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Adjectives
I am fond of ice cream.
Cairo is different from Alexandria.
His car is similar to mine.
Other examples:
keen (on), near (to), aware (of)
Relations between people and things. These adjectives usually require a word or phrase (complement) to complete their meaning.
He’s generous.
She’s a kind woman.
The waiter was very polite.
Other examples:
talkative, cruel, cooperative, helpful, useful
Descriptions of people and things in terms of their actions.
That’s an old house.
The Olympic stadium is big.
Other examples:
tall, old, good, rough, true, ugly, red, heavy
Features that will last a long time or will not change (permanent).
Anyone hungry? Lunch is nearly ready.
It’s so cold in Nick’s house.
Other examples:
absent, ill, dry, full, lonely, wet, hot, thirsty, angry
States and conditions that can change.
I saw a great French film last night.
I don’t like modern paintings.
I live in a detached house.
Other examples:
organic (vegetables), impressionist (painter), wild (salmon)
Classifying people and things into types.
Organic Law of Georgia
Local Self-government Code
Section I
Local Self-government
Chapter I – General Provisions
Article 1 – Scope of the Law
This Law defines the legal grounds for exercising local self-governance, powers of local authorities, rules for their establishment and operation, regulates their finances and property, their relations with citizens, with public authorities and with entities under public or private law, and sets forth the rules for carrying out state supervision and direct state administration of the activities of local authorities.
Article 2 – Concept of local self-government
1. Local self-government is the right and possibility of citizens of Georgia to solve, within the legislation of Georgia, local issues through local self-government bodies in the interests of local population.
2. A local self-governing unit is a municipality. A municipality is a settlement (self-governing city) with the administrative boundaries, or an aggregation of settlements (self-governing community) with the administrative boundaries and an administrative centre. A municipality shall have elected representative and executive bodies (the ‘Municipal Bodies’), a registered population and its own property, budget and revenue. A municipality is a legal entity under public law.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 18 September – website,
Article 3 – Municipalities – self-governing cities and self-governing communities
1. Self-government shall be exercised in municipalities – in self-governing cities and self-governing communities.
2. A self-governing city is a settlement of an urban category that, under this Law, has been or will be assigned the status of municipality.
3. A self-governing community is an aggregation of several settlements that, under this Law, has been or will be assigned the status of municipality.
Article 4 – Primary territorial unit of settlement of population and an administrative unit of a municipality
1. The primary territorial unit of settlement of population is a settlement that has a name, administrative borders, territory and registered population. The categories of settlement shall be:
a) a village – a settlement the boundaries of which mainly include agricultural land and other natural resources, and the infrastructure of which is essentially focused on carrying out agricultural activities;
b) a small town – a settlement on the territory of which industrial enterprises and/or tourist and resort establishments and/or medical and socio-cultural institutions are located, and which carries out the functions of a local economic and cultural centre. A small town's infrastructure is not essentially focused on carrying out agricultural activities. A settlement may fall within the category of a small town if it is an administrative centre of a municipality, or if it has prospects of further economic development and population growth;
c) city- a settlement in the territory of which industrial enterprises and a network of tourist, medical and socio-cultural institutions are located, and which carries out functions of a local economic and cultural centre. A city's infrastructure is not essentially focused on carrying out agricultural activities. A settlement with a registered population of over 5 may fall within the category of a city. A settlement with a registered population of less than 5 may be assigned the category of a city if it is an administrative centre of a municipality, or if it has prospects for further economic development and population growth, or if, according to Article 3(2) of this Law, it has been defined as a self-governing city.
2. Rules for the establishment and abolition of a settlement, for assigning and changing the respective category to a settlement, also for altering the administrative boundaries of a settlement shall be determined by the Government of Georgia.
3. For the optimisation of governance, a municipality may be split into administrative units. The territory of an administrative unit in a self-governing community shall coincide with the territory of one or several settlements. An administrative unit in a self-governing city shall be part of the settlement.
4. Decisions on the establishment and abolition of an administrative unit of a municipality, as well as on the change of boundaries of an administrative unit of a self-governing city shall, upon recommendation of the Mayor of a municipality, or of at least one third of the members of a municipality Sakrebulo (local assembly), be taken by the municipality Sakrebulo by a majority of the total number of its members.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 5 – Legal grounds and reservations for exercising local self-government
1. Legal grounds for exercising local self-government are the Constitution of Georgia, the European Charter of Local Self-Government, treaties and international agreements of Georgia, this Law, and other legislative and subordinate legislative acts of Georgia.
2. The powers of municipal bodies in Ajara Autonomous Republic shall be determined by the Constitutional Law of Georgia on the Ajara Autonomous Republic, taking into consideration the provisions of the Organic Law of Georgia on the Approval of the Constitution of Ajara Autonomous Republic and of this Law.
3. The issues related to the exercise of local self-government in the occupied territories of Georgia shall be determined after Georgia regains jurisdiction over the relevant territory.
4. The powers of municipal bodies shall not apply to free industrial zones.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 6 – The right of Georgian citizens to exercise local self-government
1. Citizens of Georgia shall exercise local self-government according to the Constitution of Georgia, the European Charter of Local Self-Government, treaties and international agreements of Georgia, this Law and other normative acts of Georgia.
2. Citizens of Georgia may, in accordance with this Law and electoral legislation, elect and be elected to municipal bodies, regardless of race, skin colour, gender, origin, ethnic background, language, religion, political or other beliefs, national, social background, property or titular status, place of residence or another basis.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 7 – Guarantees for the exercise of municipality powers
1. The relationship of state and municipal bodies shall be based on the principle of mutual cooperation.
11. Separation of powers of the state authority and municipalities shall be based on the principle of subsidiarity.
2. To ensure the exercise of powers of a municipality, public authorities shall provide appropriate legal, financial, economic and organisational conditions.
3. Before deciding issues relating to the powers of a municipality determined by this Law, public authorities shall hold preliminary consultations with those non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities that comprise more than half of the municipalities of the country.
4. A municipality may apply to a court to appeal those administrative-legal acts and actions that restrict the exercise of local self-government powers provided for by the legislation of Georgia.
5. The Municipality Sakrebulo may, in accordance with to the legislation of Georgia, file an appeal with the Constitutional Court of Georgia requesting a review of the constitutionality of normative acts in relation to Chapter 9 of the Constitution of Georgia. The Municipality Sakrebulo shall adopt the decision to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court of Georgia by a majority of the total number of its members.
6. Unless a Municipality Sakrebulo decides otherwise, the municipality shall be represented before the Common Courts of Georgia and the Constitutional Court of Georgia by the Mayor of the municipality or by a person authorised by him/her.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 18 September – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 8 – Symbols of a municipality
1. A municipality shall have a coat-of-arms and a flag. A municipality may have other symbols as well.
2. The coat-of-arms, flag and other symbols of a municipality, their description and forms of display shall be determined by the Municipality Sakrebulo, based on the approval of and preliminary consultations with the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia. It shall be mandatory to register symbols of a municipality in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
3. The procedure for using municipality's symbols shall be determined by the normative act of the Government of Georgia.
Article 9 – Working and procedural language of a municipality
The working and procedural language of a municipality shall be the official language of Georgia.
Chapter II – Administrative-Territorial Organisation of Local Self-Government
Article 10 – Establishment and abolition of municipalities; Determination and change of the administrative centre of a municipality
1. The grounds for the establishment or abolition of a municipality shall be:
a) the splitting of a municipality into two or more municipalities;
b) the merging of two or more bordering municipalities into one municipality.
2. The Government of Georgia may, in accordance with this Law and on its own initiative, after having consulted with the Sakrebulo(s) of a municipality (municipalities) and with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned, or upon the request of the Sakrebulo(s) of a municipality (municipalities) and after having consulted with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned, apply to the Parliament of Georgia with a request to establish or abolish a municipality.
3. In the case of the establishment of a new municipality (municipalities) by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities, the request of the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities) shall be filed with the relevant governmental commission. The request shall be accompanied by:
a) the justification for splitting a municipality, or for merging municipalities;
b) a list of settlements and the number of inhabitants located in the municipality that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
c) the administrative boundaries and a schematic map of the municipality that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
d) the name (names) of the municipality (municipalities) that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
e) the administrative centre(s) of the self-governing community (communities) that is to be created by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
f) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality (municipalities);
g) a written opinion of a municipality Sakrebulo prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law.
4. Municipality Sakrebulos may apply to the relevant governmental commission with a joint request. The documents stipulated by paragraph 3 of this article shall be attached to the joint request. The text of the joint request and the attached documents shall be approved by the Sakrebulos of these municipalities. The joint request shall be signed by the chairpersons of the Sakrebulos of these municipalities.
5. If a motion on the merging of municipalities has been filed by a municipality Sakrebulo, the relevant governmental commission shall be obliged to hold consultations with the Sakrebulos and population of those municipalities that are to be merged.
6. If a new municipality (municipalities) is (are) established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities, the following shall be attached to the recommendation of the Government of Georgia:
a) the justification for splitting a municipality, or for merging municipalities;
b) a list of settlements and the number of inhabitants located in the municipality that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
c) the administrative boundaries and a schematic map of the municipality that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
d) the name (names) of the municipality (municipalities) that is to be established by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
e) the administrative centre(s) of the self-governing community (communities) that is to be created by splitting a municipality or by merging municipalities;
f) a written opinion of a municipality Sakrebulo (if any) prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law;
g) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned;
h) the request of a municipality Sakrebulo (municipalities), if any.
7. The full name of a self-governing community shall consist of the name of the self-governing community and the common name of the self-governing unit – `Municipality`. The full name of a self-governing city shall consist of the name of the category of the settlement – `City`, of the name of the city and of the common name of the self-governing unit – `Municipality`.
8. A resolution of the Parliament of Georgia on the establishment/abolition of a municipality shall enter into force on the day of calling the regular elections of municipal bodies and the elections in the respective municipality shall be held along with the regular elections of municipal bodies. Until the first meeting of the newly elected Sakrebulo of the said municipality and until the election of the Mayor of the municipality, the powers of the Sakrebulo and Mayor existing before the elections shall apply within the territory of the respective municipality.
9. The Government of Georgia may, in accordance with this Law and on its own initiative, after having consulted with the Sakrebulo and the population of the municipality concerned, or upon the request of the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities) and after having consulted with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned, apply to the Parliament of Georgia with a recommendation to change the administrative centre of the municipality (except for a self-governing city). An administrative centre of a municipality shall be determined at the time when the municipality is established.
The request of a municipality Sakrebulo to change the administrative centre of the municipality shall be filed with the respective governmental commission. The request shall be accompanied by:
a) grounds for the change of the administrative centre of the municipality;
b) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality;
c) a written opinion of the municipality prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law.
The following shall be attached to the recommendation of the Government of Georgia on the change of the administrative centre of the municipality:
a) grounds for the change of the administrative centre of the municipality;
b) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality;
c) a written opinion (if any) of the municipality Sakrebulo prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law.
Decisions on the establishment and abolition of a municipality, as well as on the determination and change of the administrative centre of a municipality shall be taken by the Parliament of Georgia upon the recommendation of the Government of Georgia.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 11 – Changing the administrative boundaries of a municipality
1. The Government of Georgia may, in accordance with this Law and on its own initiative, after having consulted with the Sakrebulo(s) and the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned, or based on the request of the Sakrebulo(s) of a municipality (municipalities) and on the consultations with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned, apply to the Parliament of Georgia with a recommendation to change the administrative boundaries of the municipality.
2. The request of the Sakrebulo(s) of a municipality (municipalities) for the change of the administrative boundaries of the municipality shall be filed with the relevant governmental commission. The request shall be accompanied by:
a) justification of the need to change the administrative boundaries of the municipality;
b) new administrative boundaries and a schematic map of the municipality;
c) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality (municipalities);
d) a written opinion (if any) of the municipality Sakrebulo prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law.
3. Municipality Sakrebulos may apply to the relevant governmental commission with a joint request. The documents stipulated by paragraph 3 of this article shall be attached to the joint request. The text of the joint request and the attached documents shall be approved by the Sakrebulos of these municipalities. The joint request shall be signed by the chairpersons of the Sakrebulos of these municipalities.
4. If a request for the change of the administrative boundaries of a municipality has been filed by the municipality Sakrebulo, the relevant governmental commission shall be obliged to hold consultations with the Sakrebulo(s) and population of those municipalities the administrative boundaries of which are to be changed.
5. The following shall be attached to the recommendation of the Government of Georgia on the change of the administrative boundaries of a municipality:
a) justification of the need to change the administrative boundaries of the municipality;
b) new administrative boundaries and a schematic map of the municipality;
c) documents containing information on the consultations held with the population of the municipality (municipalities);
d) a written opinion (if any) of the municipality Sakrebulo prepared in accordance with Article 12(4) of this Law;
e) the request (if any) of the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities)
6. A decision on the change of the administrative boundaries of a municipality shall be taken by the Parliament of Georgia upon the recommendation of the Government of Georgia.
Article 12 – Procedure for holding consultations with a municipality Sakrebulo
1. Proposals for the establishment or abolition of a municipality, for the determination or change of the administrative centre and proposals to change administrative boundaries, as well as the relevant request of the Sakrebulo(s) of municipality (municipalities) shall be prepared by the relevant governmental commission for the review by the Government of Georgia.
2. For the purpose of holding consultations with a municipality Sakrebulo, the relevant governmental commission shall send the documents referred to in Article 10(6)(a-e) and (g-h) and Article 11(5)(a, b and e) of this Law to the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities) concerned. The municipality Sakrebulo shall be obliged to review these documents at the Sakrebulo session and submit its written opinion to the relevant governmental commission not later than 20 days after receiving the documents. Consultations shall not be held with the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities) that filed a request with the relevant governmental commission.
3. If a response from a municipality Sakrebulo is not received during the period specified in paragraph 2 of this article, consultations shall be considered held, and the Government of Georgia shall be entitled to apply to the Parliament of Georgia with the relevant request. In that case, a municipality Sakrebulo shall preserve the right to submit its written opinion directly to the Parliament of Georgia.
4. A written opinion of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be executed in the form of the minutes of a session of the Sakrebulo. The minutes of the session shall include the position of the municipality Sakrebulo with respect to the subject at issue and the opinions expressed during the session.
5. The relevant governmental commission shall ensure the holding of consultations with the population of a municipality (municipalities) on the establishment/abolition of a municipality, on the determination/change of the administrative centre and on the change of the administrative boundaries, and if a request is filed by the municipality Sakrebulo the consultations shall be arranged by the municipality concerned.
6. Consultations with the population shall be held in the form of a public discussion with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned. Before submitting an issue for review to the Government of Georgia or to the relevant Governmental commission, the relevant governmental commission or municipality shall publish information on the establishment/abolition, on the determination/change of the administrative centre and on the change of the administrative boundaries of the municipality.
7. The publication of the information referred to in paragraph 6 of this article in print media that is distributed across the territory (territories) of the municipality (municipalities) concerned and that is published at least once a week shall be considered as publication of information. Instead of publishing information in the print media, the municipality may publicly announce it.
8. The interested persons may, within 20 days after the information referred to in paragraph 7 of this article is published, provide their opinions to the relevant governmental commission/municipality Sakrebulo. During a public discussion, public meetings may be held with the population of the municipality (municipalities) concerned.
Article 13 – Procedure for appealing a decision to establish or abolish a municipality and to change its administrative boundaries
A decision of the Parliament of Georgia to establish or abolish a municipality, or to change its administrative boundaries, may be appealed in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
Article 14 – Registration of municipalities
1. For the purpose of uniform record keeping of the general data on municipalities, a systemic collection of the data on municipalities – the Registry of Municipalities shall be formed.
2. A municipality's registration data shall include:
a) the name of the municipality;
b) the names of the settlements included in the self-governing community (by indicating the category of each settlement);
c) the name of the administrative centre of the self-governing community;
d) the date of registration of the municipality as a taxpayer, and the identification code of registration;
e) the administrative boundaries and a schematic map of the municipality.
3. A municipality shall be registered according to the registration data by the National Agency of Public Registry – a legal entity under public law operating under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure approved by the Minister of Justice of Georgia.
Chapter III – Powers of Municipalities
Article 15 – Types of powers of a municipality
1. Types of powers of a municipality shall be as follows:
a) municipality's own powers;
b) municipality's delegated powers.
2. A municipality's own powers shall be the powers determined under this Law, which the municipality exercises independently and under its own responsibility.
3. A municipality's delegated powers shall be the powers of the state authorities or of the authorities of the autonomous republic that have been delegated to the municipality in accordance with the law or an agreement concluded under the legislation of Georgia, together with appropriate material and financial resources.
