On 17 May 2018, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered a draft law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies"  No 8369 (new version of the current law).

The draft law was initiated by the members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government.

The draft law No 8369, which is a new version of the current Law of Ukraine "On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies" incorporated all the provisions of the draft law on service in local self-government No 2489, rejected by the Parliament, when considering the veto of the President of Ukraine on 3 April 2018.

The authors of the new draft law have changed the previous version only regarding the following issues:

• amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine" regarding deputy heads of villages, settlements and cities, mentioned in the veto of the President of Ukraine, were excluded as it is not the subject of legal regulation of the new law (proposal of the Association of Ukrainian Cities);
• in addition to the competition for servants, the possibility of promotion to higher positions without competition within their category (except for the highest category I) is envisaged (AUC’s proposal);
• typical provision on bonus is excluded (AUC’s proposal);
• approximate amount of expenditures for training of servants is established – up to 2% of the salary fund (proposal of the National State Service).

It is assumed that editorial improvement of the draft law will take place in course of its preparation for the second reading.