Legal provisions for direct democracy at the regional level

CONSTITUTION OF THEREPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

(Adopted 1991; last amended May 2013)

http://www.us-rs.si/en/about-the-court/legal-basis/constitution/

V.SELF-GOVERNMENT

Art.143 Region

(1) A region is aself-governing local community that manages local affairs of wider importance,and certain affairs of regional importance provided by law.

(2) Regions areestablished by a law which also determines their territory, seat, and name.Such law is adopted by the National Assembly by a two-thirds majority voteof deputies present. The participation of the municipalities must be guaranteedin the procedure for adopting the law.
(3) The state transfers by law the performance of specific duties within thestate competence to the regions and must provide to them the necessaryfinancial resources to enable such.

LAWON REFERENDUM AND POPULAR INITIATIVE

(Adopted 1994; lastamended 2006)

http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/Home/deloDZ/zakonodaja/izbranZakonAkt?uid=AC8047CAE749E1AFC125725D0039DECA&db=urad_prec_bes&mandat=VI

II. REFERENDUM

3. Posvetovalni referendum

Art. 26. Državni zbor lahko razpišeposvetovalni referendum o vprašanjih iz svoje pristojnosti, ki so širšegapomena za državljane.

Art. 27. Državni zbor lahko razpišeposvetovalni referendum na celotnem območju države ali na določenem ožjemobmočju, kadar vprašanje zadeva samo prebivalce tega ožjega območja.