REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
LAW
ON
STATE CONTROL
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Purpose of the Law
The Law shall regulate the purpose of the State Control of
the Republic of Lithuania, the legal grounds of its activities,
shall determine its functions, structure and powers, the
procedure for exercising control and the financing thereof, the
social guarantees for the employees and the types of activities
control.
Article 2. State Control of the Republic of Lithuania
The State Control of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter
referred to as "the State Control") is the supreme state
institution of economic financial control accountable to the
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania which supervises the legality
of holding and use of state property and the State Budget
performance process.
The State Control is a legal person possessing a settlement
account with the Bank of Lithuania and a seal bearing the
Lithuanian State emblem and the name "Republic of Lithuania.
State Control".
Article 3. Legal Grounds of the State Control
Activities
In its activities the State Control shall be guided by the
Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania, international
treaties and agreements to which the Republic of Lithuania is a
party, other legal acts.
Article 4. Head of the State Control
The State Control shall be headed by the State Controller of
the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as "the State
Controller") who shall be appointed for the term of five years by
the Seimas on the nomination of the President.
Article 5. Accountability of the State Control
At the request of the Seimas the State Controller must
account to the Seimas for the activities of the State Control.
The State Controller shall inform the Seimas about the
results of examinations carried out on the instruction of Seimas.
The Seimas, the President of the Republic and, as necessary,
the Government must be informed about the results of examinations
of state significance.
Article 6. Openness of the State Control Activities
The mass media shall have the right to obtain information
about the activities of the State Control.
Information which is an official, professional or commercial
secret shall not be made public.
Article 7. Control over the State Budget Performance
The State Controller shall present to the Seimas in
accordance with the procedure established by the Statute of the
Seimas the conclusion concerning the annual national account of
the Budget.
Article 8. Obligation to Inform the State Control
The Republic's Government, ministries and other state
institutions must within 5 working days present to the State
Control the standard acts which regulate the accounting,
distribution, use and control of financial and material resources
which have been passed by the above bodies but are not subject to
publication in the "Valstybós ýinios".
Chief managers of State Budget appropriations must annually
present to the State Control expense budget performance accounts.
Article 9. Co-operation of the State Control with the
Law Enforcement Institutions
On the instructions of law enforcement institutions which
are duly authorised under law, the State Control shall examine
the state institutions and economic entities assigned within the
competence of the State Control.
II. FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE CONTROL
Article 10. Functions of the State Control
While performing its functions, the State Control shall
control:
1) the State Budget performance;
2) the implementation of state programmes financed from the
State Budget;
3) economic and financial activities of the Seimas
Chancellery, offices accountable to the Seimas, subdivisions
providing services to the Seimas;
4) economic and financial activities of the Chancellery of
the President of the Republic and subdivisions providing services
to the President;
5) economic and financial activities of the Constitutional
Court;
6) the lawfulness of the management and use of State-owned
assets in the Bank of Lithuania;
7) economic and financial activities of courts, bailiff's
offices, prosecutor's offices and the police;
8) economic and financial activities of the Government's
Chancellery, ministries, Government offices and other offices
financed from the State Budget;
9) economic and financial activities of state offices of the
Republic of Lithuania operating in other states;
10) the activities of State-owned enterprises;
11) the activities of all types of enterprises, offices and
organisations, in which no less than a half of voting shares are
owned by the state;
12) the representation of shares owned by the State in
enterprises of all types;
13) the legality of State property privatisation and sale or
other transfer of shares owned by the State in enterprises,
offices and organisations of all types;
14) the legality of use of State-owned land, forests, water
bodies and other natural resources as well as determination of
State-owned land value;
15) whether the loans received from the State Budget and
other State subsidies are used for the purpose and efficiently in
the enterprises, offices and organisations; the economic and
financial condition of the economic entities the guarantor of
loans or contractual obligations whereof is the state;
16) whether local authorities, religious, public
organisations are using the funds received from the State Budget
for the purpose and efficiently;
17) the obtaining, distribution, use and repayment at
commercial banks and enterprises, offices and organisations of
all types of credit obtained on behalf of the State as well as
credit taken with the Government guarantee;
18) the formation and use of State funds and reserves; and
19) as necessary, the municipal budget performance, the
economic and financial activities of municipal offices and
enterprises.
The State Control shall conduct the inquiry in the
investigation of crimes assigned to its competence.
