지방자치법에서 특례시 지정 의의와 정책과제에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Significance of Designation and Policy Tasks in the Local Autonomy Act

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Since January 13, 2022, the revised Local Autonomy Act has designated large cities with a population of 1 million or more as special cities. The purpose of the special city is to enhance the external status of large cities with a population of 1 million or more and to grant autonomy to respond to wide-area administrative demands. This study attempted to examine the significance of designation of special cities in large cities with a population of 1 million, the current status of special cities, and discuss new special cases, and to seek special office and financial special rights as future policy tasks. The special city system was not first discussed in the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act in 2020, but has been steadily required by academia and some basic local governments since then. The issue in the special city was how to preserve the status, function, and role of the province in consideration of how to organize the affairs handled by the special city and how to transfer funds. The special city will not create new affairs, but will take over some of the existing regional local governments, and the provincial government’s functions and roles are likely to shrink significantly, so the local government’s authority and finances will not be weakened. In order to successfully establish the special city system introduced in Korea, measures should be devised first to transfer office and financial resources suitable for the special city and minimize possible conflicts with the province.