1. Election commissions shall at their own volition expend the funds allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma, securing of activities of election commissions, education of voters and training of election officials for the purposes stipulated in this Federal Law.

2. The following expenditures of election commissions shall be covered from the federal budget:

1) additional remuneration to voting members of electoral commission and secretariat of election commissions, compensation for unpaid salaries to voting members of election commissions withdrawn from the principal work for the period of preparation and conduct of elections, as well as fares to individuals who contracted for the work in election commissions and to those on contract for auditing of election commissions;

2) production of printed materials and publishing activities of election commissions;

3) purchase, delivery and installation of equipment, (including technical equipment) other valuables necessary for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma and for activities of election commission;

4) transportation expenses including those incurred during the organization of elections in remote or difficult of access areas;

5) transfer and custody of electoral documents, retention and disposal of documents;

6) business trips and o

ther expenses pertaining to the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma and activities of election commissions;

7) use and maintenance of computing facilities, voter education and training of election officials.

3. A voting member of election commission may be offered an additional remuneration for the work done during the preparation and conduct of elections. A voting member of election commission, if withdrawn from the principal work for the said period, shall retain his/her principal work (office) and be paid a compensation for the unpaid salary. The payment procedure and amount of bonus remuneration and compensations shall be set forth by the CEC at the expense of the federal budget and within the amount allocated therein for the preparation and conduct of elections.

4. Voting members of election commissions, if employed full-time (enrolled as staff), secretariat of election commissions shall be paid within the amount allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma, in line with the procedure and at the amount set forth by the CEC.

5. Within ten days of the voting day a precinct election commission shall report to the TEC of the receipts and expenditures of the amounts allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma. Within twenty days of the day of elections a TEC shall report to the election commission of subject a Russian Federation subject of the receipts and expenditures of the amounts allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections. Within 35 days of the day of publication of the election results in a single-mandate electoral district DEC shall report to the election commission of a Russian Federation subject of the receipts and expenditures of the amounts allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections.

6. Within fifty days of the voting day an election commission of a Russian Federation subject shall report to the CEC on the receipts and expenditures of the amounts allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma and, provided regional branches of political parties established their electoral funds on the receipts and expenditures of such funds.

7. Within three months of the official publication of general results of elections of deputies of the State Duma the CEC shall report to the Chambers of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of the receipts and expenditures of the amounts allocated in the federal budget for the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma and of receipts and expenditures of electoral funds. The said report shall within one month afterwards be published by the CEC in its official press and be passed out for publication to other media outlets.