The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro submitted to the state parliament an amendment to the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Road Transport, in order to enable urban passenger transport between neighboring municipalities and thereby facilitate the daily functioning of a large number of citizens.
Under the proposed amendments, which were submitted by the Secretary General of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro Mišela Manojlović submitted to the President of the Parliament of Montenegro Andriji Mandiću, it is envisaged that urban transport between neighboring municipalities be organized on the basis of inter-municipal cooperation agreements, which is an option also recognized by the Law on Local Self-Government.
“This amendment enables more efficient and frequent transport for citizens who, through their daily activities, are regularly directed to a neighboring municipality where they are employed, attend school, or meet other needs. Given that such an amendment raises the issue of municipal competence for determining routes, stops, frequency, and for conducting administrative procedures related to the rights and obligations of transport operators in the territory of another municipality (and consequently the issue of collecting local public revenues based on the issuance of licenses, etc.), as well as the issue of competence for carrying out inspection supervision over transport operators while operating in another municipality, and bearing in mind the rules of the Law on Administrative Procedure regarding territorial jurisdiction, it is necessary to regulate all these matters through municipal regulations of both interested municipalities, which will delineate their respective competences on these issues, while an inter-municipal cooperation agreement should previously define them in a manner that is lawful and acceptable to both municipalities,” it is stated in the explanation of the amendment.
The solution proposed by the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro предусматриes that licenses for intercity scheduled transport issued before the entry into force of the new law remain valid until their expiry date, while procedures for issuing licenses for intercity scheduled transport and suburban scheduled transport initiated before the entry into force of the new law shall be completed in accordance with its provisions.
