§ Article 40(untitled)

Funding of electoral commissions, remuneration of members of
 electoral commissions

1. Electoral commissions shall be funded, and members of electoral commissions

 shall be remunerated at the expense of the funds of the State Budget as

 prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On remuneration for persons

 holding state positions” and this Article. The Central Electoral Commission may

 also have an extra-budgetary account for implementing programmes aimed at

 improving the quality of electoral administration and technical re-equipment of

 electoral commissions.

2. The official pay rates for members of the Central Electoral Commission shall be

 prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On remuneration for persons

 holding state positions”.

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3. The chairperson of precinct electoral commission, secretary or members of the

 commission shall not be remunerated where they failed to sign the protocol on

 the voting results of the electoral precinct, or their powers have terminated

 early.

4. Up to 30 per cent of the funds available on the special account of electoral

 deposits of the Central Electoral Commission may — in accordance with the

 budget approved by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission for each

 year — be used for studying the practice of election administration,

 implementation of programmes aimed at improving the quality of election

 administration, for technical re-equipment of electoral commissions, and for

 preparation and publishing of materials with regard to electoral legislation.

 The funds remaining on the special account of electoral deposits of the Central

 Electoral Commission may — upon the decision of the Central Electoral

 Commission — be used for technical re-equipment of electoral commissions and

 for preparation and publishing of materials with regard to electoral legislation.

 CHAPTER 8

 FORMATION OF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS