§ Article 57(untitled)

unding of Preparation and Conduct of Elections and Referendum

 1. Expenses related to preparation and conduct of elections of a relevant level in the
Russian Federation, operation and improvement of means of automation, training of election
officials and voter education shall be paid by election commissions out of the funds allocated for
these purposes from an appropriate budget (the federal budget, the budget of the subject of the
Russian Federation and (or) the local budget). Financing of these expenses is carried out in
accordance with approved budget financing list on distribution of expenditure of the
corresponding budget, but not later than in ten days from the day of the official publication
(making public) of the decision to call elections.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Expenses related to conduct of a referendum of the Russian Federation shall be paid
out of the funds allocated from the federal budget for such purpose in the manner and in term
established by the Federal Constitutional Law “On Referendum of the Russian Federation”.
Expenses related to conduct of other referenda shall be paid out of the funds allocated,
respectively, from the budget of the subject of the Russian Federation, the local budget for such
purpose. Before the decision to call a referendum is officially published, the funds allocated to
commissions from the federal budget, the budget of the subject of the Russian Federation, the
local budget respectively may only be used to cover the commissions’ expenditure related to
verification of signatures collected in support of the referendum initiative.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 3. Major agents of the funds allocated in corresponding budgets (the federal budget, the
budget of the subject of the Russian Federation, the local budget) for conduct of elections and
referenda include the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, election
commission of the subject of the Russian Federation, election commission of municipal
formation.
(Clause 3 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
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 4-5. Ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of August 22, 2004, No.122-FZ.

 6. Reports of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, election
commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, election commissions of municipal
formations on spending the budgetary funds on elections, a referendum shall be submitted,
respectively, to the Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, legislative
(representative) bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, representative
bodies of municipal formations. Chairmen of commissions shall manage the funds allocated for
preparation and conduct of elections, referendum and be responsible, in accordance with the
law, for compliance of financial documents with financial decisions of the commissions and for
filing statements on expenditure of such funds in accordance with the procedure and by the
time established by law.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 7. The procedure for establishment and maintenance of accounts, records, reports, and
the procedure for transfer of funds allocated from the federal budget of the Central Election
Commission of the Russian Federation to other commissions for preparation and conduct of
elections to federal bodies of state power, referendum of the Russian Federation, operation and
improvement of means of automation, training of election officials and education of voters, and
supporting the operation of election commissions shall be established by the Central Election
Commission of the Russian Federation in coordination with the Central Bank of the Russian
Federation. The procedure for establishment and maintenance of accounts, records, reports,
and the procedure for transferring funds allocated from the budget of the subject of the Russian
Federation, a local budget to election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation,
other commissions for preparation and conduct of elections to bodies of state power of the
subject of the Russian Federation, to bodies of local self-government, referendum of the subject
of the Russian Federation, local referendum, operation and improvement of means of
automation, training of election officials and education of voters, and supporting the work of
election commissions shall be established by election commission of the subject of the Russian
Federation in coordination with the main office (the national bank) of the Central Bank of the
Russian Federation in the subject of the Russian Federation. Funds shall be transferred to
accounts opened by commissions in offices of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, and
in their absence – in offices of the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 8. Banks shall charge no fee for opening accounts of election commissions, referendum
commissions and for transactions to these accounts and no interest shall be accrued on the
funds kept on the said bank accounts.

 9. Commissions that receive funds from budgets of different levels shall maintain
separate accounting records, cash records and reports related to funds received from the said
budgets.
(as amended by the Federal Budget of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)