Article 16 – Municipality's own powers
1. Own powers of a municipality defined in paragraph 2 of this article shall be complete and exclusive. The extent (scope) of a municipality's own powers and the procedure for exercising those powers under this Law shall be determined only based on a legislative act, except when this Law directly refers to the possibility to regulate the exercise of its own powers in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
2. A municipality's own powers shall be:
a) drafting, discussion and approval the municipal budget, making amendments to the approved budget, hearing and evaluation of a budget report; disposal of budgetary funds, and performance of treasury financial operations and banking transactions according to the legislation of Georgia;
b) management and disposal of property owned by the municipality in accordance with this Law and other legislative and subordinate acts of Georgia;
c) management of local natural resources, including water and forest resources, and land resources owned by the municipality, in accordance with the law;
d) imposition and abolition of local taxes and fees in accordance with the law, determination of their rates within the marginal limits stipulated by law; collection of local fees;
e) preparation and approval of spatial planning schemes, master plans and development plans/detailed development plans of a municipality under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;
f) improvement of the municipal territory and development of the appropriate engineering infrastructure; cleaning of streets, parks, public gardens and other public areas in the territory of the municipality, landscaping, and provision of external lighting;
g) municipal waste management;
h) water supply (including technical water supply) and provision of a sewerage system; development of the local melioration system;
i) establishment of early learning, and preschool and educational institutions under the control of a municipality, and ensuring of their operation under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;
i1) establishment of extramural educational institutions under the control of a municipality, and ensuring of their operation;
i2) ensuring of the authorisation of early learning and preschool and educational institutions located in the territory of a municipality under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;
j) management of local motor ways and regulation of traffic on local roads; provision of parking lots for vehicles and regulation of parking/stopping rules;
k) issuance of permits for regular carriage of passengers within the municipality's administrative boundaries; organisation of municipal transport services for the population;
l) regulation of street trades, exhibitions, markets and fairs;
in accordance with the law;
o) giving names, in accordance with the law, to the geographical features located within the municipality's administrative boundaries, in particular: historically formed districts, the self-governing city's administrative unit, certain areas, micro districts, springs, squares, avenues, highways, streets, lanes, dead ends, drives, embankments, esplanades, boulevards, alleys, public gardens, gardens, parks, forest parks, local forests, cemeteries, pantheons, structures, transport facilities;
p) regulation of the placement of external advertising;
q) determination of the rules for keeping pets, and solution of the issues relating to stray animals;
r) arrangement and maintenance of cemeteries;
s) protection and development of local originality, creative activities and cultural heritage; facilitation of the development of the area of culture within a municipality and implementation of appropriate measures for this purpose; maintenance, reconstruction and rehabilitation of local cultural monuments; ensuring the functioning of libraries, club-type institutions, cinemas, museums, theatres, exhibition halls and sports and recreation facilities, and the construction of new facilities;
t) development of appropriate infrastructure in local facilities for disabled persons, children and the elderly, including, proper adaptation and equipment of public areas and of municipal transport;
u) provision of a shelter for and registration of the homeless;
v) exercise of powers under the Law of Georgia on Public and Private Cooperation, within its competence;
w) exercise of preventive and appropriate response measures under the Code of Rights for Children for the purpose of protecting a child in a public space, observing the rules for the transportation of a group of children for participation in a public event, and fulfilling the obligations by a person carrying out surveillance of a child (an event organiser), permitting a child to communicate with printed media, to attend a public screening and to enter a mass entertainment dancing centre (a night club), and observing the legal restrictions for the accessibility of a film recorded for children, and observing the rules for the prohibition of free and paid supply of alcoholic, narcotic, psychotropic, toxic and other means of intoxication, of products and capsules containing an alcoholic drink, tobacco or nicotine to a child.
3. A municipality may, on its own initiative, solve any issue that, under the legislation of Georgia, does not fall within the powers of any other public authority and that is not prohibited by law.
4. A municipality may carry out activities under the procedure defined in paragraph 3 of this article for facilitation of employment, supporting of agriculture (including agricultural cooperation), and development of tourism, social assistance, and in coordination with a state policy implementing body – for the purpose of healthcare, also for promotion of the development of the youth policy at a local level, protection and support of a child, promotion of mass sports, for environmental protection, public education, promotion of gender equality, prevention of violence against women and/or domestic violence, protection and support of victims of violence against women and/or domestic violence, maintenance of the archives of local importance, for cultivation of a healthy life style, creation of safe environment for human health, attraction of investments to a municipality's territory, for supporting innovative development, and other purposes.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 February – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 8 June – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 16 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 23 March – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 4 May – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 4 May – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 20 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 20 September – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 18 September – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 May – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 2 November – website,
Article 17 – Procedure and terms for the delegation of powers
1. A central government body or a body of an autonomous republic may delegate to a municipality those powers that could be more efficiently exercised at the local level.
2. Central government bodies or bodies of the autonomous republic may delegate powers to municipalities under a legislative act of Georgia or under the law of the autonomous republic respectively, as well as under an agreement concluded in accordance with the legislation of Georgia or of the autonomous republic, by transferring appropriate material and financial resources.
3. A decision on the delegation of powers of the central government bodies or of the bodies of the autonomous republic under an agreement shall be made by the Government of Georgia/of the autonomous republic. A relevant agreement shall be concluded between the municipality and the ministry concerned/the special-purpose state institution, in compliance with paragraphs 2 and 4 of this article. The agreement shall be signed by the Mayor of the municipality, and shall be approved by the municipality Sakrebulo, by a majority of the total number of Sakrebulo members.
4. A municipality shall be entitled to exercise the delegated powers within the scope prescribed by the legislation of Georgia, as adjusted to local conditions.
5. When delegating powers, the same act shall determine the Ministry/the special-purpose state institution that will be responsible for exercising state sectoral supervision over the exercise of the delegated powers.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 30 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 7 December – website,
Article 18 – State standards and technical rules of procedure governing the exercise of a municipality's own and delegated powers
For the purpose of an equal socio-economic development of the country's entire territory, relevant public authorities may, under a relevant normative act, determine state standards and technical rules of procedure governing the exercise of a municipality's own and delegated powers.
Article 19 – Forms and mechanisms for exercising municipal powers
When exercising municipal powers, municipal bodies shall, according to the legislation of Georgia:
a) adopt/issue administrative-legal acts;
b) design, approve and implement respective programmes, strategies, action plans and projects;
c) carry out procurements;
d) enter into agreements;
e) acquire and create the property of a municipality;
f) own and administer their own property, use that property and the property of the State, of the autonomous republic and of other persons;
g) found and manage legal entities under private law;
h) take loans;
i) construct, maintain, rehabilitate, reconstruct and develop relevant infrastructure;
j) introduce and develop innovative technologies and electronic management systems to enhance service quality and efficiency of management;
k) carry out other activities.
Article 20 – Right of a municipality to establish a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity and to join that entity
1. Municipalities may, for coordinating their activities and implementing joint activities, establish non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities and/or become its members.
2. Non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities provided for in paragraph 1 of this article may organise joint activities within the powers of the municipality, take part, on behalf of the municipality, in preliminary discussions and consultations concerning draft laws relating to local self-governance, cooperate with public authorities and international unions (associations) of municipalities, and establish relations with foreign unions (associations) and international organisations operating in the field of local self-governance.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 21 – Right of municipalities to organise joint activities
1. For the purpose of efficient exercise of the powers determined by this Law, and for the delivery of quality services to population, municipalities may, according to this Law and other legislative and subordinate acts of Georgia, establish a legal entity under private law as provided for by this Law, or become partners/shareholders/founders of an entrepreneurial legal entity established by a municipality/municipalities, and members of a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity. In cases and in the manner provided for by the laws of Georgia, municipalities may set up a joint service.
2. For the purpose of undertaking joint projects, a municipality may enter into an agreement with another municipality for merging budgetary funds.
3. The decisions stipulated by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall be made by the executive body (bodies) of a municipality (municipalities), with the consent of the Sakrebulo(s) of the municipality (municipalities).
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Article 22 – Trans-frontier cooperation of municipalities
A municipality may cooperate with foreign self-government authorities in accordance with the European Outline Convention on Trans-frontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities, and the legislation of Georgia.
Section II
MUNICIPAL BODIES
Chapter IV – Representative Body of a Municipality
Article 23 – Municipality Sakrebulo
1. A representative body of a municipality shall be a collegiate administrative body – a municipality Sakrebulo.
2. A municipality Sakrebulo shall be elected for 4 years by the citizens of Georgia registered in the territory of the municipality, by direct elections, based on universal and equal suffrage, by secret ballot.
3. The number of members of Sakrebulo of a municipality and a procedure for their election shall be determined by the Organic Law of Georgia – the Elections Code of Georgia.
