Excessive Administrative Regulations to Be Improved

Suwon City newly organized the Regulatory Reform Committee on the 17th and will henceforth deliberate and adjust administrative regulations that resolve citizen inconvenience, enhance convenience, and hinder local economic revitalization.

On that day, the city appointed 10 members of the Suwon City Regulatory Reform Committee, composed of experts from academia, legal circles, local business sectors, and the Suwon City Council.

The composition and appointment of the Regulatory Reform Committee were carried out in accordance with the Suwon City Regulatory Reform Committee Ordinance, which was fully revised on August 7th.

According to the ordinance, the Regulatory Reform Committee is tasked with reviewing the validity of newly established or strengthened administrative regulations, and recommending improvement or withdrawal when it is determined that excessive regulations cause citizen inconvenience or run counter to local economic revitalization.

Accordingly, each department and business division of the city must receive mandatory review by the committee when establishing or amending ordinances or rules related to their respective duties regarding newly established or strengthened regulations.

Additionally, the ordinance stipulates that the committee may establish an administrative regulation reporting center to gather resident opinions regarding various administrative regulations.

In the first Regulatory Reform Committee deliberation held on the 17th, the "Strengthened Standards for Road Occupation Fee Penalties" and the "Rules for Designation of Tobacco Retailers (Draft)" were reviewed and approved as proposed.

The road occupation fee penalty strengthening plan includes raising the maximum penalty amount from 500,000 won to 3 million won for unauthorized storage of items on roads without occupation permits.

Additionally, the tobacco retailer designation standards rule draft aims to prevent revenue decline due to increases in tobacco retailers by requiring general retailers to maintain a distance of at least 50 meters between retail shops, among other measures.

A city official stated, "Although an ordinance related to the Regulatory Reform Committee was enacted in 2002, it has not functioned properly up until now," and added, "Through various administrative regulatory reforms, we will seek to improve citizens' quality of life and promote local economic revitalization."