§ Section 20(untitled)

The secretary of the Central Election
Commission shall:
1) organise examination of individual or collective written
submissions, complaints, and proposals of natural and legal
persons;
2) be responsible for compliance with the provisions for the
preparation and drawing up of the documents issued by the Central
Election Commission, preservation of such documents, and handing
over thereof for storage in the State Archives;
3) [12 February 2004];
4) prepare draft decisions and other documents of the
Commission, prepare them for examination during the meetings of
the Commission;
5) prepare the documents of the Commission regarding the
replacement of the former members of the Saeima with the
candidates for members of the Saeima;
6) accept the lists of candidates from submitters of the lists
in the Saeima and European Parliament elections and the
documents appended thereto, check the sufficiency and conformity
thereof with the requirements laid down in law;
7) prepare the registration of the lists of candidates in the
meetings of the Commission;
8) fulfil other duties related to the elections, national
referendums, and legislative initiatives.
During absence of the secretary of the Commission, his or her
office duties shall be fulfilled by any of the members of the
Commission to whom such task has been assigned by the decision of
the Commission.
[5 December 1996; 2 November 2000; 12 February
2004]
1. [5 December 1996]
2. On the day of coming into force of this Law, the By-laws of
the Central Election Commission approved by the decision of 2
December 1992 of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia
(Latvijas Republikas Augstākās Padomes un Valdības
Ziņotājs, 1992, 51/52) is repealed.
3. [13 June 2002]
4. Section 16, Paragraph one of this Law (regarding the
salaries of members of the Central Election Commission by linking
them to the official statistics statement of the Central
Statistical Bureau), Section 16, Paragraph two of this Law
(regarding insurance, the system of benefits and compensations,
and also the compensation of expenses related to the rental
payment for the residential space or hotel expenses for members
and employees of the Central Election Commission, without
exceeding the amount of the average monthly remuneration of the
preceding year of persons working in the State, published in the
official statistics statement of the Central Statistical Bureau),
and Section 16, Paragraph three of this Law (regarding the
preservation of the place of employment of members of the Central
Election Commission) shall come into force on 1 November
2002.
[13 June 2002]
5. In 2009, the remuneration (salary, compensations, etc.)
laid down in this Law shall be determined in accordance with the
law On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of the State and
Local Government Authorities in 2009.
[12 December 2008]
The Law shall come into force on the day of its
proclamation.
The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 13 January
1994.
President G. ULMANIS
Rīga, 20 January 1994