of March 20, 2025 No. 33-FZ
About the general principles of the organization of local self-government in single system of the public power
Accepted by the State Duma on March 5, 2025
Approved by the Federation Council on March 14, 2025
1. Local self-government - the form of self-organization of citizens recognized and guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation for the purpose of implementation by the people of the power for the independent solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population (questions of local value) within the powers provided according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation this Federal Law, other Federal Laws, and in the cases established by the Federal Laws - the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation.
2. Local self-government is performed by citizens directly through forms of direct declaration of will, and also through local government bodies.
3. Local self-government is performed in all territory of the Russian Federation.
4. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation local government bodies are included into single system of the public power in the Russian Federation.
5. The president of the Russian Federation provides the approved functioning and interaction of the bodies entering single system of the public power in the Russian Federation.
6. Local government bodies are not a part of the system of public authorities.
7. Bodies of the public power according to this Federal Law, other Federal Laws participate in the solution of tasks of local self-government.
8. In activities of local government bodies ensuring publicity, including by means of provision of information access about activities of local government bodies is guaranteed.
1. Citizens have the equal rights to implementation of local self-government irrespective of floor, races, nationalities, language, origin, property and official capacity, the relation to religion, beliefs, belonging to public associations.
2. Bodies of the public power according to this Federal Law, other Federal Laws provide established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and this Federal Law of the right of citizens to implementation of local self-government.
The legal basis of local self-government the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the conventional principles and rules of international law, the international agreements of the Russian Federation, the Federal constitutional Laws, this Federal Law, other Federal Laws published according to them other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation (decrees and orders of the President of the Russian Federation, the order of the Government of the Russian Federation, other regulatory legal acts of federal executive bodies), constitutions (charters), the laws and other regulatory legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, charters of municipalities constitute decisions made on local referenda and descents of citizens and other municipal legal acts.
1. Local self-government within the powers independently.
2. Subordination of the local government body or person replacing municipal position, one municipality to the local government body or person replacing municipal position of other municipality is not allowed.
3. Education, forming, activities of local government bodies, their powers and responsibility, order of interaction among themselves and with other bodies entering single system of the public power in the Russian Federation are based on the Constitution of the Russian Federation and are regulated by the Federal constitutional Laws, this Federal Law, other Federal Laws, and also constitutions (charters), the laws and other regulatory legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, charters of municipalities and other municipal legal acts.
4. Charters of municipalities and other municipal legal acts according to the laws of the subject of the Russian Federation can provide procedure for remote interaction of the bodies entering single system of the public power in the subject of the Russian Federation, procedure for remote participation in meetings of representative body of the municipality.
5. The Federal Laws published according to them other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation (decrees and orders of the President of the Russian Federation, the resolution and the order of the Government of the Russian Federation, other regulatory legal acts of federal executive bodies), constitutions (charters), the laws and other regulatory legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, charters of municipalities accepted according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and this Federal Law decisions made on local referenda and descents of citizens and other municipal legal acts in case of regulation of questions of the organization of local self-government shall consider social and economic, climatic, territorial and other features of the area, and also historical, cultural, national and other local traditions and provide the solution of tasks for the benefit of the population living in the corresponding territory.
6. In case of contradiction of the Federal Laws and (or) other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation regulating questions of the organization of local self-government, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to this Federal Law the Constitution of the Russian Federation and this Federal Law are applied.
7. In case of the contradiction of the constitution (charter), the law, other regulatory legal act of the subject of the Russian Federation regulating questions of the organization of local self-government and establishing the rights, obligations and responsibility of local government bodies and officials of local self-government, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to the Federal constitutional Laws, to this Federal Law and other Federal Laws the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal constitutional Laws, this Federal Law and other Federal Laws are applied.
8. The payment commitments arising in connection with execution of powers by local government bodies according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population are performed at the expense of means of local budgets (except for the subventions provided to local budgets from the federal budget and budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation). In cases and procedure which are established by the Federal Laws and the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation and regulatory legal acts of representative body of the municipality and local budgets adopted according to them the specified payment commitments can be financed by means of the federal budget, federal state non-budgetary funds and budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation in addition.
9. Assignment on municipalities of obligation of financing of the expenses which arose in connection with implementation by public authorities and (or) local government bodies of other municipalities of the powers is not allowed.
10. Differentiation of powers between levels of the public power is provided with the appropriate financial resources and material resources.
11. The municipality is not administrative and territorial unit. At the same time borders of the municipality and administrative and territorial unit can match.
