Election expenses

(1) As long as no other provisions are made in this federal law, the costs incurred by holding the elections are to be borne by the municipalities. However, the federal government is to pay to the municipalities a lump-sum compensation of 0.75 euros per person entitled to vote.

(2) The compensation rate specified in para 1 will reduce or increase annually, starting from 1 January 2012, to the extent to which the 2010 consumer price index published by Statistics Austria or the index replacing it will have changed in comparison with the index figure published for January 2011; changes of the index figures are not to be taken into account as long as they do not exceed ten percent of the index figure published for January 2011 or the index figure later used as an assessment basis for a change of the compensation rate. If the compensation rate changes, it is to be rounded to a whole eurocent amount and published in the Federal Law Gazette.

(3) The lump-sum compensations are to be remitted to the provincial governors within two years of the election day. The provincial governors have to forward the lump-sum compensation to the municipalities without delay. If an adjustment according to para 2 was made after an election, the compensation rate applying at the date of the election has to be applied nevertheless.

(4) The lump-sum compensation for the City of Vienna has to be remitted by the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs within the period specified in para 3.