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Article 150
 

§ 1 The political party, whose election committee participated in the elections, the political party comprising an election coalition committee, and the election committee of voters participating in elections to the Sejm and the Senate is entitled to a grant from the state budget, hereinafter referred to as an “entity subsidy”, for each mandate for deputy and senator obtained. Expenses incurred as a result of the entity subsidy shall be covered by the state budget from the section on Budget for public finance and financial institutions.


§ 2 The amount of subsidy is calculated as follows:


W Dp = ---- x M,


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where the symbols are defined as:


Dp - the amount of subsidy afforded,


W - total campaign expenses of election committees (up to the amount of spending limits allocated to electoral committees in elections to the Sejm and the Senate), which received at least one mandate,


M - the number of mandates of deputies and senators received by the election committee.


§ 3 The entity subsidy applies only to expenditures revealed in financial reports.


§ 4 The entity subsidy shall be granted in the Operators in the amount referred to in § 2 and 3, and for each mandate for Deputy or Senator, obtained re-election to the Sejm and the Senate, and supplementary elections to the Senate.


§ 5 The amount of subsidy enjoyed by the political party forming part of the electoral coalition is determined by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with § 2, between the parties forming the coalition in the proportions specified in the agreement establishing the electoral coalition. Proportions specified in this agreement can not be changed. If the political parties forming the coalition in the election did not indicate the proportion in an agreement the subsidy shall be paid to them in equal parts.


§ 6 The transfer of the subsidy to the designated entities referred to in § 1, shall be made to their bank account by the minister responsible for public finances on the basis of the information provided by the National Electoral Commission on those entitled to receive the subsidy as well as the number of mandates received by the electoral committee. The subsidy is paid within 9 months from the date of the election.


§ 7 In the case of division, merger or liquidation of political parties, their entitlement to subsidies shall be governed by the provisions of art. 37 of the Act of 27 June 1997 on Political Parties.