term "municipal service" recently appeared in the Russian legislation.The content of the concepts directly related to the understanding and legal establishment of local (territorial) governments, of its organs.This issue was related to the earlier government service by which regulated and disclosed, in fact, state and municipal services.Recently, however, there is a legal separation path.
Municipal Service refers to the part of the professional self-powerful public apparatus of the state.This, in turn, is reflected in the nature of the activities of those working in it and implement its powers.Passage of municipal services is seen as one of the types of paid socially useful activity.This activity provides management and organization.
Municipal Service is one of the instruments of implementation of the territorial authorities (local) government.
term "municipium" called in the provincial town of the Roman state.In these cities the free population had full or limited right to self-government and the Roman citizenship.
In Western countries, this definition is used when referring to a self-governing community.Municipality called authority of local government and the building it occupies.
During a certain period in Russia, all employees of territorial bodies are government employees.In other words, local councils and executive committees were organs of the state.Subsequently, the local government took the form of self-realization of democracy.
municipal services, separate from the government, promoted the formation of Russia's territorial administration as a special level of government.The first legislation enshrines the concept of local self-government, reflected the overall start-up.In the Act does not apply the concept of "community service".Initially, the work in these bodies was considered part of the government's activities.Employees of the municipal and state services were considered equivalent.In accordance with this view and define the essence of the post.Thus, a municipal employee was a state employee who worked in the local government.
Constitution presented the situation to strengthen and ensure the independence of the considered branch.Thus, according to the Law of territorial bodies are not included in the system of state power.This provision in conjunction with a number of other provisions and regulations provided the basis for the resulting structure of local government.This model has significant differences from the previously fixed by the Law of the RSFSR.Thus, in Russia we laid the legal basis for the formation of a new type of performance - municipal service.
Constitution also establishes and certain features of the activity.Thus, differentiated municipal and public service.
second is the professional activity of Russian citizens, which provides for execution of certain powers: the federal state authorities, the subjects of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation, entities that replace the position established by the Constitution and others.Municipal services as a professional activity carried out on a permanent basis for the execution of powers of local government bodies.