1. Expenses for organization and conduct of the referendum, including the compilation of the lists, are covered by state budget.
2. The Government allocates the funds, envisaged for preparation and conduct of referendum, to the Central Commission five days after the referendum is appointed.
3. In case if there are no means in the state budget envisaged for preparation and conduct of referendum, the referendum is funded from the reserve fund of the state budget and in case of impossibility they are funded from the reserve of Central Bank, on the condition that it will afterwards be reimbursed from the state budget.
4. The financial means shall be distributed among the commissions on the basis of the decision of Government, in conformity with the procedure defined by the competent state body in the field of finance and economy according to budget estimates provided by Central Commission. The financial means shall be given to the Referendum commissions based on the estimates made by the Central Commission according to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. Commission chairmen shall dispose the financial resources and take the responsibility of using these means in compliance with the procedure established by the Central Commission.
