Remuneration

1. In the course of elections/referenda, members and head officers of the CEC and DEC, as well as the CEC staff and employees of the Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) – Centre for Electoral Systems Development, Reforms, and Trainings shall receive double remuneration.

11. During by-elections, double remuneration under the first paragraph of this article shall be paid only to DEC members and head officers in the electoral district where the by-elections are held.

2. PEC members and head officers shall, by decree of a higher DEC, receive remuneration from the funds allocated for holding elections, from the 30th day before Election Day until a summary protocol of polling results of the higher DEC is drawn up.

3. The amount of remuneration of the head officers and members of the CEC, DECs and PECs, and of the CEC staff members shall be determined by the CEC in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Remuneration in Public Institutions.

4. For a temporary DEC member or a PEC member, who:
a) is entered into the Integrated Database of Socially Vulnerable Families, the remuneration earned under this article shall not be included in the total family income and his/her state funding shall not be discontinued;

b) receive a social package under the Ordinance of the Government of Georgia on Determination of Social Packages, his/her social package shall not be discontinued.

Organic Law of Georgia No 157 of 26 December 2012 – website, 30.12.2012
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

Organic Law of Georgia No 2485 of 29 May 2014 – website, 2.6.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 1836 of 22 December 2017 – website, 29.12.2017