Article 24 – Powers of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The powers of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be:
a) in area of administrative-territorial organisation of a municipality, and of the determination of the municipality's identity:
a.a) establishment and abolition of administrative units of a municipality, and determination of their boundaries;
a.b) submission of requests for the establishment/abolition of a municipality, for the determination/change of the administrative centre, and for the change of its administrative boundaries;
a.c) determination of symbols of a municipality (the coat-of-arms, flag and other symbols) according to the legislation of Georgia;
a.d) determination of procedures for the introduction and granting of a municipality's honorary titles and awards;
a.e) giving names to the historically formed districts, certain areas, micro districts, springs, squares, avenues, highways, streets, lanes, dead ends, drives, embankments, esplanades, boulevards, alleys, public gardens, gardens, parks, forest parks, local forests, cemeteries, pantheons, structures, transport facilities;
b) in the area of organisational activities:
b.a) the approval of the Rules of Procedure of a municipality Sakrebulo;
b.b) election and removal from office of the chairperson and deputy chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo;
b.c) making decisions on the recognition of the powers of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo, and on the early termination of his/her powers;
b.d) setting up of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo; election and removal from office of the chairperson of the commission; defining and approval of the number of members of the commission of a municipality Sakrebulo and the quotas of proportional representation at the first session of the newly-elected municipality Sakrebulo, and taking cognizance of the composition of the commission; approval of the statute of the commission and making changes thereto;
b.e) establishment or abolition of an interim working group of a municipality Sakrebulo, approval of the members of the working group and making changes to it;
b.f) approval of the statute and staff list of the Staff of a municipality Sakrebulo;
b.g) appointment of a person authorised to represent a municipality or Sakrebulo before the Constitutional Court of Georgia and the Common Courts in cases provided for in this Law;
b.h) formation of deliberative bodies (a council, committee etc.) and determination of their rules of operation to examine individual issues that fall within its powers, and prepare appropriate reports and recommendations, as well as in cases provided for, and under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;
c) in the area of regulation and monitoring of the activities of a municipality's executive bodies:
c.a) monitoring of the activities of a municipality's executive bodies and of their officials, hearing and evaluation of their reports;
c.b) approval of the statutes and staff lists of a City Hall and its structural units according to this Law;
c.c) pass a vote of no confidence against the Mayor of a municipality in the manner stipulated by this Law;
c.d) upon recommendation of the mayor of a municipality, approval of the composition and statute of the joint council elaborating a multi-municipal spatial planning scheme;
c.e) upon recommendation of the mayor of a municipality, approval of concepts and drafts of spatial planning, master plans and development plans/detailed development plans of a municipality;
c.f) approval of a plan for managing the wind break belt (wind break field) in the ownership of a municipality;
c.g) approval of a decision on granting the right to perform special-purpose felling within the wind break belt (wind break field) in the ownership of a municipality;
d) in the financial and budget area:
d.a) discussion and approval of a draft budget of a municipality in accordance with this Law and other legislative acts of Georgia, making amendments to the approved budget, monitoring and evaluation of budget execution;
d.b) introduction and abolition of local taxes and fees according to the legislation of Georgia;
d.c) in cases provided for by this Law, approval of the agreements concluded on behalf of a municipality upon recommendation of the Mayor of the municipality, also giving consent to the conclusion of those transactions the value of which exceeds 5% of the municipal budget payables;
d.d) approval of the official remunerations of a municipality Mayor and officials of the municipality Sakrebulo in the amount determined by the Law of Georgia on Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions;
d.e) determination of the amounts of official remunerations of members of the Staff of a municipality Sakrebulo, and the amounts of official remunerations, upon recommendation of the municipality Mayor, of the officials and other employees of the City Hall in compliance with the Law of Georgia on Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions;
e) in the area of management and disposal of municipal property:
e.a) upon recommendation of the Mayor of a municipality, determination of the procedure for the management and disposal of a municipal property, also for disposal of the property of an enterprise established with the participatory interest of over 50%, in accordance with this Law and other legislative and subordinate statutory acts of Georgia;
e.b) (Deleted – , No );
e.c) determination of the normative price of a non-agricultural land owned by a municipality, and setting out the procedures for the determination of the initial privatisation cost of a municipal property and of the initial rent price;
e.d) approval of the list of municipal property items that are subject to privatisation, and of a privatisation plan, upon the recommendation of the Mayor of a municipality;
e.e) making of a decision on the transfer of municipal property to the state free of charge in the manner stipulated by this Law;
e.f) under the legislation of Georgia, establishment of the procedure for managing forest and water resources owned by a municipality.
2. The powers of a municipality Sakrebulo also include decision-making for the exercise of other powers of a municipality as provided for by Articles 16 and 17 of this Law, as well as the powers granted to it under this Law, other legislative and subordinate acts of Georgia, and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. If this Law or the legislation of Georgia does not determine a municipal body responsible for the exercise of the municipality's own or delegated powers, those powers shall be exercised by the municipality Sakrebulo, or by the Mayor of the municipality by order of the municipality Sakrebulo.
4. The power of a municipality Sakrebulo that has been directly defined by this Law or by the legislation of Georgia as the power of the municipality Sakrebulo, may not be delegated to any other body or official, unless the law directly provides for the possibility of its delegation.
5. Upon recommendation of the joint council, the Sakrebulos of respective municipalities shall, by a joint normative act, approve a multi-municipal spatial planning scheme.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 30 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 18 September – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 28 April – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 20 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 2 November – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 25 – First session of a newly-elected municipality Sakrebulo
1. The first session of newly elected municipality Sakrebulos throughout Georgia shall be called by the Central Election Commission of Georgia within 30 days after summing up the final results of the elections. A municipality Sakrebulo shall start its activities if the respective election commission confirms (declares elected) the election of at least two thirds of the total number of members of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The first session of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo shall be opened if it is attended (there are registered) by more than half of the total number of members of the newly elected municipality Sakrebulo. The first session of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo shall be opened by the chairperson of the respective election commission. Before the election of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo, the sessions of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo shall be chaired by the most senior member of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. The first session of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo shall be considered held if the number of the municipality Sakrebulo members whose powers have been recognised by the municipality Sakrebulo is at least two thirds of the total number of the members of the municipality Sakrebulo. From that moment, the powers of the previous Sakrebulo shall be terminated.
4. If the number of members of a municipality Sakrebulo whose powers have been recognised by the municipality Sakrebulo is less than two thirds of the total number of the municipality Sakrebulo members, the session of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be terminated. In that case, the next session of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo shall be convened by the Central Election Commission within 10 days after the day when it becomes possible to raise before the municipality Sakrebulo a question of recognising powers of as many persons as are necessary to make two thirds of the municipality Sakrebulo.
5. If the powers of the required number of members of the municipality Sakrebulo are not recognised within the time limit referred to in paragraph 4 of this article, repeat elections shall be called.
Article 26 – Rules of operation of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. Regular sessions of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be convened by the chairperson of the Sakrebulo at least once in a month.
2. An extraordinary session of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be convened:
a) upon the proposal of the Mayor of the municipality;
b) upon the initiative of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) upon a written request of at least one third of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo;
d) upon the proposal of a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo;
e) upon the request of at least one percent of the total number of voters registered in the territory of the municipality.
3. Within a week after a request (proposal) to convene an extraordinary session of a municipality Sakrebulo is submitted, the chairperson of the Sakrebulo shall convene an extraordinary session. If the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo fails to convene an extraordinary session within a week, the Sakrebulo shall be authorised to meet.
4. It shall be the responsibility of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo to notify Sakrebulo members of the convening of an extraordinary session of Sakrebulo in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Sakrebulo. If the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo fails to appear at the extraordinary session of the municipality Sakrebulo, the session shall be chaired by the first deputy chairperson of Sakrebulo, and in his/her absence, the session shall be chaired by the most senior deputy of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo.
5. A session of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be duly constituted if it is attended by more than half of the total number of Sakrebulo members.
6. A municipality Sakrebulo shall make decisions by an open ballot. A secret ballot shall be held only when decisions concern the election of a person to a position, the removal of a person from office and the passing of a vote of no confidence.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 27 – Bureau of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The Bureau of a municipality Sakrebulo shall consist of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo, deputies of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo, and the chairpersons of the municipality Sakrebulo commissions and factions.
2. The Bureau of a municipality Sakrebulo shall:
a) draft the agenda of a municipality Sakrebulo sessions, prepare working plans and working programmes of the municipality Sakrebulo;
b) coordinate the activities of the commissions and interim working groups of the municipality Sakrebulo;
b1) approve (except for the first session of the newly-elected municipality Sakrebulo) the quotas of proportional representation in the municipality Sakrebulo commissions defined and submitted by the Commission on Legal issues or the commission with an appropriate competence of the Municipality Sakrebulo;
b2) take cognizance of the changes made to the composition of the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) discuss the conclusions and proposals of the commissions and interim working groups of the municipality Sakrebulo with respect to draft administrative-legal acts to be presented at the session of the municipality Sakrebulo;
d) hear the reports of the municipality officials;
e) exercise other powers granted to it under this Law and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 28 – Commission of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. Commissions shall be set up in a municipality Sakrebulo to prepare issues in advance, to facilitate the implementation of decisions, and to monitor the activities of the City Hall, its structural units and legal entities established by the municipality. The number of commissions must not exceed 5.
2. The chairperson of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be elected from among the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo members. The composition of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be defined in proportion to the number of representatives of the municipality Sakrebulo factions and the number of those Sakrebulo members that are not members of any faction. The number of the members of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo and the quotas of proportional representation shall be defined by the Commission on Legal Issues or a commission with appropriate competence under the procedure established by the rules of procedure of a municipality Sakrebulo and approved by the Bureau of the municipality Sakrebulo, and at the first session of the newly-elected municipality Sakrebulo, they shall be defined and approved by the municipality Sakrebulo.
21. Where so provided for by paragraph 2 of this article, a faction shall, within 3 days after the quotas of proportional representation of the municipality Sakrebulo factions in the commissions of a municipality Sakrebulo are approved by the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo (the Municipality Sakrebulo), nominate members to the commission by its own decision.
22. The decision of a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo on nominating a member to a commission of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be informed to the Commission on Legal Issues or a commission with appropriate competence (municipality Sakrebulo) of the municipality Sakrebulo and to the Bureau of the municipality Sakrebulo. The Commission on Legal Issues or the commission with appropriate competence (municipality Sakrebulo) shall verify the accuracy of submission of the member to the commission by the faction and shall respond appropriately if necessary. The member nominated by the faction to the commission shall be deemed appointed from the moment when the Bureau of the municipality Sakrebulo (municipality Sakrebulo) takes cognizance of the above fact. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo that is not a member of any faction shall become member of the commission under the procedure established by this paragraph, on personal application.
23. If the changes made in the faction of a municipality Sakrebulo affect the proportional representation of fractions in the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo, the Commission on Legal Issues or a commission with appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo shall, within one week, define and submit to the Bureau of the municipality Sakrebulo at the nearest session the new quotas of proportional representation.
