Competent body. Estimate for the Elections

(1) (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016; amend. - SG 57/16, in force from 22.07.2016) The preparation and organisation of the elections shall be carried out by the elections commissions, the executive authorities and other institutions in accordance with the their competences under the present code. The executive authorities and the other institutions shall carry out activities of organizational and technical nature for the provisions to the election commissions , including paper ballots, election papers, equipment, consumables, and others. Printing of paper ballots, machine voting and the activities associated therewith shall be assigned and supervised by the Central Electoral Commission. The Council of Ministers shall coordinate the activities of the executive authorities in relation to the material and technical support of the elections.
(2) The expenditures on the preparation and conduct of the elections including for the machine voting and for the forms under Art. 193 and 195 shall be at the account of the state budget, according to an estimate adopted by the Council of Ministers, in coordination of the Central Electoral Commission. The estimate for the elections shall be adopted not later than 55 days in advance of election day.
(3) The costs for the administrative preparation of the Elections shall be provided to the municipal, or to the provincial administrations, respectively, not later than 30 days in advance of election day.
(4) Not later than 7 days as of the date of scheduling of the elections, the Council of Ministers may assign the coordination and implementation of the activities as referred to in Para. (1) herein to a particular minister.
(5) (new - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The Chief Prosecutor and the Minister of Interior shall create joint teams for operative coordination of the fight against crimes related to the election process. The teams shall function during the entire pre-election campaign.