The Interpretation of the Legislative Concept of Public Control in the Work of Individual Local Public Chambers (Councils)

The paper aims to find and describe the differences between the legal structure of public control and its implementation based on the results of implementing Federal Law No. 212-FZ dated 21.07.2014 «On the Foundations of Public Control in the Russian Federation» by local public chambers (councils). The author examined the data on the implementation of public control from the official websites of local public chambers (councils), the list of which was taken from the relevant official websites of state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author analyzed 5 % (19 websites) out of the total number of websites of constituent entities of the Russian Federation where information about public chambers was found. The author carried out the analysis of legislation and municipal legal acts regulating the relations in question, as well as documents of public chambers (councils) on the implementation of control from 2019 to 2023. The author concludes that public control is used primarily as a form of assistance to citizens provided by local governments, while the provisions of the Federal Law «On the Foundations of Public Control in the Russian Federation» fixing the list of control objects are interpreted broadly, and the provisions regulating the composition of information to be posted by control entities based on the results of verification activities are restrictive.