3. The procedure for setting up municipality Sakrebulo commissions and the rules of their operation shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 281 – Termination of powers of a member of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. A member of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo may, at any time, leave the composition of the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo. The member of the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo must notify the chairperson of a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo, the Bureau of the municipality Sakrebulo and the Commission on Legal Issues or a commission with appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo in writing about his/her leaving the composition of the commission.
2. Powers of a member of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be terminated:
a) from the moment he/she submits an application for leaving the composition of the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo;
b) from the moment when his/her powers as a member of the municipality Sakrebulo is terminated;
c) in cases provided for by Article 301(2) of this Law.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 29 – Interim working group of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. In order to examine individual issues, a municipality Sakrebulo may set up interim working groups.
2. The head and members of the interim working group of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be elected by the municipality Sakrebulo from among its members for the term of office of the working group, which shall not exceed 3 months. The term of office of the interim working group may be extended several times by one month. The total term of office of an interim working group shall not exceed 6 months.
3. Municipality Sakrebulo members shall be included in the interim working group of a municipality Sakrebulo in proportion to the number of representations of Sakrebulo factions and the number of the Sakrebulo members who are not members of any faction. Under the rules of procedure of a municipality Sakrebulo, any other person may also be invited, with a deliberative vote, to work as a member of an interim working group for the term of office of the working group.
4. The rules of procedure of an interim working group of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Article 30 – Municipality Sakrebulo factions
1. Members of a municipality Sakrebulo may be members of a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. Members of a municipality Sakrebulo elected upon the nomination of one party may not set up more than one faction.
3. The members of a municipality Sakrebulo intending to set up a faction shall elaborate the charter of the municipality Sakrebulo faction. An association of members of a municipality Sakrebulo shall acquire the status of a faction from the moment of its registration. The procedure for setting up a municipality Sakrebulo faction, the rules of its operation and its powers shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
4. The number of the members of a faction shall not be less than 3.
5. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo may join only one faction.
6. A faction may be set up both on a partisan and non-partisan basis.
7. It shall be prohibited to create factions based on national, religious, professional, personal or territorial (place of residence) characteristics.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 301–Representation of a municipality Sakrebulo faction in the bodies of the Municipality Sakrebulo
1. Representation of a municipality Sakrebulo faction in the bodies of the Municipality Sakrebulo shall be defined in proportion to the number of members of the municipality Sakrebulo united in the faction.
2. Activity of a member nominated by a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo to a body of the municipality Sakrebulo or a position of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be terminated from the moment when the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo takes cognizance of the application for cancelling the faction, his/her leaving or excluding from the faction, or his/her recalling from this body by the faction. The faction shall have the right to nominate another candidate.
3. If changes made in a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo when the faction is set up or cancelled, members join the faction, members leave or are excluded from the faction, affect the proportional representation of factions, the Commission on Legal Issues or a commission with appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo shall define new quotas of proportional representation.
4. If quotas of proportional representation are increased for factions of a municipality Sakrebulo, the personal issues of a faction representation in the bodies of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be resolved by the respective faction.
5. If quotas of proportional representation are decreased for a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo, it shall again nominate the faction members to the respective body of the municipality Sakrebulo according to the new quotas.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 302– Majority of a municipality Sakrebulo and opposition of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The list of the majority members of a municipality Sakrebulo certified by the signatures of at least a majority of the total number of members of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be submitted to the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo who will register the list. A part of any faction members may not be put in the list of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The leader of the majority of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be indicated in the list of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo. The leader of the majority of a municipality Sakrebulo is not a municipality Sakrebulo position, and this status can be compatible with a municipality Sakrebulo position. The leader of the majority of a municipality Sakrebulo shall ensure the overall political coordination of working of factions within the majority and non-faction members of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. A faction of a municipality Sakrebulo or a non-faction member may, at any time, withdraw from the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo. He/she shall notify the Commission on Legal issues or the commission with an appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo about the withdrawal. If a member of the municipality Sakrebulo, who is a member of the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo, joins a faction within the opposition of the municipality Sakrebulo, he/she shall be considered withdrawn from the majority. The respective change shall be registered by the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo upon recommendation of the Commission on Legal issues or the commission with an appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo. The Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo shall not register the respective change if the number of the municipality Sakrebulo members within the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo becomes less than the majority of the total number of members of the municipality Sakrebulo. In such a case, the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be considered dissolved. After dissolution of the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo, a new list of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be submitted under the procedure established by this article to the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo, who will register the aforementioned list.
4. The majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo may, at any time, submit to the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo the renewed list of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo. This list shall be renewed under the procedure established by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.
5. A member of the municipality Sakrebulo, who is not a member of the majority of the municipality Sakrebulo, shall belong to the opposition of the municipality Sakrebulo. The list of the members of the opposition of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be registered by the Bureau of the Municipality Sakrebulo at a nearest session, upon recommendation of the Commission on Legal issues or the commission with an appropriate competence of the municipality Sakrebulo, after registration of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo or making changes in the list of the majority members of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 17 December – website,
Article 31 – Staff of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The organisational support for the activities of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be provided by the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The head of the Staff of a municipality Sakrebulo and the employees of the Staff shall be appointed to or removed from office by the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
Article 32 – Officials of a municipality Sakrebulo
Officials of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be as follows:
a) the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo;
a1) the first deputy of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo;
b) a deputy chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) a chairperson of a commission of the municipality Sakrebulo;
d) a chairperson of a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo;
e) a deputy chairperson of a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 33 – Chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be elected by the municipality Sakrebulo from among its members by more than half of the total number of the Sakrebulo members, for the term of office of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. A candidate for chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo may be nominated by not less than 3 members of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. After the candidates for chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo are nominated, the chairperson of the Sakrebulo session shall announce the list of candidates and ask for the candidates’ consent to be voted for the position of chairperson of the Sakrebulo. The chairperson of the session shall draft a unified list of candidates according to the order of their nomination.
4. If only one candidate participated in the elections of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo and he/she failed to obtain the required number of votes, repeat elections shall be held.
5. If two candidates participated in the elections of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo and both of them failed to obtain the required number of votes, the candidate who obtained the majority of votes shall be voted on again. If this candidate fails again to obtain the required number of votes, repeat elections shall be held. If the vote is tied at the time of the voting, repeat elections shall be held.
6. If more than two candidates participated in the elections of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo and neither of them obtained the required number of votes, a second round of elections shall be held for the two candidates who obtained the most votes. If the vote is tied in the second round, repeat elections shall be held. If neither candidate obtains the required number of votes, the candidate who obtained the most votes shall be put to a repeat vote. If this candidate fails again to obtain the required number of votes, repeat elections shall be held. If a candidate who runs in the second round withdraws his/her candidacy, the candidate who has obtained the next highest number of votes shall be voted for instead of that candidate.
7. The candidate for chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo may withdraw his/her candidacy before each ballot.
8. The same person may be nominated as a candidate for chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo only twice in succession.
Article 34 – Removal from office of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo, suspension of his/her powers
1. A municipality Sakrebulo may remove from office the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The question of removing from office the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo may be raised in writing before the municipality Sakrebulo by at least one third of the total number of Sakrebulo members. A decision to remove from office the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be considered adopted if it is supported by more than half of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. If, according to paragraph 2 of this article, a municipality's Sakrebulo does not take a decision to remove the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo from the position, it shall be prohibited to repeatedly initiate a procedure for the removal of the chairperson of Sakrebulo within the next 3 months.
4. Powers of the chairperson of municipality Sakrebulo, except as provided for by Article 43 of this Law, shall be suspended for the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo in the case defined by Article 56(5) of this Law when performing duties of a Gamgebeli/Mayor.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 1 June – website,
Article 35 – Powers of the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo may:
a) convene, open, chair, lead and declare closed, based on a decision of the municipality Sakrebulo, a session of the municipality Sakrebulo;
b) ensure the observance of order in the session hall during municipality Sakrebulo sessions;
c) ensure compliance with the procedures determined by the legislation of Georgia and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo;
d) draft the agenda of the municipality Sakrebulo sessions, a list of persons who intend to deliver speeches on the issues placed on the agenda, determine the order of speakers and give them the floor;
e) put issues to vote and announce results of the voting;
f) coordinate the work of commissions of the municipality Sakrebulo;
g) represent the municipality Sakrebulo within the powers granted to him/her under this Law;
h) upon the recommendation of the chairpersons of the commissions of the municipality Sakrebulo, invite experts and specialists to the municipality Sakrebulo commissions, enter into annul contracts with them;
i) sign resolutions, orders and minutes of the sessions of the municipality Sakreublo;
j) appoint and remove from office employees of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo;
k) present a report on the work performed to the municipality Sakrebulo in accordance with the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo;
l) present for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo, the statute of commissions and the statute of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo;
m) approve the internal regulations and official instructions of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo, as well as additional qualification requirements of the employees of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo;
n) make decisions on the provision of incentives to employees of the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo and on the imposition of disciplinary liability on them in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Public Service;
o) make a decision on the registration of a person as a lobbyist in the municipality Sakrebulo in accordance with the legislation of Georgia;
p) exercise other powers granted to him/her by this Law, by other legislative and normative acts of Georgia and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo;
2. The chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 27 October – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 December – website,
Article 36 – Deputies of the Chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall have 3 deputies, including the first deputy. A deputy chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo (including the first deputy), upon the recommendation of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo, shall be elected by the municipality Sakrebulo from among its members by more than half of the members on the current list for the term of office of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The functions of the deputy chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. If the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo is absent, the duties of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be performed by his/her first deputy or one of his/her deputies by order of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo.
