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Article 98
 

98.1. The Local Public Bodies have their own legal personality and their own assets. They will enjoy autonomy in their functions and independence in their decisions, in the terms established by the Constitution, this Law and the local constitutions and laws. They will perform their duties professionally. They will be governed by the principles of certainty, impartiality, independence, legality, maximum publicity and objectivity.


98.2. The Local Public Bodies are electoral authorities, in the terms established by the Constitution, this Law and the corresponding local laws.


98.3. The local law will establish the public servants who will be vested with the authority for acts and facts of an electoral nature, as well as how they are delegated. These public servants should duly exercise this function and will have, among others, the following responsibilities:


a) At the request of the political parties, to attest to the performance of acts and facts on electoral matters that could influence or affect the equality of the local electoral contests;


b) To request the collaboration of the public notaries for the assistance in the electoral function during the development of the Election Day in the local processes, and


c) The other responsibilities established by the laws of the states.