Fighting negligent developers

Parliamentarians during the plenary session considered amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses. The law-in-draft submitted by the government is aimed at bringing to administrative responsibility those who illegally carried out the construction or redevelopment of buildings. Currently, there is a rule according to which it is possible to identify violators only for several months after the illegal construction was completed. It is quite difficult in practice to establish the completion of an unauthorized structure. In this regard, the executive authority proposed to establish a rule according to which the statute of limitations for administrative liability will be calculated from the date of the discovery of these administrative offenses, that is, at the time of inspection by the state control service.

The problem of illegal buildings, redevelopment in the republic is acute according to the deputies. Illegal structures often violate the rights of citizens due to the fact that, for example, the illumination of rooms in nearby buildings is reduced, and fire safety regulations are violated. The existing problem must be solved comprehensively.

Within four years, from the moment when the amended Code on Administrative Offenses came into effect, citizens engaged in illegal construction were not charged fines. The profile committee on legislation proposed to provide for responsibility for the lack of an appropriate permit for the construction or redevelopment.

The amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses were supported by the deputies in the first reading.