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Amendment Of The City Council And District Council Election Law

Original Language Title: Grozījums Republikas pilsētas domes un novada domes vēlēšanu likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendment of the City Council and District Council election law to make Republican City Council and District Council elections (in the law of the Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, nr. 3, 5; 1996, 23., 24. no; 2000, no. 10, no. 1; 2001; 2002; 2004, nr. 12, no 24; 2007, nr. 11; 2008, 8., no. 22; Latvian journal, 2012, no 203; 2013, 40 no.) following amendment: Express article 18, first and second subparagraph by the following: "the Election Commission accepts only those candidates whose applicants on the list of special City Council Election Commission deposit account has lodged a security. The security for the list of candidates to the Council elections are the following: 120 euro – if municipal administrative territory is up to 5000 inhabitants; 150 euro-if municipal administrative territory is from 5001 to 20 000 inhabitants; 180 euro-if municipal administrative territory of 20 001 to 50 000 inhabitants; 210 euro-if municipal administrative territory is more than 50 000 inhabitants. Security for the list of candidates of the Riga City Council elections is 850 euro. " The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2014. The Parliament adopted the law in 2013 on September 12. The President of the Parliament instead of the President's Āboltiņ 2013 in Riga on September 26.