Aspekty prawne finansowania samorządnego (autonomicznego) województwa śląskiego. Problematyka stosowania art. 5 statutu organicznego
Legal aspects of the self-governed (autonomous) Silesian Voivodeship financing. The issue of the application of Article 5 of the organic statute

Summary/Abstract: During the interwar period, the Silesian Voivodeship obtained a particular status provided for by the constitutional act of the Legislative Sejm (SU) dated July 15th 1920. The political independence, guaranteed by self-government laws, was commonly seen as autonomy granted by the SU to this part of the territory of the restored Polish state, having in mind various social, political, economic and historical conditions. A part of the foundation of this system was the Silesian Treasury, functioning on such terms as to safeguard the independence of the voivodeship and render it capable of fulfilling the tasks conferred by the legislative body. The delegation of the constitutional act, included in the Article 5 of the Organic Statute, assumed that the appropriate acts including detailed regulations in the matter of financial settlement between the State Treasury and the Silesian Treasury would be issued. Unfortunately, till the end of the Polish Second Republic this delegation was not fulfilled, which resulted in some dispute between the central and voivodeship authorities related to the finances. This article presents the main issues related to the source of the self-governed voivodeship financing, specifies the nature of the matters of dispute and presents some attempts at solving the problems in this aspect.

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