31. If the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo is unable to exercise his/her powers, he/she resigns or is removed from the office, or when his/her powers of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo are suspended or terminated, the duties of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be performed by his/her first deputy, and if he/she is unable to exercise his/her powers, his/her duties shall be performed by the senior deputy chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo. If none of the deputies of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo is elected, or if the deputies of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo are unable to exercise their powers, the issue regarding the performance of the duties of the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be regulated under the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
4. A municipality Sakrebulo may remove from office a deputy chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo. The question of removing from office a deputy chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo may be raised in writing before the municipality Sakrebulo by the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo and by at least one fifth of the members on the current list of the municipalitySakrebulo. A decision to remove a deputy chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be considered adopted if it is supported by more than half of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 30 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 1 June – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 37 – Chairperson of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo commission shall be elected by the municipality Sakrebulo from among members of the municipality Sakrebulo commission by more than half of the members on the current list for the term of office of the municipality Sakrebulo. A candidate for the chairperson of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo may be nominated by one fifth of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo and by a faction of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The chairperson of a commission of a municipality Sakrebulo shall:
a) convene, open, chair and lead the sessions of the commission;
b) ensure compliance with the procedures determined by the legislation of Georgia, the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo and the statute of the municipality commission;
c) draft the agenda of the sessions of the commission, a list of persons who intend to deliver speeches on the issues placed on the agenda, and determine the order of speakers and give them the floor in accordance with the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo and the statute of the commission;
d) put issues to a vote and announce the results of voting;
e) sign the minutes of sessions of the commission;
f) act on behalf of the commission;
g) be accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo;
h) exercise other powers granted to him/her by the legislation of Georgia, the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo and by the statute of the commission of the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. A municipality Sakrebulo may remove from office the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo. The question of removal from office of the chairperson of a Sakrebulo commission may be raised in writing before the municipality Sakrebulo by at least one firth of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo, by more than half of the members of the commission concerned and by the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo. A decision to remove the chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo commission shall be considered adopted if it is supported by more than half of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 38 – Chairperson of a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo and deputy chairperson of a faction
1. A faction of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be headed by the chairperson of the faction.
2. The chairperson of a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo shall have one deputy per every three members of the faction, but not more than seven.
3. (Deleted – , No ).
4. The procedure for electing the chairperson of a faction of a municipality Sakrebulo and a deputy chairperson of the faction, and their powers shall be determined by the statute of the faction of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 19 November – website,
Article 39 – Incompatibility of offices of an official of a municipality Sakrebulo
The issues relating to the incompatibility of offices of an official of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be regulated by the Law of Georgia on Conflicts of Interest and Corruption in Public Institutions.
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 27 October – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 December – website,
Article 40 – Status of a municipality Sakrebulo member
1. The status of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be his/her legal status determined by law, which includes the powers, responsibility, rules of activities and guarantees of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo.
2. A citizen of Georgia who, by the day of the voting, has attained the age of 21, may be elected as a member of a municipality Sakrebulo.
3. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall enjoy a free mandate and he/she may not be recalled. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo, while performing his/her duties, shall not be restricted by the regulations and instructions of his/her constituents and of the political party that nominated him/her.
4. It shall be prohibited to transfer the powers of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo to any other person.
5. A free mandate shall not discharge a member of a municipality Sakrebulo from the duty to work with the constituents, and from the associated responsibility as prescribed by the legislation of Georgia and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
6. The term of office of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall start on the day when his/her powers are recognised, and end upon the first meeting of a newly elected municipality Sakrebulo, or upon the early termination of his/her powers.
7. The powers, rules of activity and guarantees of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be determined by this Law and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
8. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo (except for the Chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo) shall be a member of at least one of the commissions of the municipality Sakrebulo. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo may, at the same time, be a member of another commission of the municipality Sakrebulo, but of not more than two in total. The Chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo may, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 28(22) of this Law, be a member of a commission/commissions of the municipality Sakrebulo, but of not more than two in total.
9. The employer of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo may not restrict the right of the member of the municipality Sakrebulo to participate in the work of the municipality Sakrebulo, its commissions, factions and interim working groups. A labour contract that contains an agreement that restricts the employee's right on the above grounds shall be null and void. A person may not be dismissed from his/her job, transferred to a lower-paid job, or otherwise discriminated against on the above grounds.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 17 December – website,
Article 41 – Remuneration of the work of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall exercise his/her powers without abandoning his/her work, and free of charge. Only the work of the officials of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be remunerated.
2. The amount of the official remuneration of a chairperson of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be determined in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions.
3. The procedure for the reimbursement of costs associated with the exercise of powers by a member of a municipality Sakrebulo who is not an official of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be determined by resolution of the municipality Sakrebulo, and the costs of business trips of members of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be reimbursed according to the rules determined for the reimbursement of travel costs of a public employee as prescribed by the legislation of Georgia.
4. It shall be prohibited to reimburse the costs of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo in the form of a monetary reward and a salary supplement.
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 28 November – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 December – website,
Article 42 – Incompatibility of offices of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo
A member of a municipality Sakrebulo may not:
a) be a member of any other representative body;
b) hold a position of an official stipulated by the Law of Georgia on the Incompatibility of the Position in Public Service and on the Corruption, except for the position of an official of the Sakrebulo of a municipality;
c) hold an office to which the Parliament of Georgia elects a person, or to which the Parliament of Georgia gives its consent to the appointment of a person;
d) hold an office to which a person is appointed by the President of Georgia or by the Prime Minister of Georgia;
e) hold an office to which a person is elected, appointed or approved by the highest representative bodies of Abkhazia and Ajara Autonomous Republics;
f) work in judicial and prosecuting bodies, the State Audit Service, in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the Ministry of Defence, and within the system of State Security Service of Georgia;
g) act as an officer of the Election Administration of Georgia;
h) work in an administrative body which, under the legislation of Georgia, exercises state supervision over municipal bodies;
i) work in the Staff of a municipality Sakrebulo and in a City Hall;
j) take part in the management of a municipal enterprise (enterprises) (serve as a director, deputy director, member of a supervisory board or of a board of directors, etc.), or act as a director or deputy director of an establishment financed from the budget of the respective municipality;
k) work in the public service of another country.
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 8 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 6 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Article 43 – Early termination and suspension of powers of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. The powers of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be prematurely terminated if:
a) he/she resigns;
b) a judgement of conviction of a court of the final instance has entered into force against him/her, or the period for appealing a judgement of conviction of a court to the court of a higher instance has expired;
c) the court declares him/her missing or dead or recognises as a beneficiary of support, unless otherwise determined under the court decision;
d) the member loses the citizenship of Georgia;
e) he/she has not participated, without a valid reason, in the work of the municipality Sakrebulo for 6 consecutive months;
f) the member has occupied a position referred to in Article 42 of this Law that is incompatible with the status of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo;
g) the member has died.
2. The powers of an official of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be prematurely terminated if he/she occupies a position or carries out activities that are incompatible with the office as stipulated by the Law of Georgia on the Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Institutions.
3. A municipality Sakrebulo shall take into consideration the information on the facts referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, except for the cases provided for by paragraphs (e and f) of the same article and include them in the minutes of the Sakrebulo sessions.
4. In cases provided for by paragraph 3 of this article, the powers of a member/official of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be prematurely terminated from the day following the occurrence of the relevant act. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall notify of his/her resignation in writing to the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo. The day following the day of registration of the relevant application shall be considered to be the moment of termination of his/her powers.
5. If a member/official of a municipality Sakrebulo does not participate in the work of the municipality Sakrebulo or breaches the requirements for the incompatibility of offices as determined by this Law for 6 consecutive months, the relevant commission of the municipality Sakrebulo shall, in accordance with the procedure determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo, find out the reason of absence, or check/request information to establish the incompatibility of offices. If it has been confirmed that the member/official was absent without valid reasons or he/she is in breach of the requirements for the incompatibility of offices, the relevant commission of the municipality Sakrebulo shall prepare a conclusion and present it at the nearest session of the Sakrebulo, which shall make a decision for the early termination of powers of the member/official of the municipality Sakrebulo. That decision shall enter into force on the day following the expiration of the relevant period (6 months)/the occurrence of the act of the incompatibility of offices.
6. The powers of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be suspended if a court remands him/her to custody or imposes an administrative arrest as an administrative penalty. The period of suspension of powers shall be determined by the term of remand detention or the administrative arrest.
