Decentralization : the results of activity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation in the field of administrative-territorial reform during March-May 2015.
During March-May 2015 Ukrainian MP’s slightly reduced activity in the field of decentralization and administrative-territorial reform. If within the first hundred days of work – from 27 November 2014 to 8 March 2015 (see our earlier report on this subject) Verkhovna Rada deputies adopted a total of five laws, adopted one bill in the first reading and registered 32 bills related to decentralization and administrative-territorial reform, from March 9 to May 24, 2015 adopted only 1 law and 3 bills in the first reading and registered 31 bills.
In particular, Verkhovna Rada approved and the President has signed the law “On introduction of amendments into some legislative acts of Ukraine as to decentralization of power in sector of architectural-construction control and improvement of city planning legislation”, which will come into force on 1 September 2015.