SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE ON THE OPERATION OF THE CITIZEN AUDIT-OMBUDSMAN COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS' AUDIT PETITION
- Enactment No. 6007, Oct. 08, 2015
- Partial Amendment No. 7035, Mar. 28, 2019
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7046, Mar. 28, 2019
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7156, May. 16, 2019
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7217, Jul. 18, 2019
- Whole Amendment No. 7283, Sep. 26, 2019
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7423, Dec. 31, 2019
- Partial Amendment No. 7776, Dec. 31, 2020
- Partial Amendment No. 7906, Mar. 25, 2021
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 7912, Mar. 25, 2021
- Amendment of Other Laws No. 8127, Sep. 30, 2021
Partial Amendment No. 7035, Mar. 28, 2019 | Amendment of Other Laws No. 7046, Mar. 28, 2019 |
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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for matters necessary for the establishment and operation of the Citizen Audit-Ombudsman Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in order to monitor city administration and process grievance petitions pursuant to Article 5 of the Act on Public Sector Audits and Article 32 of the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission; and to process matters delegated to Municipal Ordinance with respect to residents' petitions for auditing pursuant to Article 16 of the Local Autonomy Act and Article 26 of the Enforcement Decree of the aforesaid Act and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. |
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Article 2 (Definitions)
The terms used in this Ordinance shall be defined as follows:
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CHAPTER II FORMATION AND OPERATION OF CITIZEN AUDIT-OMBUDSMAN COMMITTEE
Article 3 (Establishment and Formation of Citizen Audit-Ombudsman Committee)
(1) In order to monitor city administration and conduct investigations and audits directly with regard to citizens' grievance petitions, the Citizen Audit-Ombudsman Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") shall be established in the form of a collegiate administrative agency under the direction of the Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter referred to as the "Mayor").
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Article 4 (Duties, Authority, etc. of Committee Members)
(1) Committee members shall monitor city administration from the position of citizens and protect rights and interests of citizens from illegal or unreasonable administrative actions.
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Article 5 (Scope of Institutions within Jurisdiction of Committee Members)
The institutions over which Committee members may perform their duties and exercise their authority under Article 4, are as follows: Provided, That any audit on a case for which a resident audit has been requested shall be conducted in accordance with provisions of the Local Autonomy Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") and the Enforcement Decree of the afore-said Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Enforcement Decree"):
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Article 6 (Chairperson)
(1) The Chairperson shall administer all affairs of the Committee and lead and supervise employees of the Committee.
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Article 7 (Qualification for Committee Members)
Committee members shall be invited openly from among the persons who meet any of the following criteria:
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Article 8 (Disqualification for Committee Members)
None of the following persons shall be qualified for a Committee member:
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Article 9 (Guarantee of Status of Committee Members)
(1) Except in any of the following cases, no Committee member's employment contract shall be terminated against his/her will during his/her term of office:
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Article 10 (Committee Meetings)
(1) Each Committee meeting (hereinafter referred to as "meeting") shall be formed with all Committee members present and chaired by the Chairperson.
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Article 11 (Matters subject to Resolution by Committee)
(1) The following matters shall be subject to resolution at a meeting:
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Article 12 (Opportunities to Present Opinions)
The Committee may permit any public official, executive officer, or employee of a related institution, a petitioner, or stakeholder, to make statements or present materials with regard to an audit petition or a grievance petition. |
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Article 13 (Exclusion, Challenge, Voluntary Abstention) (1) In any of the following cases, a Committee member shall be excluded from activities for performing his/her duties:
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Article 14 (Secretariat, Employees, etc.)
(1) The Committee shall have a secretariat and employees for the secretariat (hereinafter referred to as "auditing officers"), and the Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance on the Establishment of Administrative Organs and the Seoul Metropolitan Government Ordinance on the Prescribed Number of Local Public Officials shall apply to the organization and the prescribed number of personnel.
