Competence of rural municipality or city secretaries

(1) The function of a rural municipality or city secretary is to organise the elections in the rural municipality or city, instruct voting district committees and perform other functions arising from this Act.

(2) For the performance of his or her functions, a rural municipality or city secretary:

1) shall issue mandatory instructions to the voting district committees;
2) shall decide on the costs of a voting district committee based on the amount of the funds allocated by the State Electoral Office;
3) shall decide on the remuneration of a member of a voting district committee on the proposal of the chairman of a voting district committee;
4) shall decide on the remuneration of the members of a vote counting committee.

(3) Clerical support to a rural municipality or city secretary shall be organised by the rural municipality or city government.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2018]