§ Article 17Payment for Work of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and Members of the Central Electoral Commission

1. The conditions of payment for work laid down in the Law on Remuneration of State Politicians and State Officers shall apply to the Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and members of the Central Electoral Commission.
2. At the end of each year the Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and members of the Central Electoral Commission shall, for the overtime work, work on rest days and public holidays, be paid a single allowance not exceeding the amount of their basic salaries as set by the Law on Remuneration of State Politicians and State Officers. It shall be paid without exceeding the remuneration funds appropriated for the Central Electoral Commission. If such funds are not sufficient, also if the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson or a member of the Central Electoral Commission has not worked there the whole year, an allowance shall be calculated proportionally to the possessed remuneration funds or the time actually worked during that year. The Central Electoral Commission shall fix a concrete amount of allowances for the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and each member of the Commission.
3. Severance pay in the amount of their basic salary for 2 months shall be paid to the Chairperson and members of the Central Electoral Commission who are dismissed from the Commission on the grounds established in points 1, 5 and 7 of Article 10(1) of this Law.
4. The provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article shall not apply where the Chairperson or a member of the Commission is appointed to a newly formed Central Electoral Commission.