Chair of the Central Electoral Commission

1. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall be the head of the budgetary authority. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall perform the following tasks:

1) organise and be in charge of the work of the Central Electoral Commission;

2) nominate Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission;

3) represent the Central Electoral Commission in national and municipal institutions, authorities, courts, foreign institutions and bodies, and international organisations;

4) convene and chair the meetings of the Central Electoral Commission;

5) with the consent of the members of the Central Electoral Commission, second them to official missions and grant annual leave to the vice-chairs of the Central Electoral Commission employed exclusively with the Central Electoral Commission;

6) submit to the Central Electoral Commission for approval an estimate of the Commission’s expenditure and estimates of the election expenses;

7) head the work of the Secretariat, approve its structure, lists of positions, and job descriptions, as well as employ and dismiss the staff of the Secretariat under the procedure set out by law;

8) where necessary, additionally recruit persons under employment contracts for the performance of specific functions or other auxiliary tasks, where their coverage is provided for in the estimates of expenditure approved by the Central Electoral Commission;

9) protect and be in charge of the use of the seal of the Central Electoral Commission;

10) submit to the Seimas the report on the activities of the Central Electoral Commission after each ordinary election, but no later than 120 days after the date of publication of the final election results;

11) publish the agenda and date of the Commission meetings on the website of the Central Electoral Commission;

12) together with the chairs of the polling district and municipal electoral committee, sign a contract for the use of state budget funds;

13) perform other functions set out in this Code and other laws.

2. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall issue orders or, in the cases set out in this Code, issue decisions, or authorise a member of the Central Electoral Commission to take decisions on matters regarding the work of the Secretariat and regarding the management of its staff. Such decisions shall be published under the procedure set out by the Central Electoral Commission and appealed against under the procedure set out in this Code.

3. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall enjoy all the rights of a member of the Central Electoral Commission.

4. The Central Electoral Commission shall take decisions on leave and official missions of the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission under the procedure set out in the legal acts.