Allocation, use and accounting of funds for the preparation of elections

1. The Central Electoral Commission shall transfer the funds of the state budget allocated to constituency electoral committees and municipal electoral committees for the preparation of elections to the bank account opened by the Central Electoral Commission for each constituency electoral committee or municipal electoral committee.

2. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall sign a contract for the use of the funds of the state budget with the chair of a constituency electoral committee or the chair of a municipal electoral committee, specifying the following details:

1) the amount of budget funds transferred to the constituency electoral committee or the municipal electoral committee and the programme of the Central Electoral Commission under which these funds are allocated;

2) the purpose of the use of the funds of the state budget;

3) the planned detailed distribution of the funds of the state budget by economic purpose of expenditure, and the calculation of remuneration costs (appended to the contract);

4) the procedure for accounting to the Central Electoral Commission for the use of the funds from the state budget (indicating the economic purpose of expenditure) and the procedure for submitting the financial accounting documents justifying the use of the funds;

5) other provisions helping the Central Electoral Commission to ensure the legitimacy, cost-effectiveness, efficiency and effectiveness of programmes implemented and appropriations.

3. The Central Electoral Commission shall transfer state budget funds for preparation of an election to the accounts referred in paragraph (1) in line with the estimates approved by the Central Electoral Commission for the constituency electoral committees and the municipal electoral committees.

4. The chair of a constituency electoral committee or a municipal electoral committee shall oversee the use of the state budget funds allocated to the constituency electoral committee or the municipal electoral committee for the preparation of an election and shall account to the Central Electoral Commission for their use.

5. The Central Electoral Commission shall verify the report on the use of state budget funds for the preparation of an election and examine the supporting documents presented by the chair of a constituency electoral committee or the chair of a municipal electoral committee. In the event of irregularities in financing, use of funds or accounting, the Central Electoral Commission shall initiate the recovery of damages from those responsible. The chair of the constituency electoral committee or the chair of the municipal electoral committee shall remain liable for the damages inflicted during the period of validity of the contract for the use of the state budget funds even after the expiration of the contract.

6. The Central Electoral Commission shall enjoy the right to conclude employment contracts with employees for ancillary work related to the preparation of elections. These employment contracts shall be signed by the chair of a constituency electoral committee or a municipal electoral committee authorised by the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission. The remuneration for these employees shall be determined in fixed-term employment contracts in accordance with the statutory rates of pay