Funding of Elections

(1) The funding for covering the election costs of an individual unit shall be allocated in the unit budget.
(2) The funding required for carrying out the duties of the State Electoral Commission referred to in this Act shall be allocated in the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia.
(3) When the elections for national minority council members for local self-government units and regional self-government units, i.e. the elections for national minority representatives are held at the same time, each unit of local or regional self-government shall bear the reimbursement costs for its electoral commission and its expert authorities and persons, while the reimbursement costs for election committees and common material costs shall be borne by the units in equal shares.
(4) In the process of financial planning and the drafting of the budget for the calendar year in which the elections are being held the units shall provide the election funding.
(5) The electoral commission of the unit shall manage the election funding.
(6) The electoral commission of the unit shall be responsible for the allocation and spending of the resources and the granting of appropriate funding to electoral bodies which shall include the funding for carrying out administrative and expert activities.
(7) The electoral commission of a unit shall publish on the unit website a complete report on the cost of the elections and the use of the funds within 30 days following the publication of the final election results.