CONSTITUTIONAL ACT AMENDING ARTICLES 121, 140, AND 143 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA (UZ121,140,143) I. In the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of
Slovenia Nos. 33/91-l, 42/97, 66/00, 24/03, and 69/04) the following provisions are
hereby amended:
Article 1 The title of Article 121 is hereby amended to read as follows: "(Public Authority)"
The first paragraph is deleted.
The second paragraph is hereby amended to read as follows:
"By law or on the basis thereof, legal entities and natural persons may be vested with
the public authority to perform certain duties of the state administration."
Article 2 The second paragraph of Article 140 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"By law, the state may transfer to municipalities the performance of specific duties
within the state competence if it also provides the financial resources to enable such."
Article 3 The title of Article 143 is hereby amended to read as follows: "(Region)"
Article 143 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"A region is a self-governing local community that manages local affairs of wider
importance, and certain affairs of regional importance provided by law.
Regions are established by a law which also determines their territory, seat, and name.
Such law is adopted by the National Assembly by a two-thirds majority vote of deputies
present. The participation of the municipalities must be ensured in the procedure for
adopting the law.
The state transfers by law the performance of specific duties within the state
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competence to the regions and must provide to them the necessary financial resources
to enable such."
II. This Constitutional Act shall enter into force upon its promulgation in the National
Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.
Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 68/06 of 30 June 2006