Prawne problemy działalności gospodarczej jednostek samorządu terytorialnego

Przedmiotem artykułu jest analiza prawna działalności gospodarczej jednostek samorządu terytorialnego. Autor koncentruje rozważania na prawnych zagadnieniach dopuszczenia przez ustawodawcę możliwości prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej przez te jednostki, co budzi wiele wątpliwości nie tylko natury prawnej.

The paper brings up the legal aspects of taking up and performing the business activity by the local governments. The aim of the author is to give answers to the following questions: — what has the legislative authority meant by the idea of "business activity" taken up by local governments: what differs it from the business activity performed by a commercial entities and under what legal regulations local governments have been authorized to perform such activities, — what's the acceptable range of business activities performed by local governments, with particular consideration of criteria which differentiate business activity in the field of public utilities and commercial activities, — in what legal-organizational forms may local governments perform business activity?