Charakter prawny i praktyka sporządzania lokalnych programów opieki nad zabytkami

The obligations of local government units resulting from the Act of July 23, 2003 on the protection of monuments and care for monuments include the preparation of monuments care programs, i.e. the development and adoption of regional (voivodship), district (poviat) and municipal programs for the care of monuments. Programs of local self-government units, i.e. commune and district (poviat) self-government, differ significantly from those of a regional nature, i.e. prepared by the voivodship self-government. Local care programs for monuments are undoubtedly documents useful for local communities, because they contain multilateral analyzes of local conditions for the care of monuments, as well as the protection of monuments and the protection of cultural heritage.The ambiguities of legal regulations regarding local programs for the care of monuments significantly lower the rank of resolutions of commune and poviat councils in this respect. The long years experience of local government does not eliminate existing irregularities. On the contrary, erroneous assumptions about the possibility of influencing the owners of monuments, despite the lack of authorization to take imperative actions against external units in this mode, are not corrected, and there are tendencies to excessive, unlawful extension of the subject scope of these programs.