§ 1. The mayor of a rural or urban-rural municipality within the meaning of Article 21a paragraph 1 point 2 of the Act of 13 November 2003 on the Income of Local Government Units (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 2267) shall organize free municipal passenger transport on election day for voters included in the electoral register in a permanent electoral precinct located in the area of a given municipality, if within that municipality:

1)   public transport, as referred to in Article 4 paragraph 1 point 14 of the Act of 16 December 2010 on Public Transport, is not in operation on election day, or

2)   the nearest public transport stop, as referred to in Article 4 paragraph 1 point 13 of the Act of 16 December 2010 on Public Transport, is more than 1.5 km from the polling station.

§ 2. The transport network of the municipal passenger transport referred to in § 1, is determined in a way that takes into account all cities, estates, villages, settlements, colonies and hamlets within the meaning of the Act of 29 August 2003 on Official Names of Places and Physiographical Objects (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1443) located within the permanent electoral precinct.

§ 3. The stops of the municipal passenger transport service referred to in § 1 shall be established in each city, estate, village, settlement, colony and hamlet with at least 5 voters included in the electoral register in the respective permanent electoral precinct.

§ 4. The municipal passenger transport referred to in § 1 shall run at least two full routes during voting hours. These routes must be held at an interval of at least 4 hours, counted from the end of the route.

§ 5. No later than the 10th day before the election day, the mayor shall announce, by posting in the Public Information Bulletin and in a manner customary in the municipality, information on the organization of municipal passenger transport referred to in § 1, indicating the service line, with particular attention to stops, and the departure times from individual stops.

§ 6. The task referred to in § 1 may be carried out by more than one mayor under inter-municipal agreements. The provisions of § 1-5 shall apply accordingly. In particular, the inter-municipal agreement specifies the division of tasks between the authorities of the municipalities party to the agreement and the rules for settling the costs incurred by each municipality.