(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The members of the section election commissions shall be remunerated for working on the day before polling day, on polling day and for the succeeding day.

(2) The remuneration of the members shall be fixed by the Central Election Commission. The amount of the remunerations by position shall be fixed according to the methodology referred to in Item 7 of Article 57 (1) herein.

(3) The remuneration of the members of the section election commission shall be exempt from taxes under the Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act.

(4) (New, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The payment of a remuneration under Paragraph (1) to members of section election commissions who are registered as unemployed and/or entitled to social assistance shall not deprive the persons of the receipt of benefits and/or allowances and shall not require an alteration of circumstances declared thereby theretofore.

(5) (Renumbered from Paragraph 4, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) For the time necessary for working on the respective commission, the members of the section election commission shall be provided with social and health insurance as persons performing work in elective office. The social and health insurance contributions under the Social Insurance Code and the Health Insurance Act of the members of the section election commissions shall be for the account of the State budget.