This study is devoted to the issue of local government fees. It should be realized that decisions made in local government units rely on some kind of choice. This applies in particular to the sources of financing for local government. The fundamental question is, therefore, whether local government authorities should rely on government administration bodies while looking for funds, while maintaining relative independence, or whether they can, however, strive for complete independence also in financial terms. It should be considered whether the measures taken by the legislator over the course of thirty years allowed for the creation of a properly functioning model of local government fees. The main research intention is to describe the impact of the above-mentioned legal regulations in determining the scope of the impact of local government fees on local government. Subsequently, however, to what extent and on what basis the legislator assumed that the developed legal solutions will determine a well-functioning system of local government financing.