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Improvement of Land Legislation

Комитет по вопросам АПК, промышленности, транспорту, строительству и природным ресурсам

16.02.2015

Work on legislation in the sphere of state guarantees on settlements with citizens who have the right to land (share) continues. All i have been dotted in the recent past with respect to farmers. The next step was to protect the interests of employees and retirees of state farms. According to the explanatory memorandum to the president's law-in-draft, the need for a legal act appeared in connection with numerous appeals of citizens of non-compliance at the time of land reform procedures unsoldering of land provided to farms. Taking into account that most of them have stopped production activities, it is rather problematic to gather complete information on the size of employees and pensioners without re-registration procedure. According to preliminary estimates it is about 10 thousand people. The authors of the law-in-draft propose to include this category of citizens along with shareholders in the list of persons who are the recipients of material reward.
In addition, the initiators of the changes proposed fund to provide state guarantees for the calculations with citizens who have the right to land (share) to rename into the Fund to provide state guarantees for settlements with employees (pensioners) agricultural organizations.
Supporting the initiative in principle, members of the Committee on Agriculture opposed some particulars. They think, for example, illegal proposed restrictions concerning the payment of material compensation and compensation to heirs who qualify for the land share in the period of the reform of agricultural organizations. The authors insist on the implementation of the mandatory conditions - the availability of registration (registration) in the territory where they were previously registered reformed agricultural organizations. This position is due to the lack of participation of potential recipients of funds in the life of the village. The relevant committee will recommend to the deputies to support the initiative with the voiced comments. In case of the law-in-draft adoption in the first reading the discussion of controversial issues will continue in preparation for the second.
The votes of members of the responsible committee on the law-in-draft was divided "On amendments and addendum to the Land Code of PMR". The President proposed to separate powers in the regulation of land relations. If the transfer of certain functions from the President to the Government does not rise questions, the restriction of the Supreme Council of the definition of the territorial-administrative structure is contrary to the norms of the Constitution, according to deputies. With regard to the proposed mechanism of land acquisition by the author on the basis of non-agricultural technologies, in the opinion of parliamentarians, this aspect is quite indistinct and can not be a reason for making such a serious decision. Lawmakers consider that base should be more compelling and articulate. Another argument against the adoption of the initiative - is the presence adopted by the Supreme Council, but not signed by the president of the law which regulates legal relations in this sphere.
As a result, of a lengthy discussion three deputies voted for the rejection of the law-in-draft, the same number of votes was for the rejection and return to the author to change the concept (this wording allows to re-introduce the revised document to the Supreme Council in the current session). What position the deputies will support, only time will tell.