Liability for illegal alterations to the design of apartment blocks is strengthened

The law signed by the president introduced amendments and additions to the code of Administrative Responsibility and the Tax Code.

According to them, violation of management rules of apartment buildings is punishable by a fine of 15 times the basic calculation amount (BCA) (4 million 500 thousand som).

Modification and (or) reconstruction of load-bearing and (or) enclosing structures in apartment buildings, including land adjacent to apartment buildings and apartment buildings, unauthorized construction of buildings (structures) on these sites in violation of legislation and regulations in the field of technical regulation cause the following outcomes:

• up to 30 times the BCA for citizens (up to 9 million soms);

• fines for officials up to 50 times BCA (up to 15 million soms).

A person who commits this offense (in the part of fencing constructions) for the first time, ff they voluntarily eliminate the changes in the barrier structures in the apartment building or damage caused by their reconstruction, arbitrarily constructed buildings (structures) on the land adjacent to the apartment building, as well as their the consequences, will be released from the liability.

The Inspectorate for the control of the use of multi-apartment housing funds under the Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities deals with cases of administrative offenses.

According to the amendments to the Tax Code:

• services provided by managing organizations or managers of apartment houses for the utilization, maintenance, and repair of common property, as well as the improvement of land adjacent to apartment buildings and the work being performed is exempt from turnover tax;

• Proceeds from services rendered and work performed are not taxable.
This law shall enter into force on the day of its official publication.