Article 11. Supervision of Financial Discipline of
State Offices
The State Control shall supervise the maintenance of
financial discipline by state offices and present recommendations
as to how it should be ensured.
Article 12. Instructions of the Seimas to the State
Control
On the instruction of the Seimas of the Republic of
Lithuania, the State Control shall examine the economic and
financial activities of enterprises, offices, organisations and
commercial banks which are not provided for in Article 10 of this
Law, if this is provided by law.
III. THE SYSTEM AND PERSONNEL OF THE STATE CONTROL
Article 13. Organisational Framework of the State
Control
The system of the State Control shall be formed taking into
account the purpose, tasks and functions of the State Control.
The structure of the State Control shall comprise the
departments which perform the functions of control (hereinafter
referred to as control departments) and other subdivisions.
Article 14. The State Controller
The State Controller shall:
1) direct the State Control and shall be accountable to the
Seimas;
2) organise the work of the State Control;
3) represent the State Control in state and non-government
institutions as well as in international organisations;
4) head the State Control Board;
5) establish and divide the functions of the State
Controller deputies;
6) approve the structure of the State Control, the list of
staff and the procedure for giving incentives to the employees
without exceeding the established amount of the annual pay-roll
fund;
7) approve the internal work regulations of the State
Control, the office regulations of the structural subdivisions
and their staff;
8) control the legality of decisions of the State Control
officers, examine complaints regarding the actions and decisions
of the State Control officers; and
9) appoint and dismiss, in accordance with the established
procedure, the officers and employees of the State Control.
Article 15. Requirements Set to the State Controller
A person who is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, is
trained in law or economics and has an impeccable reputation may
be the State Controller.
Persons who during the last three years have been Government
members or elected leaders of the central organisation of the
country's political party may not be candidates to post of the
State Controller.
Article 16. The State Controller's Oath
The appointed State Controller shall take office only upon
taking an oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania at the
Seimas meeting.
The text of the oath of the State Controller shall read as
follows:
"I (full name)
swear to be faithful to the Republic of Lithuania;
swear to respect and observe its Constitution and laws;
swear to the best of my ability to strengthen the
independence of Lithuania, to protect state property, to
conscientiously serve my Homeland, democracy, and the well-being
of the people of Lithuania.
So help me God!"
The oath may be taken omitting the last sentence.
Article 17. Procedure for Taking the Oath by the State
Controller
The oath of the State Controller shall be administered by
the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
The State Controller shall read the text of the oath while
standing in front of the Seimas Speaker and holding his hand on
the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
Upon reading the entire text of the oath, the State
Controller shall sign the nominal oath sheet. The nominal oath
sheet shall be handed over to the Speaker of the Seimas of the
Republic of Lithuania.
The text of the oath shall not be amended or revised.
Failure to comply with this provision as well as refusal to sign
the nominal oath sheet or the signing thereof with a stipulation
shall signify that the State Controller has not taken the oath
and, consequently, may not commence to perform his duties.
Article 18. Participation of the State Controller in
the Meetings of the Seimas and the Government
The State Controller may attend the meetings of the Seimas
without a special invitation and may state his opinion in the
deliberations regarding issues related to the activities of the
State Control.
The State Controller shall have the right to participate in
the meetings of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania with
deliberate vote.
Should the State Controller disagree with the decision taken
by the Government he may state his individual opinion which must
be recorded in the minutes of the Government meeting, however,
the implementation of the Government decision shall not be
thereby suspended. The State Controller shall inform the Seimas
in writing of the stated individual opinion.
The Seimas shall consider the individual opinion stated by
the State Controller in accordance with the procedure established
by Statute of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
Article 19. The State Controller's Property and Income
Declaration
The State Controller shall take office upon declaring his
own and his family members' property and income.
The grounds and procedure for declaring property and income
shall be regulated by laws and Government decrees.
Article 20. Expiry of the State Controller's Term of
Office
The State Controller shall cease to perform his duties:
1) upon the expiry of his term of office;
2) if he reaches 65 years of age;
3) upon his resignation;
4) upon being given a vote of no confidence; or
5) upon his demise.
Upon the expiry of the State Controller's term of office, or
after he becomes 65 years of age or resigns, he shall continue in
office until another the State Controller is appointed by the
Seimas.
Article 21. Removing the State Controller from Office
A vote of no confidence may be given to the State Controller
by the Seimas or by the President of the Republic.
Upon being given a vote of no confidence, the State
Controller shall be removed from office in accordance with the
procedure established by the Statute of the Seimas of the
Republic of Lithuania.
