Jurisdiction Division between the Russian Federation and Its Constituent Entities in the Field of Legal Regulation of Municipal Service

The paper analyzes the system of division of powers between the Russian Federation and its constituent entities in the field of legal regulation of municipal service. The authors examine the «prerogative», i.e., exclusive, powers of the regional legislator in this area and conclude that their implementation ensures neither the unity of public authority nor the autonomy of local self-government. Moreover, the use of the current regulatory model in this sphere largely affects the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens, the restriction of which is permissible only at the federal level. All these factors lead to the conclusion that there is a need for large-scale federalization of the legal regulation of municipal service and for the search for uniform models of normative regulation of municipal service relations. In particular, the article substantiates the conclusion that class ranks constitute an integral element of the legal status of a municipal employee, and their inclusion in Chapter 2 of Federal Law No. 25‑FZ of 02.03.2007 «On Municipal Service in the Russian Federation» is erroneous. From the standpoint of ensuring the principle of unity of the legal status of municipal employees and its correlation with the status of civil servants, this institution should be regulated at the federal level. Thus, granting leave, as a mechanism for exercising the constitutional right to rest, cannot be attributed to the prerogative powers of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation and should be centrally regulated by federal law. On the other hand, resolving a number of essentially technical issues (such as the procedure for providing certain information, obtaining permits, the procedure for actions when clarification is needed, etc.) should reasonably be transferred from the level of constituent entities of the Russian Federation to the level of municipal authorities.

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