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Article 85
 
Article 85. On Formation of Territorial Election Commissions
1. Territorial election commissions shall be formed in compliance with the requirements of this Federal Law within six months after the effective date of this Federal Law.
2. If in the period after this Federal Law has entered into effect and before territorial election commissions are formed, an election is called to bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, the territorial election commission shall be formed within a period established by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation in accordance with the requirements of this Federal Law.
3. By a decision of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation taken on the basis of an application of the relevant election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation, territorial election commissions that functioned on a permanent basis before this Federal Law has entered into effect shall retain their powers and function until the territorial election commissions are formed at the first election of federal bodies of state power or an election of deputies of the House of Representatives of the Union State of the first convocation called after this Federal Law has entered into effect.
4. By a decision of the election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation agreed with the representative body of local self-government, the powers of a territorial election commission may be vested on the municipality election commission formed in accordance with this Federal Law. If the territory fallen within the area of responsibility of the territorial election commission includes several municipalities and an municipality election commission is formed in each of them, the powers of this territorial election commission shall not be vested on these municipality election commissions.