Article 22. The State Controller's Deputies
The State Controller's deputies shall be appointed and
removed from office by the President of the Republic on the
nomination of the State Controller.
A person who is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, is a
university graduate and has an impeccable reputation may be the
State Controller's deputy.
Article 23. Acting for the State Controller
In the absence of the State Controller one of the State
Controller's deputies who at the said moment is organising the
work of the State Control but has no powers listed under items 1,
4, 5, and 6 of Article 14 of this Law shall act for him on his
order.
Article 24. Departments of the State Control
According to the spheres of control activities and the state
institutions and economic entities that are under examination the
State Control shall be divided into departments.
The State Control may have territorial subdivisions (control
departments).
Control departments shall be headed by department heads
employed in the post and removed from it by the State Controller.
Heads of control departments shall organise the work of the
departments.
Article 25. State Control Personnel
State Control officers and other employees shall be employed
in the State Control.
The State Controller, his deputies, heads of control
departments, controllers and persons conducting the inquiry shall
be State Control officers.
Persons conducting the inquiry shall be officers who conduct
inquiry in criminal cases in accordance with the established
procedure who have been empowered for the purpose by the State
Controller.
Article 26. Selection of State Control Officers
Employed as State Control officers shall be citizens of the
Republic of Lithuania whose educational attainment, personal
qualities and professional training makes them suitable for the
work of the State Control official.
Article 27. Employment of the State Control Officers
and other Employees, Their Transfer and
Dismissal
The employment, transfer and dismissal of the State Control
officers shall be regulated by this Law and other laws.
Probation period for up to one year shall be established for
the officers who are employed in control departments.
The officers shall begin to do their duties upon taking the
oath of allegiance to the State of Lithuania and declare, in
accordance with the established procedure, their own and their
family members' property and income.
The employment, transfer and dismissal of other employees
shall be regulated by the Law on Employment Contract.
Article 28. The Oath of the State Control Official
Persons taking up employment as officers of the State
Control shall take the following oath of allegiance to the State
of Lithuania:
"I (full name), in your presence
swear to be faithful to the State of Lithuania,
conscientiously observe the laws of the Republic of Lithuania,
honestly fulfil my duties, serve the people and the State of the
Republic of Lithuania;
swear to keep all official and professional secrets
entrusted to me;
swear to always and everywhere preserve by my demeanour the
good name of the State Control official.
So help me God!"
The oath may be taken omitting the last sentence.
The oath of the State Control officers shall be administered
by the State Controller.
The signed nominal oath sheet shall be handed over to the
State Controller.
Article 29. Qualification Categories and Performance
Evaluation of the State Control Officers
Qualification categories shall be established for evaluating
the qualification of the control department officers and persons
conducting the inquiry.
Officers shall be subjected to performance evaluation with
the aim of evaluating the work results and suitability for the
position of control department officers and persons conducting
the inquiry.
The grounds and procedure for awarding qualification
categories and carrying out performance evaluation shall be
regulated by the Regulations for Awarding Qualification
Categories and Performance Evaluation Regulations approved by the
State Controller.
Article 30. Training of the State Control Personnel
The State Control personnel shall be trained at the
institutions of learning and studies of Lithuania and other
states possessing long-standing traditions of democracy.
Article 31. Public Activities of State Control Officers
State Control officers may take part in the activities of
public organisations, societies, clubs and other non-political
associations.
The functioning of political parties and political
organisations in the State Control shall be prohibited. State
Control officers may not be members and supporters of political
parties, political organisations and may not participate in their
activities.
State Control officers shall be prohibited from staging
strikes or pickets.
Article 32. Prohibition from Holding another Office
The State Control officers shall be prohibited from holding
any other elective or appointive post, being employed in other
state, public, business, commercial or private offices and
enterprises, or from receiving any other remuneration except his
official salary and payment for creative activities.
If the State Controller or his deputy or any other official
of the State Control becomes a member of the municipal council,
he must quit his post in the State Control.
Article 33. Grounds for the Dismissal of State Control
Officers
A State Control official shall be dismissed:
1) on the grounds established by the Law on Employment
Contract;
2) when he reaches 65 years of age;
3) if during performance evaluation he is recognised
unsuitable for the office;
4) if he loses citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania;
5) if he discredits the name of the State Control official;
6) if he renounces his oath;
7) if the provisions of Par. 2 and 3 of Article 31 and of
Article 32 of this Law are violated; or
8) if he refuses to declare his own or his family members'
property and income, or if he understates the amount thereof.
