Regional Statutes

(1) Each Region shall have a statute which determines the form of government and fundamental principles of the organization and functioning of the Region, in accordance with the Constitution. The statute shall regulate the right to initiate legislation and promote referendum on the laws and administrative measures of the Region as well as the publication of regional laws and regulations.

(2) Regional statutes shall be adopted and amended by the Regional Council with a law approved by a majority vote of its members, with two subsequent deliberations with an interval between the votes of no less than two months. This law must not be submitted to the Government commissioner. The Government of the Republic may bring a case concerning the constitutional legitimacy of a regional statute before the Constitutional Court within thirty days from its publication.

(3) The statute shall, within three months from its publication, be submitted to a popular referendum if one-fiftieth of the electors of the Region or one-fifth of the members of the Regional Council so request. The statute submitted to referendum shall not be promulgated unless it is approved by the majority of valid votes.

(4) In each Region, statutes shall regulate the activity of the Council of local authorities, acting as a consulting body on relations between the Regions and local authorities.