Latvia - 2011 Party Finance Law

Title Section 3. Joining Fee, Membership Fee and Gifts (Donations) Performed by a Member to a Political Organisation (Party)
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(1) The amount of membership fee and joining fee and the procedures for the payment thereof shall be regulated by the articles of association of the relevant political organisation (party). The total payments of membership fee, joining fee and gifts (donations) performed by a member for one political organisation (party) may not exceed 100 minimum monthly salaries within a period of one calendar year.

(2) In submitting an annual report (Section 8.5) of a political organisation (party) to the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, the list of joining fee and membership fee of a political organisation (party) signed by the board of the relevant political organisation (party) or the authorised person thereof shall be attached thereto in which the given name, surname, personal identity number of each member, who has made a payment, as well as the amount of joining fee and membership fee in the relevant calendar year is indicated.

(3) If the total amount of the joining fee and membership fee of one member to a political organisation (party) exceeds one minimum monthly salary, the political organisation (party) shall inform the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau thereof. The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall publish information on its Internet homepage regarding the joining fees and membership fees, the total amount of which in one calendar year exceeds one minimum monthly salary. The information to be indicated in the report of the political organisation (party) and the procedures for the submission thereof, as well as the procedures by which information shall be published regarding the joining fees and membership fees received by political organisations (parties), and the content of this information shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[17 July 2008 law edition with amendments made on 10 June 2010, law shall come into force on June 14 2010]

Categories - External oversight (Public access)
- External oversight (Subject of monitoring)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Party finance (Private funding)
- Party finance (Report and disclosure)
Source http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=36189 (accessed: August 2012)