The State Controller shall cease to perform his duties in
accordance with the procedure established by Articles 20 and 21
of this Law.
The grounds for dismissal from office listed herein, with
the exception of the grounds provided for by item 3, shall apply
to the State Controller's deputies.
Article 34. The State Control Board
A consultative institution - the State Control Board shall
be formed and shall function within the State Control. It shall
consist of the State Controller, his deputies, heads of control
departments.
The State Controller shall be the Chairman of the State
Control Board.
The functions of the State Control Board and its work
procedure shall be determined by the State Controller.
IV. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE CONTROL OFFICERS
Article 35. Rights of the State Controller, his
Deputies and Heads of Control Departments
The State Controller, his deputies and heads of control
departments shall have the right to:
1) point out to the heads of the state and municipal
institutions and economic entities which are under examination
the deficiencies in their activities, warn them, to charge them
to eliminate the established deficiencies;
2) present proposals to the heads of state and municipal
institutions and economic entities which are under examination
that they should revoke their decisions which violate lawful
interests of other state and municipal institutions and economic
entities, suspend the clearly unlawful decisions and actions of
the officers of state institutions and economic entities which
are under examination if said decisions and actions may cause
material damage to the state;
3) impose cash deductions on the officers for the recovery
of unauthorised expenditure in the amount equivalent to the
damage inflicted on the state, municipality and state or
municipal enterprise, office or organisation, but not in excess
of 6 average monthly salaries;
4) file an action in court and propose dismissal of the
guilty officers from their respective posts, with the exception
of those appointed by the President of the Republic or appointed
or elected by the Seimas, for the violations of laws or
Government decrees or extensive damage inflicted on the state,
municipality or state or municipal enterprise, office or
organisation;
5) recommend to the heads of the state and municipal
institutions and economic entities which are under examination or
to the heads of their superior institutions that they dismiss the
employees subordinate to them from their respective posts for the
violations of economic and financial activities;
6) demand from heads of state and municipal institutions and
economic entities which are under examination or from heads of
their superior institutions that disciplinary penalties be taken
against the employees who committed the violations or that the
employees be held materially liable therefor;
7) give instructions to banks to suspend for up to one
month's period the payment and transfer of money from the
accounts of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities which are under examination if extensive damage to the
state is established in the course of examination. Upon receiving
such instructions, banks may not open a new account for the
state, municipal institution or the economic entity;
8) charge the heads of state and municipal institutions and
economic entities which are under examination to repay into the
state or municipal budgets or state funds the resources,
subsidies, budgetary appropriations allocated or used in
violation of laws or other legal acts as well as to pay to the
state the unpaid taxes and amounts due under economic sanctions;
9) exact without suit from state and municipal institutions
and economic entities which are under examination the resources,
subsidies, and budgetary appropriations allocated or used in
violation of laws or other legal acts as well as the unpaid taxes
and amounts due under economic sanctions and pay the amounts into
the state and municipal budgets or state funds;
10) bring an action in court in defence of property
interests of the State;
11) submit proposals to cancel, in accordance with the
procedure established by law, the enterprise registration for the
violations established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania;
12) give instructions to state and municipal control
institutions to conduct examination in the state and municipal
institutions and economic entities which are assigned within
their jurisdiction;
13) obtain from expert examination offices findings
regarding the examination material;
14) enlist the aid of specialists for conducting
examination; and
15) impose administrative penalties in accordance with the
procedure established by law.
Article 36. Decisions of the State Controller, his
Deputies and Heads of Control Departments
Exercising their respective powers, the State Controller,
his deputies and heads of control departments shall adopt
decisions regarding the violations in the economic and financial
activities of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities which are under examination.
Article 37. The Procedure for Appealing the Decisions
of the State Controller, his Deputies and
Heads of Control Departments
The decisions of heads of control departments may be
appealed to the State Controller or his deputies within 10 days
of the receipt thereof.
The decisions of the State Controller or his deputies
regarding the imposed cash deductions for the recovery of
unauthorised expenditure and exaction of funds without suit may
be appealed by instituting, within 10 days, action proceedings at
the Vilnius district court of the first instance. Appeal to court
shall not suspend the implementation of decisions of the State
Controller or his deputies, unless the court rules otherwise.
