REALIZATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE OF LOCAL MUNICIPALITY AUTHORITIES

INTRODUCTION Local self-government in Ukraine is a state-guaranteed right and a real capacity of the territorial community of residents of a village or voluntary association of residents of several villages, settlements, cities – independently or under the responsibility of bodies and officials of local self-government to resolve issues of local importance within the Constitution and laws of Ukraine. Regulatory decisions can be made both directly by the territorial community through a local referendum and through representative bodies of local self-government (village, settlement, city, district and regional councils). Recent decades have become historic for local government in Ukraine. It has received public and state recognition, is enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine, has developed a regulatory framework and has extensive experience. There was a rather intense and stable development of the science of municipal law, formed a domestic municipal law school. Established non-governmental organizations promoting local self-government: Association of Ukrainian Cities 1 , Interregional Union of Local Self-Government Bodies, Foundation for Promotion of Local Self-Government in Ukraine 2 and others.