Gyeonggi-do Proposes 20 Regulatory Reforms on Livelihood and Business Sites to the Government

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has selected 20 regulatory reform tasks proposed from the field of public livelihood and businesses and suggested institutional improvements to the government.

On the 26th, Gyeonggi Province announced on the 27th that during the regulatory reform field meeting with the Office for Government Policy Coordination, they discussed improvement plans including expanding the scope of development charge reductions for US Forces Korea (USFK) concession areas in the land and urban sectors (15 cases) and easing installation standards for shelters for abused children in the health and welfare sectors (5 cases), and proposed rationalization of regulations.

Regarding the development charges for USFK concession areas, the "Special Act on Support for Areas Surrounding USFK Concession Areas" defines the surrounding areas as the eup, myeon, and dong where the concession area is located and adjacent eup, myeon, and dong. However, the "Act on the Recoupment of Development Gains" limits the development charge reduction areas only to the eup, myeon, and dong where the concession area is located, causing difficulties for local governments in imposing taxes.

Accordingly, the province proposed expanding the tax reduction scope to include adjacent eup, myeon, and dong areas to the concession area.

Currently, the installation standard for shelters for abused children requires a dormitory-type house with a net floor area of 100㎡ or more and at least four rooms. However, in the Seoul metropolitan area, the sale price of houses meeting this standard is at least 600 million KRW, making installation difficult.

Therefore, the province proposed easing the installation standards by changing the net floor area requirement from 100㎡ or more to a supply area of 100㎡ or more, allowing dual use of staff accommodations and psychological treatment rooms, and permitting installation if there are three or more rooms.

The province plans to supplement with similar improvement cases and victim cases, conduct additional reviews, and officially propose the measures through the Regulatory Sinmungo (Regulatory Complaint System).

Heo Soon, Gyeonggi Province’s Regulatory Reform Officer, emphasized, "We will continue to cooperate with the government to improve unreasonable regulations."

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