Regional Law No. 117-ZKO “On delimitation of plenary powers between state bodies in the sphere of land relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kursk Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Public land Enforcement/compliance Governance Transfer Protected area Cadastre/land registration Land valuation Expropriation Servitude Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law delimits plenary powers between regional state bodies. Regional Legislative Assembly shall have the following competence: (a) law-making and enforcement of legislation in the sphere of land relations; (b) establishment of cases of allotment of land plots free of charge to citizens, grounds for refusal of such allotment and minimum and maximum dimensions of land area destined for such allotment; and (c) establishment of the modalities for transfer of land to the category of protected areas. Regional Administration shall have the following competence: (a) decision-making related to cadastre land valuation and setting cadastre value of land; (b) decision-making related to transfer of land from one category to another; (c) decision-making related to land expropriation; and (c) application or removal of public land servitude. Regional executive body in the sphere of land relations shall have the following competence: (a) land tenure of public land; (b) conclusion of contracts of land purchase into public ownership; and (c) state registration of land rights. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Repeals Regional Law No. 65-ZKO “On regulation of some issues in the sphere of land relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 (2009) Keyword: Land tenure, Public land, Servitude, Expropriation, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX