Zadania własne/en

OWN TASKS − apply to the whole of public affairs of local (municipality, district) or regional (state or province) importance, with the exception of those that have been reserved by law for other entities. The aim of these tasks is to meet all the needs of the local community (i.e. the common needs, which are not merely the sum of real individual needs). The local government unit performs these tasks independently, in its own name and at its own responsibility. O.t. are divided into: 1. mandatory − local government units are obligated to their implementation, as they are the legal guarantee of the equality of all people before the law in their quest for equal access to services across the country, regardless of the place of their residence; 2. Optional − local government units implement them in so far as it is possible depending on what resources are at their disposal. According to Zygmunt Niewiadomski own tasks can be divided into tasks from the scope of technical infrastructure (e.g. roads, water supply, waste disposal, local public transport), social infrastructure (such as public education, health care, social assistance, the popularization of culture), order and public safety (e.g. flood or fire protection), urban governance and ecology (e.g. local spatial planning, municipal green, reforestation programs) (→ public tasks; commissioned tasks) [ J. Itrich-Drabarek ].

Literature: B. Dolnicki, Samorząd terytorialny, Warszawa 2016; H. Izdebski, Samorząd terytorialny. Podstawy ustroju i działalności, Warszawa 2014; Z. Niewiadomski, Samorząd terytorialny [w:] System prawa administracyjnego, red. R. Hausner, Z. Niewiadomski, A. Wróbel, t. 6: Podmioty administrujące, Warszawa 2011.