By Next Year, 30 Legislative Models Including Apartment Audit Requests for 'Neglect Ordinance' to Be Prepared

Ministry of Legislation Provides 30 Legislative Models Including Supervision of Apartment Management and Youth Curfew and Restricted Zones

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Government Legislation announced that it has selected 30 cases where ordinances have not been established despite more than five years since the law was enacted, and plans to prepare and share legislative models for each ordinance by next year.

On the 4th, the Ministry of Government Legislation stated that it selected 30 essential ordinances that have not reflected institutional improvements following legal amendments for a long time, and will create models by next year to support local governments in drafting and revising ordinances.

Since the higher laws delegate the detailed matters to be stipulated by ordinance, the institutional improvement effects through laws should be concretized by ordinances, but this has not been done.

The Ministry explained that the 30 essential ordinances selected this time are cases where the ordinances have not been prepared despite the enforcement of the underlying laws, causing residents of the respective local governments to not feel the effects of institutional improvements.

First, Article 93, Paragraph 6 of the "Apartment Housing Management Act," which has been in effect since June 2014, allows residents of apartment complexes and other collective housing to directly request audits related to housing management from the heads of local governments.

Currently, 60 out of 243 local governments, accounting for 24.7%, have not established ordinances regarding supervision of collective housing management.

Article 23, Paragraph 1 of the "Funeral Services Act," effective since May 2008, stipulates that local government heads must regulate the methods of imposing fees and management charges on users of public cremation facilities and natural burial grounds.

Among the 243 local governments, 36.6% (89 places) have not established related ordinances.

Article 31, Paragraph 3 of the "Youth Protection Act," effective since September 2012, requires local government heads to designate areas that may harm the mental and physical health of youth as youth restricted or prohibited zones.

Out of 228 local governments excluding 15 special cities, metropolitan cities, and provinces, 119 (52.2%) have not established ordinances regarding the designation criteria for such zones.

The Ministry of Government Legislation will create five legislative models quarterly from July to December and provide them to local governments that have not prepared ordinances. Consulting will be offered if local governments wish to draft ordinances based on the Ministry's legislative models.

The activities will start with the pilot "Ordinance on the Operation of the Council on Deliberation of Assembly Members' Remuneration," which is an ordinance to determine the payment standards for local council members' activity expenses.

Kim Hyung-yeon, head of the Ministry of Government Legislation, said, "Through this special maintenance support, we hope it will be an opportunity to contribute to practical local decentralization by enabling local residents to feel the effects of institutional improvements following legal amendments," and added, "We will continuously provide drafting advice and support to local governments, which have the authority to enact ordinances, to ensure that there are no gaps in the legal system."

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