12. Change of the general principles of the organization of local self-government established by this Federal Law is allowed precisely by introduction of amendments to this Federal Law.
In the field of local self-government treat powers of federal bodies of the government:
1) determination of the general principles of the organization of local self-government in the Russian Federation established by this Federal Law;
2) legal regulation on areas of jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and within powers of the Russian Federation in objects of joint maintaining the Russian Federation and subjects of the Russian Federation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of federal bodies of the government and their officials, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation and their officials in the field of local self-government;
3) legal regulation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of citizens, local government bodies and officials of local self-government in the field of local self-government;
4) legal regulation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of local government bodies and officials of local self-government when implementing separate state powers which local government bodies are allocated with the Federal Laws according to the procedure, established by this Federal Law;
5) legal regulation of features of the organization of local self-government in the territories of the federal cities, administrative centers (capitals) of subjects of the Russian Federation and in other territories.
In the field of local self-government treat powers of public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation:
1) legal regulation of questions of the organization of local self-government in subjects of the Russian Federation in cases and procedure which are established by this Federal Law;
2) legal regulation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation and their officials in the field of local self-government in cases and procedure which are established by the Federal Laws;
3) legal regulation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of local government bodies and officials of local self-government on areas of jurisdiction of subjects of the Russian Federation, and also within powers of public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation in objects of joint maintaining the Russian Federation and subjects of the Russian Federation;
4) legal regulation of the rights, obligations and responsibility of local government bodies and officials of local self-government when implementing separate state powers which local government bodies are allocated with the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation according to the procedure, established by this Federal Law.
1. The name of the municipality is determined by the charter of the municipality.
2. The name of the municipality shall contain specifying on its type and subject of the Russian Federation in which this municipality is located.
3. If in the territory of the municipality the administrative center of the subject of the Russian Federation is located, specifying on the name of this subject of the Russian Federation can not be given in the name of this municipality.
4. Other elements of the name of the municipality can be determined by the charter of the municipality taking into account historical and other local traditions, and also availability of honorary titles of the USSR and the Russian Federation.
5. By the charter of the municipality use can be provided in official symbols of the municipality, names of local government bodies, officials of local self-government, and also in other cases of the reduced form of the name of the municipality on an equal basis with the name of this municipality, certain charter of the municipality according to parts 2 - 4 these Articles.
6. The name of the municipality is subject to inclusion in the state register of municipalities of the Russian Federation which conducting is performed by authorized federal executive body, according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
1. Municipalities in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and heraldic rules have the right to establish the official symbols reflecting historical, cultural, national and other local traditions and features.
2. Official symbols of municipalities are subject to state registration according to the procedure, established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
3. Official symbols of municipalities and procedure for official use of the specified symbols are established by charters of municipalities and (or) regulatory legal acts of representative bodies of municipalities.
4. Taking into account historical and other local traditions, and also availability of honorary titles of the USSR and the Russian Federation the certain settlements which are part of the municipality according to the charter of the municipality can have official symbols of the settlement.
1. The municipality the public legal entity created in the territory with constantly living population in which borders local self-government is performed by the population directly and (or) through local government bodies is recognized.
2. Local self-government is performed in the following types of municipalities:
1) city district;
2) municipal district;
3) intracity municipality of the federal city.
3. The city district is the municipality which part of the territory one or several cities and (or) other city settlements which are not municipalities in which at least two thirds of the population of the city district live are. The territories of the rural settlements which are not municipalities and the territories intended for development of social, transport and other infrastructure of the city district can also be part of the territory of the city district. The area of the territories of the rural settlements and the territories intended for development of social, transport and other infrastructure of the city district, which are part of the city district cannot exceed the area of the territories of the cities and (or) other city settlements which are part of the city district in two and more times. In the territory of the city district density of population shall exceed in five and more times average density of population in the Russian Federation.
4. The municipal district is the municipality which part of the territory one or several rural settlements which are not municipalities are. The territories of the city settlements which are not municipalities and the territories intended for development of social, transport and other infrastructure of the municipal district can also be part of the territory of the municipal district. The area of the territories of the rural settlements and the territories intended for development of social, transport and other infrastructure of the municipal district, which are part of the municipal district shall exceed the area of the city settlements which are part of the municipal district in two and more times.
5. The intracity municipality of the federal city is the municipality located in the territory of the federal city.
6. The type of the municipality is determined by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation according to requirements of this Article.
7. In the subjects of the Russian Federation having social and economic, historical, national and other peculiarities, regulation of questions of the organization of local self-government can be performed taking into account the features providing possibility of preserving established by the law of subject of the Russian Federation on the date of entry into force of this Federal Law of the territorial organization of local self-government with implementation of local self-government in types of the municipalities specified in Items 1 and 2 of part 2 of this Article, and (or) the municipalities forming two-level system of the organization of local self-government (the settlement (rural and city) and municipal districts).
1. The territory of the subject of the Russian Federation is differentiated between municipal and city districts, and in subjects of the Russian Federation - the federal cities between intracity municipalities of the federal city.
2. The territory of the municipality shall be located completely in the territory of one subject of the Russian Federation.
3. The territories of municipalities are determined taking into account historical and other local traditions.
4. Lands irrespective of patterns of ownership and purpose are part of the territory of the municipality.
5. The laws of subjects of the Russian Federation establishing and changing borders of municipalities shall contain list of the settlements which are part of the territories of these municipalities.
6. The territory of the settlement shall be part of the territory of the municipality completely.
7. The territory of the municipality cannot be part of the territory of other municipality.
8. The city or the settlement located in the territory of the city district having general border with such municipal district can be considered as the administrative center of the municipal district.
9. Borders of municipalities are, as a rule, established taking into account transport availability to their administrative centers and back during the working day for inhabitants of all settlements which are their part. The specified requirements according to the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation can not be applied to municipalities in the territories with low density of population, and also in the remote and remote areas.
10. The territories of subjects of the Russian Federation, certain municipalities in subjects of the Russian Federation in which density of population more than three times lower than average density of population in the Russian Federation belong to the territories with low density of population.
11. In the territories of subjects of the Russian Federation in which historically there were traditional forms of distant-pasture livestock production the territories and borders of municipalities are established taking into account the legislation of the subject of the Russian Federation regulating procedure for determination of the territories and use of lands for the purpose of distant-pasture livestock production, and features of resettlement of the population in the specified territories.
1. Borders of the territories of municipalities are established and change the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation according to requirements of this Federal Law.
2. Change of borders of the municipality is performed by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation at the initiative of the population, local government bodies, public authorities of the subject of the Russian Federation, federal bodies of the government according to this Federal Law.
3. The population initiative about change of borders of the municipality is implemented according to the procedure, established by the Federal Law and the law of the subject of the Russian Federation adopted according to it for promotion of initiative of holding local referendum.
4. The initiative of local government bodies, public authorities about change of borders of the municipality is drawn up by decisions of relevant organs of local self-government, public authorities.
5. The law of the subject of the Russian Federation on change of borders of the municipality shall not become effective during the election campaign at elections of local government body of this municipality, during campaign of local referendum.
6. Change of borders of municipalities is performed with the consent of the population of municipalities expressed by representative bodies of the respective municipalities.
1. Transformation of municipalities is consolidation of municipalities, separation of municipalities or change of type of the municipality.
2. Transformation of municipalities is performed by the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation at the initiative of the population, local government bodies, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation, federal bodies of the government according to this Federal Law.
3. The population initiative about transformation of the municipality is implemented according to the procedure, established by the Federal Law and the law of the subject of the Russian Federation adopted according to it for promotion of initiative of holding local referendum.
4. The initiative of local government bodies, public authorities about transformation of the municipality is drawn up by decisions of relevant organs of local self-government, public authorities.
5. The law of the subject of the Russian Federation on transformation of the municipality shall not become effective during the election campaign at elections of local government body of this municipality, during campaign of local referendum.
6. Consolidation of municipalities is performed with the consent of the population expressed by representative bodies of each of the united municipalities. Each of the united municipalities loses the status of the municipality.
7. The separation of the municipality attracting formation of two and more municipalities is performed taking into account opinion of the population expressed by representative body of the respective municipality.
8. Change of type of the municipality from the city district on the municipal district is performed if the city district ceases to conform to requirements to share of the population living in the cities and (or) other city settlements, and the area of the territory of the city district or to density of population in the territory of the city district which are provided by part 3 of article 9 of this Federal Law.
9. Change of type of the municipality from the municipal district on the city district is performed if the municipal district ceases to conform to the requirement to the area of the territory of the municipal district provided by part 4 of article 9 of this Federal Law on condition of compliance to requirements to share of the population living in the cities and (or) other city settlements, the area of the territory and density of population which are provided by part 3 of article 9 of this Federal Law.
10. Transformation of municipalities attracts creation of again formed municipalities in the cases provided by parts 6 and 7 of this Article.
1. Local government bodies are understood as the bodies chosen directly by the population or formed by representative body of the municipality given own authority according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population.
2. Local government bodies are created by citizens directly on municipal elections or indirectly through the deputies elected on municipal elections.