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CHAPTER III CITIZEN AUDIT PETITIONS
Article 15 (Citizen Audit Petitions)
(1) Either of the following persons may file a petition for audit (hereinafter referred to as "citizen audit petition") with the Committee concerning administrative affairs performed by an institution specified in any subparagraph of Article 5 or by any employee of such institution:
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Article 16 (Notice of Audit and Results thereof)
(1) Upon receipt of a citizen audit petition, Committee members shall determine whether to conduct an audit after deliberation and resolution thereon by the Committee and notify the petitioner of whether to conduct the audit.
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CHAPTER IV MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC PROJECTS
Article 17 (Contracts subject to Monitoring and Evaluation)
The contracts for the following transactions shall be subject to monitoring and evaluation by Committee members through inspection of relevant documents, on-site inspection, etc. in the course of ordering, bidding, determining the successful bidder, concluding a contract, and performing the contract with regard to the projects selected by the Committee:
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Article 18 (Submission of and Request for Documents)
(1) The head of each Office, Headquarters, or Bureau, the head of each subsidiary office, and the head of each City-invested or City-funded institution shall submit lists of construction projects with regard to contracts subject to monitoring and evaluation under Article 17, by not later than one month after the commencement of each fiscal year.
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CHAPTER V EX OFFICIO AUDIT
Article 19 (Ex Officio Audit)
(1) If Committee members conclude that it is necessary to conduct an audit in the course of investigating and processing a grievance petition or monitoring and evaluating public projects, they may conduct an audit following a resolution by the Committee.
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CHAPTER VI RESIDENT AUDIT PETITIONS AND AUDIT PETITION DELIBERATION COMMITTEE
Article 20 (Resident Audit Petitions)
(1) An audit petition filed with the Mayor with regard to an administrative affair within the scope of an autonomous Gu and its head under Article 16 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "resident audit petition") shall be jointly signed by at least the number of residents specified by Municipal Ordinance of the relevant autonomous Gu.
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Article 21 (Establishment and Functions of Audit Petition Deliberation Committee)
(1) In order to deliberate and resolve on resident audit petitions, etc. under Article 26 of the Enforcement Decree, the Audit Petition Deliberation Committee of the Seoul Government (hereinafter referred to as the "Deliberation Committee") shall be established as an organ under the jurisdiction of the Mayor.
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Article 22 (Composition, etc. of Deliberation Committee)
(1) The Deliberation Committee shall be comprised of at least nine but not more than thirteen deliberators, including one chairperson and one vice chairperson of the Deliberation Committee.
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Article 23 (Operation, etc. of Deliberation Committee)
(1) The chairperson of the Deliberation Committee shall convene and preside over Committee meetings.
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Article 24 (Prohibition of Disclosure of Confidential Information)
No person who attends a meeting of the Deliberation Committee shall disclose any confidential information which becomes known to him/her in the course of performing his/her duties. |
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CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS
Article 25 (Citizen Volunteer Ombudsmen)
(1) The Committee may appoint experts from various fields, including women's welfare and urban safety, as citizen volunteer ombudsmen, in order to strengthen the functions of the Committee for auditing, investigating, and monitoring specialized areas and conducting investigations with regard to grievance petitions.
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Article 26 (Citizens' Participation in Auditing, etc,)
(1) If Committee members deem it necessary for auditing or investigating any matter within the scope of their duties, they may invite ordinary applicants, petitioners, non-governmental organizations, experts for various fields, etc., other than citizen volunteer ombudsmen, to participate in auditing or investigation.
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Article 27 (Regulations of Committee)
The Committee may prescribe matters, etc. necessary for the enforcement of this Ordinance by regulations of the Committee following a resolution by the Committee. |
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Article 28 (Reporting)
Citizen audit-ombudsmen shall report the results of their activities by the end of June and the end of December each year, respectively, to the Mayor and the Seoul Council by not later than the end of July of the year and the end of January of the following year. |
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Article 29 (Application Mutatis Muntandis)
The Act on Public Sector Audits, the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Public Sector Audits, the Regulations on Administrative Inspection of Local Governments, the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, and the Civil Petitions Treatment Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the matters not prescribed by this Ordinance, among matters regarding audits.
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