Article 82. On Combination of Elections
1. For the purposes of holding on the same day the voting at an election of bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation and the voting at an election of federal bodies of state power or at other elections conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation as a whole, the terms of powers of bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation may be extended or cut off by not more than one year.
2. For the purposes of holding on the same day the voting at elections of bodies of state power of one subject of the Russian Federation, the term of powers of one of the bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation may be extended or cut off by not more than one year.
3. For the purposes of holding on the same day the voting at elections of bodies of local self-government of one and the same municipality, and for the purpose of holding on the same day the voting at an election of bodies of local self-government and at an election of bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation in one subject of the Russian Federation, or at an election of federal bodies of state power, or at another election conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation as a whole, the term of powers of such bodies of local self-government may be extended or cut off by not more than one year.
4. The extension or cutting off of the term of powers of a body of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation provided for by Clauses 1 and 2 of this article shall be effected by means of a law of the subject of the Russian Federation. The extension or cutting off of the term of powers of a body of local self-government provided for by Clause 3 of this article shall be effected by means of a regulatory act of the municipality. Such extension or cutting off shall be made known to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. Elections of bodies of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, the terms of powers of which are thus extended or cut off shall be held before May 1, 2004. Funding of such elections shall be effected from the relevant budgets.