Article 38. Administrative Liability of Persons for
Obstruction of the State Control
Administrative action shall be taken against persons who
prevent State Control officers from conducting examination,
refuse to produce or conceal documents, furnish false or
incomplete data as well as fail to comply with the lawful demands
and decisions of State Control officers.
Article 39. Rights of State Control Officers
In discharge of their functions of control, State Control
officers shall have the right to:
1) check material valuables, money, securities and
documents;
2) request that the examined persons produce required
documents;
3) be allowed free entry of the premises of state and
municipal institutions and economic entities which are being
checked;
4) obtain verbal and written explanations, certificates and
copies of documents from the employees of state and municipal
institutions and economic entities under examination as well as
from private persons;
5) confiscate documents leaving copies thereof and the list
of confiscated documents and attach said documents to the
examination reports (acts); when deemed necessary, seal up the
places of safekeeping of documents, securities, money and other
material valuables;
6) request that check measurements, stocktaking of material
valuables and other factual checks be carried out;
7) obtain data, certificates and copies of documents related
to the examination from the Bank of Lithuania, commercial banks
and other credit institutions as well as state and municipal
institution and economic entities;
8) carry out counter-checks in economic entities and banks
of all forms of ownership to the extent this is connected with
the examination conducted by the State Control and the
established violations; and
9) engage the aid of police officers in the event that entry
of premises of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities is obstructed or in case of refusal to produce the
requested documents. In such cases police officers must take away
the documents requested by the State Control officer.
Article 40. Examination of Secret Documents
Documents containing data included in the official secrets
list and the material valuables and resources specified therein
shall be examined by the State Controller personally or by the
State Control officers specially authorised on his instruction
for the purpose.
Article 41. Powers of the State Control Officers to
Impose Administrative Penalties
In the cases determined by law, the State Controller, his
deputies and heads of control departments shall be granted powers
of the officer having powers to impose administrative penalties.
Article 42. Duties of the State Control Officers
The State Control officers must be objective, keep official,
commercial and professional secrets divulged to them in the
discharge of their official duties as well as refrain from giving
preliminary public evaluation of the performed examination.
V. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISING CONTROL
Article 43. Period, Methods, Scope of Control and
Conditions of Work
The State Control shall at its own discretion determine the
period, methods and scope of control.
The heads of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities which are under examination must provide the necessary
conditions of work for the State Control officers and the
specialists engaged by them for the purpose of performing the
functions of control.
The examination must be performed in such a manner as to
interfere as little as possible in the activities of the persons
under examination.
Article 44. Rights and Duties of the Employees whose
Activities are Examined by the State Control
The employees whose activities are examined by the State
Control must participate in the examination of material
valuables, securities and money they are in charge of; shall have
the right to familiarise themselves with the documents in which
the deficiencies of their work is recorded and present
explanations.
If employees of state and municipal institutions and
economic entities which are under examination avoid participating
in the performance of examination, the checks shall be carried
out without their participation and a corresponding statement
shall be drawn up.
Article 45. Examination Documents
Upon the completion of examination a report (statement)
shall be drawn up, the responsibility for the validity and
truthfulness of the contents whereof shall fall fully on the
State Control officer who signed it.
Heads and officers of state and municipal institutions and
economic entities under examination must sign the examination
documents no later than within 3 days from the receipt of the
report (statement). If they object to the recorded deficiencies
in their work, they may present their comments in writing.
Refusal to familiarise with and sign the examination documents
shall not stop the taking of decisions.
Article 46. Time Limits for Implementing the Decisions
of the State Control Officers
Heads of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities which have been subjected to examination shall be
informed of the decisions adopted by the State Control officers
and must within a month or within any other fixed time period
inform the State Control of the measures taken to compensate for
the inflicted damage and to eliminate the established violations.
VI. IMPOSING CASH DEDUCTIONS FOR THE RECOVERY OF
UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE
Article 47. Imposing cash Deductions for the Recovery
of Unauthorised Expenditure
Cash deductions for the recovery of unauthorised expenditure
shall be imposed:
1) regardless of the application of other measures of
influence provided for in Article 35 of this Law;
2) on the basis of examination performed by the State
Control officers; and
3) taking into account the extent of material damage which
shall be determined in accordance with the actual losses
sustained by state and municipal institutions and economic
entities, on the basis of accounting data (damaged, lost,
unlawfully written-off property; amounts paid out without due
justification; fines, late charge and other economic sanctions).
