행정통합 기반 특별자치 실현과 제도적 과제: 대구경북특별법･대전충남특별법 비교를 중심으로

This study aims to clarify the purpose and intent of the Special Act on Administrative Integration by meticulously analyzing and diagnosing the ‘Special Act on Daegu-Gyeongbuk’ and the ‘Special Act on Daejeon-Chungnam,’ which are discussed as part of the ‘5-Pole, 3-Special’ policy. Above all, this study emphasizes that for an Integrated Metropolitan City to move beyond a mere physical merger of administrative districts and realize substantial special autonomy, the Special Act must embody a clear vision and objective, accompanied by institutional mechanisms for exercising actual authority. To this end, the study examines the legal and institutional limitations presented in both Special Acts and proposes measures for the Integrated Metropolitan City to secure a high level of autonomy. The specific findings are as follows: First, it suggests the need to supplement the legal titles of the acts to reflect regional visions and resident demands, while strengthening legal grounds to enhance the procedural legitimacy of wide-area administrative integration. Second, it identifies the necessity of strengthening fiscal privileges, such as a fixed-rate system for the Ordinary Shared Tax, and ensuring autonomy in organizational and human resource management through exemptions from the Standard Personnel Cost System. Third, it explains the importance of complementing self-governing institutional privileges, including the reinforcement of functions for lower-level municipalities(Si/Gun/Gu and Eup/Myeon/Dong), the establishment of multi-level governance to activate resident-led local democracy, the enhancement of local councils’ roles, and the redesign of educational autonomy and autonomous police systems tailored to the Integrated Metropolitan City. Finally, alongside institutional aspects, the study proposes the discovery of deregulation and industrial promotion privileges that reflect regional characteristics to clearly establish the status and role of the Integrated Metropolitan City. In particular, while suggesting the discovery of privileges centered on Ordinance-based Privileges(Type 5), it implies that the substantial completion of legislative autonomy can be achieved through comprehensive transfer of authority in the mid-to-long term.