1. Expenditures related to the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma, work of election commissions throughout their tenure of office, use of computer facilities, voter education and training of election officials shall be disbursed from the funds allocated for these purposes in the federal budget. Provision for such funds shall be made in the federal budget in accordance with the Budget Classification and shall be transferred to election commissions (or executive authorities in charge of diplomatic missions, consular offices, and military units which form election precincts) to their accounts opened in the institutions of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation or, in the lack thereof, in branches of public joint-stock company "Sberbank of Russia”. The CEC shall be in charge of handling these funds.

2. Funds allocated from the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma shall be put at the disposal of the CEC in accordance with the approved Budgetary Provisions within ten days of the official publication of call for elections of deputies of the State Duma.

3. No later than fifty days prior to the voting day the CEC shall distribute funds allocated for elections of deputies of the State Duma among election commissions of a Russian Federation subject which, in their turn, shall distribute these funds among DEC and PECs not later than thirty days prior to the voting day. Funds for the preparation and conduct of elections at the polling stations established for voting and vote count outside of country, and the polling stations established on the territory of military units in isolated areas far from populated centers, the CEC allocates between public authorities in charge of registration voters, as well as between the TEC formed in accordance with part 3 of Article 22 of this Federal law, not later than 30 days before the voting day. In the case of early elections, as well as in case of delayed or not fully finance the preparation and conduct of elections, relevant election commission allocates funds as they become available.

4. Purchase of ballots, absentee vote certificate, special characters (marks), information materials posted in the premises of election commissions and polling station premises, services of election documents delivery and other dispatches of election commissions, used for the election of deputies of the State Duma shall be made by the CEC and (or) by the relevant lower election commissions based by REC decision from a single suppliers (contractors, performers) in accordance with the Federal law of April 5, 2013 No 44-FZ "About contract system in the procurement of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs".

5. In the event of early elections the amount of funds allocated in the federal budget for their preparation and conduct shall not be less than the sum contained in the CEC report on the expenditure of funds for the preparation and conduct of the previous elections (with due regard for the changes in the minimum monthly wage established by the federal law regulating labour remuneration).

6. Chairpersons of election commissions shall handle funds allocated for the in the federal budget elections and shall bear responsibility for the compliance of the financial documents with resolution of election commissions on financial issues and for the submission of expenditure reports in the procedure and terms set forth by this Federal Law.

7. Within sixty days of the submission of the expenditure report for the elections and the report on handling electoral funds to the Chambers of the Federal Assembly (Parliament), the unspent funds for elections of deputies of the State Duma shall be returned to the federal budget and be used in the procedure and for the purposes provided for in the budget legislation.