7. If a criminal prosecution is terminated on exonerative grounds, the remand detention is revoked or a court delivers a judgement of innocence:
a) the powers of a member of the municipality Sakrebulo shall be restored, unless the term of office of the municipality Sakrebulo that the person is a member of, has expired, and the official of the municipality Sakrebulo has been paid the lost salary;
b) the period of detention or arrest of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be included in the total period of service as a member of the municipality Sakrebulo if the term of office of the municipality Sakrebulo the member of which this person was, has expired, and the official of the municipality Sakrebulo will be paid the lost salary.
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 20 March, – website,
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 27 October – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 December – website,
Article 44 – Forms of activities of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo
The forms of activities of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall include:
a) participation in the sessions of a municipality Sakrebulo;
b) drafting and initiation of decisions of a municipality Sakrebulo;
c) participation in the work of the commissions, factions and interim working groups of a municipality Sakrebulo;
d) address questions to the bodies/officials accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo;
e) meeting with constituents, reviewing their letters, proposals and complaints;
f) other forms determined by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 45 – General powers and obligations of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo
1. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo may:
a) address a question to a body accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo, the Mayor of the municipality, or any other official and receive a reply. The relevant body and official shall be obliged to respond to questions of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo within a week. This time limit may be extended for not more than 10 days in agreement with the person addressing the question;
b) meet, without delay, with the officials who are accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) directly participate in the discussion of issues raised by him/her;
d) use any information as provided for by the legislation of Georgia that is required for the exercise of his/her powers;
e) request, in the prescribed manner, appropriate information and the provision of organisational and technical services from the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo;
f) submit a draft administrative-legal act of the municipality Sakrebulo, except for the cases provided for by this Law;
g) submit a proposal on the issuance of an administrative-legal act of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. A municipality Sakrebulo shall be obliged to review issues initiated for consideration at a session of a municipality Sakrebulo based on paragraph 1(f) of this article.
3. During the discussion of all the issues that fall within the authority of the municipality Sakrebulo, a member of the municipality Sakrebulo shall have a right to vote. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall have a deliberative vote when participating in the work of a body of a municipality Sakrebulo of which he/she is not a member.
4. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be obliged to:
a) ensure the compliance with the Constitution of Georgia and with the laws;
b) meet with citizens in accordance with the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) participate in the sessions of the municipality Sakrebulo and in the work of commissions of the municipality Sakrebulo;
d) not disclose or use for personal purposes information confidentiality of which is protected under the legislation of Georgia.
5. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo may not use the powers granted to him/her by law, or related opportunities for personal purposes. A member of a municipality Sakrebulo shall, during a session of the municipality Sakrebulo, refrain from participation in the decision-making and voting that concerns an issue with respect to which he/she has personal interest, or if there are other circumstances that may affect the decision on the matter.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 46 – Exercise of powers by a member of a municipality Sakrebulo during the Sakrebulo sessions
1. During a session of a municipality Sakrebulo, a member of the municipality Sakrebulo may:
a) raise issues for discussion;
b) present remarks and proposals on all issues falling within the powers of the municipality Sakrebulo;
c) participate in the debates, put questions to the speaker and to the chairperson of the session of the municipality Sakrebulo, receive and evaluate responses;
d) present citizens' letters and applications to the municipality Sakrebulo;
e) express his/her opinion on the bodies to be established by the municipality Sakrebulo, and on the candidacy of the officials who are elected, appointed or approved by the municipality Sakrebulo or whose appointment is subject to the municipality Sakrebulo's consent;
f) participate in the discussion of a draft municipal budget and of the issue of making amendments to the budget;
g) exercise other powers granted to him/her under this Law and the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The procedural issues related to the exercise of their powers by Sakrebulo members during municipality Sakrebulo sessions shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo.
Article 47 – Interaction of members of a municipality Sakrebulo with their constituents
The interaction of a member of a municipality Sakrebulo with his/her constituents shall include:
a) the implementation of activities determined by the legislation of Georgia to protect the rights, freedoms and interests of the constituents;
b) reception of citizens;
c) cooperation with public authorities and municipal bodies, public organisations and political unions;
d) provision of information to the constituents about the work performed.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Chapter V – Executive Body of a Municipality
Article 48 – Mayor
1. The executive body and the highest official of a municipality shall be the Mayor. The Mayor shall represent the municipality, ensure the exercise of the powers of the municipality and the enforcement of decisions of a municipality representative body in compliance with this Law, other legislative and subordinate acts of Georgia and the normative acts of the relevant municipality.
2. The Mayor shall be accountable to the municipality Sakrebulo and to the population.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 18 September – website,
Article 49 – Election of the Mayor
1. The Mayor shall be elected for a 4-year term, in a direct election, based on universal and equal suffrage, by a secret ballot, in the manner prescribed by the Organic Law of Georgia – the Elections Code of Georgia.
2. A citizen of Georgia with the right to vote from the age of 25 who has resided in Georgia for at least 5 years may be elected as the Mayor.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 50 – City Hall
A City Hall is an institution subordinated to the executive body of the municipality, which ensures the exercise of powers of the Mayor. The City Hall shall be headed by the Mayor. The City Hall shall consist of structural units. A structural unit of a City Hall shall, within the scope of powers determined by the respective statute, ensure the performance of the assignments of the municipality Sakrebulo and of the Mayor. A structural unit of a City Hall may have sub-divisions that are determined by the statute and the staff list of the respective structural unit of the City Hall.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 30 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 51 – Casting a vote of no confidence against the Mayor
1. The procedure for casting a vote of no confidence against the Mayor may be initiated based on a written initiative of more than half of the members on the current list of the municipality Sakrebulo, or of at least 20% of the total number of constituents registered in the territory of the municipality proposing a vote of no confidence against the Mayor.
2. If the initiative proposing a vote of no confidence against the Mayor comes from the constituents, an action group shall be formed consisting of at least 10 members. The list of the action group shall include the names, surnames, places of residence and places of registration of each member. The initiative proposing a vote of no confidence against the Mayor shall be specifically formulated by the action group. The relevant initiative application shall be filed with the municipality Sakrebulo.
3. The application and the composition of the action group shall be registered by the Staff of the municipality Sakrebulo, which, according to Article 12(7) of this Law, shall ensure publication of the information.
4. A certificate of registration shall be given to the action group within 3 working days after the application for registration. An application for registration may be refused if the requirements of this Law have been violated.
5. An action group may, within 2 days after having been denied registration, appeal the refusal to the relevant district (city) court. The court shall review the case and deliver a decision within 5 days. The decision of a district (city) court may be appealed to a court of appeal within 2 days. The court of appeal shall deliver a decision within 5 days. The decision of a court of appeal shall be final and it may not be appealed.
6. An action group shall start collecting signatures from the day of receipt of a certificate of registration. The signatures shall be collected on a sheet of paper the format of which has been determined by the municipality Sakrebulo. Each such sheet of paper shall be signed by not more than 50 citizens. The citizens shall themselves put down their names, surnames, the year of birth, the number of their identification card, place of registration and the date of signature. Each sheet containing the above data shall be signed by the person responsible for collecting signatures. He/she shall indicate his/her address on the sheet. The signature of the responsible person shall be endorsed by a notary office or by a duly authorised person of the Staff of the Sakrebulo. If the Sakrebulo has not determined the relevant form of the sheet, the action group shall ensure the collection of signatures in compliance with the requirements provided in this paragraph.
7. The action group shall, not later than one month after the registration of the application, submit to the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo an application for initiating a vote of no confidence against the Mayor, as well as the attached signatures that confirm that the initiative is supported by at least 20% of the total number of the constituents registered in the territory of the municipality.
8. A decision to present or refuse to present, according to paragraph 7 of this article, the initiative for review at the municipality Sakrebulo session, shall be taken by the chairperson of the Sakrebulo within 15 days after the registration of the application. The presentation of an initiative for review at a Sakrebulo session may be denied if the requirements of this article have been violated. The refusal of the chairperson of the Sakrebulo may be appealed according to paragraph 5 of this article.
9. The chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo shall ensure the presentation of the initiative for review at a Sakrebulo session according to paragraph 7 of this article, not later than 20 days after the registration of the application. If a court finds the refusal of the Sakrebulo chairperson to take further actions with respect to the initiative as unlawful, the Sakrebulo shall review the initiative within 5 days after the court delivers a final decision.
The initiative of members of a municipality Sakrebulo shall be reviewed not later than 10 days after it has been presented. A vote of no confidence against the Mayor shall be considered passed if the initiative is supported by at least two thirds of the members on the current list of the Sakrebulo. Passing of a vote of no confidence against the Mayor shall result in the termination of his/her powers.
If a municipality Sakrebulo does not pass a vote of no confidence against the Mayor, a repeat vote of no confidence may not be taken within the next 6 months.
The procedure of a vote of no confidence against the Mayor may not be intiated and the vote of no confidence may not be taken within 6 months after the election of the Mayor, as well as during the last one year of the term of office of the Gamgebeli/Mayor.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 52 – Officials of City Hall
1. The officials of a City Hall shall be:
a) the Mayor;
b) the First Deputy Mayor;
c) the Deputy Mayor;
d) the head of a structural unit of the City Hall.
2. The number of officials of a City Hall (including the Mayor) must not exceed
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Article 53 – Remuneration of the officials and other employees of a City Hall
1. The amount of the official remuneration of a Mayor shall be determined in compliance with the Law of Georgia on Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions.
