Las entidades supramunicipales en el Gobierno local español. Reflexiones tras la reforma de la sostenibilidad

Abstract

This article studies, from historical and supramunicipal perspectives, the consequences of the local reform launched by Law 27/2013, of 27 of December, on rationalization and sustainability of Local Administration. In particular, the article deals primarily with the consequences of the reform regarding the supramunicipal level (intermediate local governments like diputaciones, cabildos and consejos insulares) and, to a lesser extent, with the impact of the reform on associations of municipalities and regions (mancomunidades), especially the associations located in Aragon and Catalonia. On the basis of confining the reform of local law to the current constitutional and autonomous statutory regime, the article studies intermediate local governments from a historical perspective and define them from anadministrative and territorial standpoints, as well as it addresses the consequences of Law 27/2013 taking into account the drafting process (reports of the Council of State and amendments passed by the Spanish Parliament). The article analyses the classical and new competences of intermediate local governments (diputaciones), its coordination of the minimum municipal services of an obligatory nature of municipalities of less than 20.000 citizens and its powers regarding the economic-restructuration plans established by article 116 bis of the basic state local law.

Keywords:

local reform, rationalization, supramunicipal sustainability, regions, provinces, intermediate local governments (diputaciones), association of municipalities (mancomunidades), metropolitan areas, consortiums, Autonomous Communities, competences, coordination, public services, supervision, Constitutional Court, consequences