Part II.    PROCEEDINGS IN THE SEJM

Chapter 6

PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO DRAFT BUDGETS AND OTHER FINANCIAL PLANS OF THE STATE AS WELL AS CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS ON THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

Article 105

1. Draft Budgets and other financial plans of the State submitted to the Sejm, shall be considered by it in the manner provided for in Chapter 1, taking into account modifications resulting from this Chapter.

2. The same procedure shall be applied by the Sejm for consideration of reports on implementation of the Budget and other financial plans of the State.

Article 106

1. The Sejm shall refer the drafts and reports, referred to in Article 105, for consideration to the Public Finances Committee.

2. Individual parts of the drafts and reports, referred to in Article 105, shall also be considered by the appropriate Sejm committees, which shall deliver statements of their position, including conclusions, opinions or proposals of amendments - with reasons given - to the Public Finances Committee.

3. Conclusions, opinions or proposals of amendments, rejected by the committees, shall, on request of their movers, be appended with the committee position as a dissenting opinion.

4. The comments of the Supreme Chamber of Control on the reports concerning implementation of the Budget and other financial plans of the State, shall be referred by the Marshal of the Sejm to the appropriate Sejm committees considering particular sections of the reports.

5. The Presidium of the Sejm shall, on a motion of the Public Finances Committee, establish the procedure for Sejm committee work on the drafts and reports referred to in Article 105.

6. Sittings of the appropriate Sejm committees, at which individual parts of the drafts and reports referred to in Article 105 are considered, shall be attended by the representatives of the Public Finances Committee.

7. The Public Finances Committee and the committees which consider items of budget funds, may request additional opinions from the appropriate Sejm committees and may pose them questions in order to obtain information concerning individual parts of drafts or reports referred to in Article 105.

Article 107

1. During the sitting of the Public Finances Committee, the submitted positions of the appropriate committees in respect of individual parts of the drafts and reports referred to in Article 105, shall be presented by the representatives of those committees. They may not present any conclusions, opinions and proposals for amendments which have not been included in the positions of the appropriate committees. The representatives of the Public Finances Committee who have participated in the work of the appropriate committees shall present, in writing, opinions in respect of positions submitted by these committees.

2. Amendments to a draft Budget, proposed at the sitting of the Public Finances Committee, shall be in written form.

Article 108

1. The Public Finances Committee, following consideration with attendance by representatives from individual Sejm committees, of the drafts and reports referred to in Article 105 as well as of the positions submitted by committees, shall, at a sitting of the Sejm, present a report together with motions:

1) to pass, with or without amendments, draft Budgets and other financial plans of the State;

2) to accept or to reject the reports on the implementation of the Budget and other financial plans of the State, or to grant approval to the accounts submitted by the Council of Ministers.

2. The Public Finances Committee shall, at the same time, submit to the Sejm information concerning suggestions by individual Sejm committees which have not been accepted.

Article 109

If there is a need to present an additional report to the draft Budget, the Sejm shall consider it at its first sitting following the conclusion of the work of the Public Finances Committee.

Article 110

Proposals for particular amendments to the draft Budget, submitted to the Sejm by the Senate, shall be delivered by the Marshal of the Sejm to the Public Finances Committee which shall present its report to the Sejm.

Article 111

The Sejm shall pass a resolution on whether or not to grant approval to the accounts submitted by the Council of Ministers [discharge] after hearing the opinion of the Supreme Chamber of Control, presented by its President.