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Vice-speaker Irina Yarovaya introduced Tuesday to the state Duma a bill that increases the control over the use of budgetary funds at regional and local levels.
As reported the press service of the MP, it is proposed, in particular, to establish the right of municipalities to delegate authority for the implementation of the external municipal financial control to the regional level.
“First and foremost, the bill aims to improve audit quality, because the transfer of authority from the municipal to the regional level is the ability to attract the most professionally trained specialists for control over targeted and effective use of budgetary funds at the local level”, — explained the author of the initiative. “In addition, this will avoid a formal approach and excessive spending of the municipal budget for the content of the control organs that is especially relevant for remote and sparsely populated municipalities,” she added.
The bill also introduces mandatory reporting by police officers of regional lawmakers about the results of inspections and decisions on materials, transferred the control and audit body of the RF subject. This rule already applies at the Federal level.
“This means that all the materials, which will be held preliminary examination, will be carried out for more — both parliamentary and public control, because the activities of the legislature is public in nature,” — said Yarovaya. “Importantly, we actualize the question of responsibility for violations in the spending of budget funds. I believe that for the regions and municipalities, the question of effective use of budgetary funds — the number one issue that requires responsible attention”, she concluded.