2. The amounts of the official remunerations of officials and other employees of a City Hall shall, upon recommendation of the Mayor, be determined by a municipality Sakrebulo in compliance with the Law of Georgia on Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 December – website,
Article 54 – Powers of the Mayor
1. The Mayor shall:
a) in the area of the organisational activities of the City Hall:
a.a) provide general management and coordination of the activities of the structural units of the City Hall;
a.b) submit for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo the statute and the staff list of the Mayor, as well as the statutes of the structural units of the City Hall;
a.c) appoint or remove from office the officials of the City Hall;
a.d) appoint or remove from office employees of the City Hall;
a.e) allocate functions to the employees of the City Hall, give assignments to the officials of the City Hall and hear their reports on work performed;
a.f) under the procedure established by the statute of the City Hall, delegate powers to the officials of the City Hall, except for powers stipulated by subparagraphs (a.a-a.c, b.a-b.c, d.j, e.f and e.g) of this paragraph, as well as for powers that require approval or consent of the municipality Sakrebulo under this Law; delegate powers to the officials, other officers or persons employed under an administrative contract of the City Hall in cases provided for by law/the agreement on delegation of powers;
a.g) make decisions on granting incentives to officers of the Gamgeoba/City Hall, and imposing measures of disciplinary liability on public servants, in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Public Service;
a.h) approve the internal regulations and official instructions of the City Hall, as well as additional qualification requirements of the officers of the City Hall;
b) in the area of interaction with a municipality Sakrebulo:
b.a) report to the municipality Sakrebulo, at least once in a year, on work performed, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the municipality Sakrebulo, as well present a special report at the request of at least one quarter of the Sakrebulo members;
b.b) in accordance with this Law, develop and submit draft administrative-legal acts for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo;
b.c) apply to the chairperson of the municipality Sakrebulo with a proposal to convene an extraordinary session of the Sakrebulo, raise an additional issue to be reviewed during a regular session of the Sakrebulo, attend open and closed sessions of the Sakrebulo and of its commissions;
b.d) ensure the execution of the administrative-legal acts adopted by the Sakrebulo;
b.e) submit to the municipality Sakrebulo for approval the composition and draft statute of the joint council elaborating a multi-municipal spatial planning scheme;
c) in the financial-budgetary area:
c.a) draft and submit for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo the municipal budget and amendments to the budget; ensure, within his/her powers, the execution of the approved budget;
c.b) submit for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo a report on the execution of the budget for the reporting year;
c.c) according to the Budget Code of Georgia, deliver a decision on the allocation of funds between the articles and codes of the budgetary classification of a spending entity, without making amendments to the approved budget of a municipality, under the procedure determined by the municipality Sakrebulo;
c.d) submit for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo draft resolutions for the imposition, change and abolition of the local taxes and fees determined by law;
c.e) on behalf of the municipality and with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, take loans in accordance with this Law and other legislative acts of Georgia;
c.f) not later than by February, submit to the municipality Sakrebulo a report on the procurements performed in the previous year according to the procurement plan; perform procurement according to the legislation of Georgia;
d) in the area of management and disposal of the municipal property:
d.a) make decisions on the management and disposal of municipal property under the procedure determined by this Law and by the municipality Sakrebulo;
d.b) with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, make decisions: on the establishment, reorganisation and liquidation of a relevant legal person under private law; on the participation in the establishment of and joining a legal person under private law in accordance with this Law; on the acquisition of shares of an entrepreneur legal entity;
d.c) in cases provided for by this Law, make a decision, with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, to transfer the municipality's movable property by direct transfer, with the right to use with or without consideration, conditionally or unconditionally;
d.d) with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, make a decision to transfer immovable property by direct transfer, with the right to use with or without consideration, conditionally or unconditionally;
d.d1) with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, conclude an agreement about the transfer of a plot of land or part thereof with the status of wind break belt (wind break field) in the ownership of the municipality to an interested person with the right of usage for agricultural use;
d.e) with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, may make a decision to discharge the buyer of municipal property/the person who has received the right to use/manage the municipal property, from the penalty imposed/to be imposed for the violation of obligations assumed under the respective agreement;
d.f) with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, make a decision to discharge the recipient of privatised property and/or of property transferred with the right to use, from the obligation to perform the condition(s) relating to that property, except for the conditions related to the performance of financial and investment obligations;
d.g) in accordance with this Law, make decisions, with the consent of the municipality Sakrebulo, on the alienation of the core (not alienated) assets of the municipality;
d.h) ensure the maintenance, construction, reconstruction and restoration of the municipal property;
d.i) submit for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo a list of municipal property items that are subject to privatisation, and a privatisation plan;
d.j) monitor the use by physical and legal persons of municipal property transferred to them with the right to use, and compliance with the rules for the use of the property;
d.k) in the case of disposal of municipal property in the form of an auction with conditions, monitor compliance by physical and legal persons with the respective conditions;
d.l) exercise powers under the Law of Georgia on Public and Private Cooperation;
e) in other areas of executive activities:
e.a) sign contracts and agreements entered into on behalf of the municipality;
e.b) represent and act on behalf of the municipality in official relationships, grant representative powers on behalf of the municipality, including authority (power of attorney), except for the cases provided for by this Law;
e.c) within the powers of the municipality, ensure the preparation of relevant socio-economic development and other programmes, strategies and plans, their submission for approval to the municipality Sakrebulo, and their implementation;
e.d) elaborate and submit to the municipality Sakrebulo for approval concepts and drafts of spatial planning schemes, master plans and development plans/detailed development plans of a municipality;
e.d1) elaborate and submit to the municipality Sakrebulo for approval a plan for the management of the wind break belt (wind break field) in the ownership of the municipality;
e.d2) elaborate and submit to the municipality Sakrebulo for approval the decision on granting the right to perform special-purpose felling on a plot of land with the status of wind break belt (wind break field) in the ownership of a municipality;
e.e) issue individual administrative acts within his/her powers;
e.f) set up consultative bodies, including councils, commissions and working groups to examine individual issues that fall within his/her powers, and to prepare relevant opinions and recommendations;
e.f1) in the case provided for by law and/or for exercising delegated powers (including for making an appropriate decision), set up commissions, whose powers and rules of operation are determined under law/an agreement on the delegation of powers and/or by a subordinate normative act issued according to the law;
e.g) grant honorary titles and awards of the municipality;
e.h) ensure the exercise of other powers of the municipality specified in Articles 16 and 17 of this Law, under the procedure established by this Law, other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia and the municipality Sakrebulo;
e.i) exercise other powers provided for by this Law, by the statute of the City Hall and by the administrative-legal acts of the municipality Sakrebulo.
2. The Mayor may appoint a representative of the Mayor in an administrative unit of the municipality. The power of a representative of the Mayor shall be determined by the statute of the City Hall.
3. A member of the municipality Sakrebulo may not interfere with the activity of the Mayor when he/she makes a decision on a personal issue.
Organic Law of Georgia No of 30 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 22 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 27 October – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 27 May – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 3 June – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 20 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 15 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 2 November – website,
Article 55 – Incompatibility of the office of Mayor
Issues related to the incompatibility of the office of Mayor shall be regulated according to the Law of Georgia on Conflicts of Interest and Corruption in a Public Institution.
OrganicLaw of Georgia No of 27 October – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 21 December – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 26 July – website,
Organic Law of Georgia No of 4 May – website,
Article 56 – Grounds for suspending and terminating powers of the Mayor
1. The grounds for suspending powers of the Mayor shall be:
a) the imposition of remand detention as a measure of restraint by a court;
b) the imposition of an administrative arrest as an administrative penalty by a court;
c) the entry into force of a judgement of conviction, unless the period stipulated by the legislation of Georgia for the appeal before a court of a higher instance has expired;
d) leave of absence;
e) temporary disability;
f) nomination as a candidate in the Presidential elections or in the elections of representative bodies, unless otherwise defined by law;
g) any other cases of suspension of powers (according to or based on the law).
2. The grounds for termination of powers of the Mayor shall be:
a) expiration of the term of office;
b) relief from duty based on the personal application;
c) the entry into force of a judgement of conviction of a court of final instance, or the expiration of the time limit for appealing the final judgement of conviction to a court of a higher instance;
d) death;
e) recognition by a court as missing, dead or recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by the court's decision;
f) termination of the citizenship of Georgia;
g) the occupation of a position or the performance of the activities incompatible with the official stipulated by the Law of Georgia on Conflict of Interests and Corruption in Public Institutions;
h) passing of a vote of no confidence by the municipality Sakrebulo;
i) the cases provided for by Chapter XVIII of this Law.
3. In cases provided for by paragraph 1(a-e) of this article, the period of suspension of powers of the Mayor shall be determined, respectively, according to the term of remand detention or the term of administrative arrest, the time limit for filing an appeal with a court of a higher instance, the period of the leave and the period of temporary disability. In cases provided for by paragraph 1(f) of this article, the period of suspension of the power of the Mayor shall be determined according to the period starting from the registration by the election commission of the Mayor as a candidate up to the moment when the results of the elections are summed up.
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