Draft bill #5960 of August 4, 2023
Cosponsors: a group of 28 MPs from the Servant of the People faction with Dmytro Mykysha as the first signatory
Status: submitted to the Verkhovna Rada
Who is affected: residents of Ukraine, local councils, executive committees and permanent advisory committees of local communities, community heads, and the defense and security sector
Summary of the bill: it will be allowed to allocate funds from local budgets for the needs of the security and defense sector.
What is right: the bill introduces amendments to the Budget Code that will make it possible for local councils to provide material and financial assistance to the defense and security sector. These changes are required to enable the draft bill to extend the powers of local self-governments under martial law.