Procuraduría asks the mayors to guarantee the provision of the public lighting service

Compliance with the legal duty is the request made by the Attorney General to the mayors municipal and district, pointing out that you have to provide an adequate public lighting service.

The entity recalled that the taxes charged by public lighting must be destined exclusively to the provision, improvement, modernization and expansion of this same service for Colombian communities.

“The legal duty must be fulfilled to provide adequate and optimal public lighting service ”, held.

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The control body said that in accordance with current regulations, municipalities and districts are responsible for the provision of the public lighting service.

“Either directly or through public service companies Home or other operators that demonstrate suitability for their execution ”, He stressed.

The control agency, through the delegate for territorial management and governance, stressed that their preventive action is focused on the municipalities and districts carrying out a good provision of the public lighting service, which directly impacts security and safety and The development of the community activities of citizens in each municipality and district.

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“Likewise, he recalled that, in the event that the municipalities and districts have chosen to establish the public lighting tax, which has as its generating fact the benefit derived from the provision of the service, these resources must be used exclusively to the benefit, improvement, modernization and expansion of this ”held.

He pointed out that in this context, it is essential that mayors act with due diligence to ensure that these resources are destined to fulfill their specific purposes.

“It must be ensured that the service is provided efficiently and adequately, which directly impacts the safety and development of activities Community of citizens in each municipality and district ”he explained.