive effects on the legal position of local self-government bodies. The author aims to reveal contradictions between the draft law and Federal Laws dated July 31, 2020, No. 248-FZ, dated March 20, 2025, No. 33-FZ and dated October 6, 2003, No. 131-FZ, as well as the risks of excessive expansion of control mechanisms over municipalities.

Methodology. The research is based on doctrinal legal analysis of constitutional and federal legislation, including systematic and comparative interpretation of norms regulating local self-government and state control. The authors use case-law and scholarly positions on the dual nature of municipal bodies as public authorities and legal entities, as well as explanatory materials and public statements by state officials and experts regarding the draft law.

Main results. The article describes the evolution of the legal framework of the unified system of public authority, including the adoption of Federal Laws dated December 8, 2020, No. 394-FZ, dated December 21, 2021, No. 414-FZ, dated July 31, 2020, No. 248-FZ and dated March 20, 2025, No. 33-FZ, and the current coexistence of two basic laws on local self-government. It then analyzes the content of draft law No. 1058242-8, its subject and object of control, and the transplantation of risk-based regulation instruments from the sphere of economic activity to municipal public powers. The results show that the draft law duplicates, complicates and expands existing control regimes, strengthens the subordination of local authorities to state bodies, and generates significant legal uncertainty regarding the implementation and redistribution of powers on ensuring the vital activity of the population.

Conclusions. The draft law has more negative than positive aspects and does not meet the declared objectives of reducing the administrative burden on municipalities and optimizing control. Its adoption is likely to deepen instability in the regulation of control and supervisory activities, create overlaps between different control regimes, and increase the probability of normative and managerial collapse when it enters into force simultaneously with the full implementation of Federal Law dated March 20, 2025, No. 33-FZ.

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