Special Act on Local Autonomy and Decentralization, and Restructuring of Local Administrative Systems.

The purpose of this Act is to realize mature local autonomy, promote the development of regions, enhance the State's competitiveness, and ultimately improve citizens' quality of life.
The Act stipulats basic principles, tasks to be done, systems for the performance of such tasks, etc. In order to implement autonomous decentralization and the restructuring of local administrative systems, the Committee on Autonomous Decentralization shall be established as an organ affiliated to the President of the Republic of Korea. The Committee on Autonomous Decentralization shall formulate a comprehensive plan for autonomous decentralization, in order to effectively promote autonomous decentralization and the restructuring of local administrative systems. The State shall formulate legislative measures necessary for the comprehensive and overall devolution of power and administrative affairs to local governments.