3. On behalf of the municipality to acquire and perform property and other rights and obligations, the head of the municipality, the head of local administration, other officials of local self-government according to the charter of the municipality can appear in court without power of attorney.
4. Local government bodies which according to this Federal Law and the charter of the municipality are allocated with the rights of the legal entity are the municipal public institutions formed for implementation of managerial functions and are subject to state registration as legal entities according to the Federal Law. The representative body of the municipality and local administration as legal entities are effective according to regulations of the Civil code of the Russian Federation on state organizations.
5. The bases for state registration of local government bodies as legal entities are the charter of the municipality and the decision on creation of relevant organ of local self-government with the rights of the legal entity.
6. In case of lack of the charter of the municipality the bases for state registration of local government bodies as legal entities are:
1) for representative body of the municipality - the minutes of representative body of the municipality containing the decision on investment of this representative body with the rights of the legal entity;
2) for other local government bodies - the decision of representative body of the municipality on organization of relevant organ of local self-government with the rights of the legal entity.
7. The bases for state registration of bodies of local administration as legal entities are the decision of representative body of the municipality on organization of relevant organ in the form of municipal public institution and approval of regulations on it by this representative body of the municipality on representation of the head of local administration.
8. Organizational and material logistics of activities of local government bodies is performed only at the expense of own income of budgets of the respective municipalities, except as specified, provided by this Federal Law.
9. Local government bodies and officials of local self-government bear stipulated by the legislation responsibility of the Russian Federation, including in case of violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation by them, the Federal constitutional Laws, the Federal Laws, the constitution (charter), the laws of the subject of the Russian Federation, the charter of the municipality, and also in case of inadequate implementation by the specified bodies and officials of the separate state powers delegated to them.
10. Elections to local government bodies of again formed municipality are held in terms, stipulated by the legislation about elections and referenda if other is not provided by the Federal constitutional Laws.
11. Before forming of local government bodies of again formed municipality of power according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population of again formed municipality in the corresponding territories perform local government bodies which on the date of creation of again formed municipality performed powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population in these territories.
12. The municipal legal acts adopted by local government bodies which on the date of creation of again formed municipality performed powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population in the corresponding territories are effective in the part which is not contradicting the Federal Laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, constitutions (charters), the laws and other regulatory legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, and also municipal legal acts of local government bodies of again formed municipality.
13. Local government bodies of again formed municipality according to the competence are legal successors of local government bodies which on the date of creation of again formed municipality performed powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population in the corresponding territory, in the relations with public authorities of the Russian Federation, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, physical persons and legal entities. Questions of legal succession are subject to settlement by municipal legal acts of again formed municipality.
14. Before settlement by municipal legal acts of again formed municipality of questions of legal succession concerning bodies of the local administrations, local government offices, the companies and the organizations which are earlier created by local government bodies which on the date of creation of again formed municipality performed powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population in the corresponding territory or with their participation, relevant organs of local administrations, local government offices, the companies and the organizations continue to perform the activities with preserving their former form of business.
1. The structure of local government bodies is constituted representative body of the municipality, the head of the municipality, by the local administrations (executive body of the municipality), the control and calculating body of the municipality, other bodies provided by the charter of the municipality and having own powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population.
2. Availability in structure of local government bodies of representative body of the municipality, the head of the municipality, local administration is obligatory.
3. The procedure for forming, power, term of office, accountability, submission to control of local government bodies are determined by the charter of the municipality according to this Federal Law.
4. In the cases provided by this Federal Law, the procedure for forming, power, term of office, accountability, submission to control of local government bodies, and also other questions of the organization and activities of the specified bodies are determined by the charter of the municipality according to the law of the subject of the Russian Federation taking into account requirements of this Federal Law.
5. Names of representative body of the municipality, the head of the municipality, local administration are established by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation taking into account historical and other local traditions.
6. Participation of public authorities and their officials in forming of local government bodies, position assignment and dismissal of officials of local self-government is allowed in cases and procedure which are provided by this Federal Law.
7. The decision of representative body of the municipality on change of structure of local government bodies becomes effective not earlier than after term of office of representative body of the municipality which made the specified decision, except as specified, provided by this Federal Law.
8. The structure of local government bodies in case of creation of again formed municipality by transformation of the existing municipality is determined by representative body of the municipality after its election and is enshrined in the charter of the municipality.
9. The number of deputies of representative body of the first convocation of again formed municipality, procedure for election of the first head of this municipality are established by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation taking into account provisions of this Federal Law.
