Constitution

CONSTITUTIONAL ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 148 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 
THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA (UZ148) 
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, 69/04, and 68/06) Article 148 is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
“Article 148 
(Budgets) 
All revenues and expenditures for the financing of public spending must be included in 
the budgets of the state. 
Revenues and expenditures of the budgets of the state must be balanced in the 
medium-term without borrowing, or revenues must exceed expenditures. Temporary 
deviation from this principle is only allowed when exceptional circumstances affect the 
state. 
The manner and the time frame of the implementation of the principle referred to in the 
preceding paragraph, the criteria for determining exceptional circumstances, and the 
course of action when they arise, shall be determined by a law adopted by the National 
Assembly by a two-thirds majority vote of all deputies. 
If a budget has not been adopted by the first day it is due to be implemented, the 
beneficiaries financed by the budget are temporarily financed in accordance with the 
previous budget.” 
 
II. 
The National Assembly shall adopt the law referred to in the third paragraph of the 
amended Article 148 of the Constitution within six months of the entry into force of this 
Constitutional Act. 
The second paragraph and the law referred to in the third paragraph of the amended 
Article 148 of the Constitution shall first apply for the preparation of the budgets of the 
state for 2015. The obligation to gradually adjust in order to prepare the state budget 
for 2015 in accordance with the amended Article 148 shall take effect upon the 
promulgation of this Constitutional Act. 

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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. 47/13 of 31 May 2013