Funding of Election Campaign in Elections to Local Government Bodies by Candidates

(1) An independent candidate can spend on their election campaign the amount, which includes value added tax, as follows

a) for the post of Self-Governing Region Chairman maximum EUR 250,000,

b) for the post of mayor of the capital of the Slovak Republic Bratislava and for the post of mayor of the city of Košice maximum EUR 250,000, 

c) for the post of mayor of town, mayor of municipality or mayor of a city district with the number of inhabitants

1. from 60,001 to 120,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 100,000,

2. from 30,001 to 60,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 70,000,

3. from 16,001 to 30,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 50,000,

4. from 10,001 to 16,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 20,000,

5. from 5,001 to 10,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 10,000,

6. from 2,001 to 5,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 5,000,

7. up to 2,000 inhabitants maximum EUR 2,000.

(2) The sums pursuant to Paragraph 1 shall also include the costs of election campaign of an independent candidate if the independent candidate pursuant to Paragraph 1 stands as an independent candidate in the same elections for the post of member of the council of a Self-Governing Region, member of municipal council, member of city council or member of local council.

(3) No limit of costs for election campaign is determined for the independent candidate, who stands as a candidate only for the post of member of the council of a Self-Governing Region, member of municipal council, member of town council or member of local council.

(4) The independent candidate’s costs of election campaign shall mean the sum of all financial resources, donations and other performances for free, which can be priced by money spent by the independent candidate on the settlement of paid advertising or commercials and on the settlement of production of advertising programmes, posters, leaflets, and other promotional materials and objects. The sums pursuant to Paragraph 1 shall also include the costs spent on the promotion of the candidate, which the candidate spent at the time beginning 180 days before the date of call of elections.

(5) An independent candidate may accept donations and other performances for free for the election campaign only from the entities listed in Article 5.

(6) An independent candidate must not accept donations or other performances for free for the election campaign from the entities listed in Article 5.

(7) An independent candidate for the post of Self-Governing Region Chairman and an independent candidate for the post of town mayor, municipality mayor, head of city district in a municipality with over 5,000 inhabitants must keep the financial resources for election campaign on a special bank account. Funds must be deposited on the special account solely by transfer from another account. At the request of the Ministry of Interior, the independent candidate must prove, who is the owner of the account, from which the funds were transferred.

(8) The data on the special account pursuant to Paragraph 7 must be available to third persons for free, remotely and continuously and must show the summary of payment transactions. The website containing the data shall be notified by the independent candidate in paper form or in electronic form immediately after opening the account to the Ministry of Interior, which will publish it at its website.

(9) The independent candidate shall save the statements of the account pursuant to Paragraph 7 for three years from issuance.

(10) The independent candidate shall keep special records of donations and other performances for free including the date of acceptance of the donation or other performance for free, their value and identification data of the donor including the name, surname and permanent residence for a natural person, and name and registered office and ID number of the organisation for a legal person, or identification data of the person that provided other performance for free including the name, surname and permanent residence for a natural person, and name, registered office and ID number of the organisation for a legal person. For purposes of inclusion of the donation or other performance for free in the costs of election campaign, the independent candidate shall be obliged to include the difference between the price agreed and usual price.

(11) The independent candidate shall keep special records of the use of resources pursuant to Paragraphs 7 and 10 for election campaign with the following structure

a) costs of settlement of pre-election and election opinion polls,

b) costs of settlement of paid advertising, commercials or political commercials,

c) costs of settlement of election posters,

d) travel expenses,

e) the summary of non-monetary donations and other performances for free and their value,

f) any other costs of the independent candidate for their promotion,

g) the summary of costs, which the independent candidate pursuant to Paragraph 1 spent on their promotion at the time beginning 180 days before the date of call of elections, and the independent candidate for the post of Self-Governing Region Chairman, for the post of town mayor, municipality mayor, head of city district in a municipality with over 5,000 inhabitants, also the number of the payment bank account, from which the costs were settled; if he/she incurred no costs, it shall submit a declaration on oath about it.

(12) At the request of the Ministry of Interior, the independent candidate shall be obliged to submit the documents and submit information, explanation or provide other data concerning their election campaign within ten days from the delivery of the request.

(13) The independent candidate shall save the documents from record-keeping pursuant to Paragraph 10 and 11 at least for five years from the end of the election campaign.

(14) The independent candidate for the post of Self-Governing Region Chairman, and the independent candidate for the post of town mayor, municipality mayor, head of city district in a municipality with over 5,000 inhabitants shall be obliged to publish at their website a report on the resources spent on election campaign structured pursuant to Paragraph 11, and to deliver it to the Ministry of Interior in paper form and in electronic form within 30 days after the elections; the report shall be produced in the form published by the Ministry of Interior at its website no later than on the date of elections.

(15) The Ministry of Interior shall publish the report pursuant to Paragraph 14 at its website within 30 days from its delivery in paper form and it shall be available to the public for five years; if it is the report of candidates for the post pursuant to Paragraph 1 (b) and (c), the time limit for publishing the report is 90 days.

(16) If the election campaign for the posts provided in Paragraphs 1 and 3 is conducted by the candidate included in the list of candidates of a political party alone, the provisions of this Paragraph shall apply to them as to an independent candidate. It must be obvious from the election campaign of such candidate that he/she is in the list of candidates of a political party.