1. The representative body of the municipality consists of the deputies elected on municipal elections.
2. The newly elected representative body of the municipality gathers for the first meeting in the time established by the charter of the municipality which cannot exceed 30 days from the date of election of representative body of the municipality in competent structure.
3. The representative body of the municipality is considered the favourites in competent structure in case of election at least two thirds of the established number of deputies.
4. Competence of meeting of representative body of the municipality is determined by the charter of the municipality. The meeting of representative body of the municipality cannot be considered competent if at it there are less than 50 percent from number of the elected deputies.
5. Meetings of representative body of the municipality are held at least once in three months.
6. The number of deputies of representative body of the city district, municipal district is determined by the charter of the municipality and cannot be less:
1) 7 people - in case of population less than 1000 people;
2) 10 people - in case of population from 1000 to 10 000 people;
3) 15 people - in case of population from 10 000 to 30 000 people;
4) 20 people - in case of population from 30 000 to 100 000 people;
5) 25 people - in case of population from 100 000 to 500 000 people;
6) 35 people - in case of population over 500 000 people.
7. The representative body of the city district, municipal district has rights of the legal entity.
8. The organization of activities of representative body of the municipality according to the charter of the municipality is performed by the chairman of representative body of the municipality elected by this body from the structure.
9. Expenses on ensuring activities of representative body of the municipality are provided in the local budget separately from other expenses according to classification of budgets expenses of the Russian Federation.
10. Management and (or) the order of representative body of the municipality or certain deputies (groups of deputies) in any form are not allowed by means of the local budget in the course of its execution, except for the means of the local budget aimed at providing activities of representative body of the municipality and deputies.
11. The settlement in which taking into account local traditions and the developed social infrastructure and according to the law of the subject of the Russian Federation there is representative body of the municipality is the administrative center of the municipality.
1. Are in exclusive competence of representative body of the municipality:
1) adoption of the charter of the municipality and introduction in it of changes and amendments;
2) approval of the local budget and report on its execution;
3) establishment, enforcement and cancellation of earlier imposed local taxes and charges in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation about taxes and fees;
4) approval of strategy of social and economic development of the municipality;
5) determination of procedure for management and the order of the property which is in municipal property;
6) determination of procedure for decision making about creation, reorganization and liquidation of the municipal companies, and also about establishment of rates for services of the municipal companies and organizations, performance of works, except as specified, provided by the Federal Laws;
7) determination of procedure for material and organizational support of activities of local government bodies;
8) control of execution by local government bodies and officials of local self-government of powers according to the solution of questions of direct ensuring activity of the population;
9) decision making about removal of the head of the municipality in resignation in the cases provided by this Federal Law;
10) approval of rules of improvement of the territory of the municipality;
11) hearing of annual reports of the head of the municipality, the head of local administration about results of their activities, activities of local administration and other local government bodies subordinated to the head of the municipality, including about the solution of the questions raised by representative body of the municipality.
2. Other powers of representative bodies of municipalities are determined by the Federal Laws and constitutions (charters), the laws of subjects of the Russian Federation, charters of municipalities accepted according to them.
1. Powers of representative body of the municipality stop ahead of schedule in the following cases:
1) entry into force of the law of the subject of the Russian Federation on its dissolution;
2) acceptance by the specified body according to the procedure, the determined charter of the municipality, the decision on self-dissolution;
3) entry into force of the decision according to the Supreme Court of the republic, regional, regional court, court of the federal city, autonomous region, autonomous area on incompetence of this list of deputies of representative body of the municipality, including in connection with addition by deputies of the powers;
4) the transformation of the municipality performed according to parts 6 and 7 of article 12 of this Federal Law;
5) increase in number of voters of the municipality more than for 25 percent;
6) violation of term of the edition of the municipal legal act necessary for implementation of the decision made by direct declaration of will of the population.
2. In case of entry into force of the law of the subject of the Russian Federation on dissolution of representative body of the municipality of its power stop ahead of schedule from the date of entry into force of the law of the subject of the Russian Federation on its dissolution.
3. The management official of the subject of the Russian Federation introduces to legislature of the subject of the Russian Federation the bill of the subject of the Russian Federation on dissolution of representative body of the municipality within three months from the date of entry into force of the judgment which established:
1) the fact of acceptance by representative body of the municipality of the regulatory legal act contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal constitutional Laws, the Federal Laws, the constitution (charter), the laws of the subject of the Russian Federation, the charter of the municipality provided that the representative body of the municipality within three months from the date of entry into force of the judgment or during other term provided by the judgment did not take measures for judgment execution within the powers, including did not cancel the corresponding regulatory legal act;
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