The value of property in the case of its misappropriation,
embezzlement, wilful destruction and damage shall be assessed on
the basis of government-controlled or maximum market prices
effective at the moment of establishment of said facts.
Article 48. Conditions Precluding Imposition of Cash
Deductions for Unauthorised Expenditure
Recovery
Cash deductions for the recovery of unauthorised expenditure
may not be imposed after the passage of six months from the day
of establishment of material damage caused by an officer (i.e.,
from the day of drawing up of the examination report (statement),
excluding the period of the officer's absence from work by reason
of illness, business trip or holiday).
Article 49. Implementation of Decisions of the State
Controller, his Deputies and Heads of Control
Departments Regarding the Imposition of
Cash Deductions for Unauthorised Expenditure
Recovery
Heads of state and municipal institutions and economic
entities must implement the decisions of the State Controller,
his deputies and heads of control departments regarding the
imposition of cash deductions for the recovery of unauthorised
expenditure.
The decision to impose cash deductions for the recovery of
unauthorised expenditure shall be sent by the State Control to
the officer who caused the damage, at his office address, and to
the corresponding state tax inspectorate.
The amount for the recovery of unauthorised expenditure
shall be deducted from the officer in accordance with the
procedure established by law by the accounting department of
state and municipal institutions and economic entities which are
under examination at the place of his employment on the basis of
the decision of the State Control.
The deducted amount for the recovery of unauthorised
expenditure shall be transferred within five days into the State
Budget.
From persons who take up another employment at another state
or municipal institution or economic entity without having paid
the required amount for the recovery of unauthorised expenditure,
the sum due shall be deducted at their new place of employment.
In such cases the head, the chief accountant of the state,
municipal institution or economic entity must send the decision
of the State Control regarding the recovery of unauthorised
expenditure with the entry concerning the deducted amounts to the
new place of employment of the person who has failed to pay the
amount for the recovery of unauthorised expenditure and notify
the appropriate state tax inspectorate thereof.
If it is impossible to deduct the amount for the recovery of
unauthorised expenditure or the unpaid sum thereof from the
salaries of persons on whom it is imposed, the documents
concerning the recovery shall be referred to court in order that
the required amount be recovered from the property of the
specified person in accordance with the procedure established by
the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania.
VII. THE RIGHT OF STATE CONTROL OFFICERS
TO USE FIRE-ARMS
Article 50. The Use of Firearms
State Control officers shall be granted the right to possess
service firearm.
The procedure for the acquisition, keeping and use of
firearms shall be regulated by laws and Government decrees.
VIII. COMPENSATION FOR WORK AND SOCIAL GUARANTEES
OF STATE CONTROL OFFICERS
Article 51. Compensation for Work of State Control
Officers
The procedure and conditions of compensation for work of
State Control officers shall be established by the laws of the
Republic of Lithuania.
Article 52. Social Guarantees for State Control
Officers
Social guarantees for State Control officers shall be
established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
IX. FINANCING AND MATERIAL -TECHNICAL SUPPLY
OF THE STATE CONTROL
Article 53. Financing of the State Control
The State Control shall be financed from the Lithuanian
State Budget. The funding level shall be determined and funds
shall be appropriated by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
on the proposal of the Committee on Budget and Finance.
Article 54. Provision of the State Control with
Premises
The State Control may have official dwelling space. The
dwelling space shall be acquired in accordance with the procedure
established by the Government.
Article 55. Funds Assigned for Promoting the State
Control Activities
After the completion of examination by the State Control
officers, a share (30%) of the funds recovered and paid into
municipal budgets as well as into state funds shall be assigned
for strengthening the resource base and for giving incentives to
the personnel.
75% of the funds received in accordance with the procedure
established in Par. 1 hereof shall be assigned for strengthening
the resource base of the State Control and 25% of the funds shall
be allotted for giving incentives to the personnel.
Par. 1 and 2 hereof shall be effective until the Seimas
establishes the general procedure for promoting the activities of
State Control institutions.
X. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OVER THE STATE CONTROL ACTIVITIES
Article 56. Parliamentary Control over the State
Control Activities
Parliamentary control over the State Control activities
shall be exercised by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
The economic and financial activities of the State Control
shall be annually examined by the commission appointed by the
Seimas. The examination report shall be presented to the Seimas
together with the conclusion concerning the annual national
account of the Budget.
I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic
of Lithuania.
Algirdas Brazauskas
President of the Republic
Vilnius
30 May 1995
No. I-907