68. Are elected officials required to submit reports regarding their finances?

"(1) Candidates elected at all levels of authority shall be obligated to submit to the BiH Central Election Commission, on a special form, a signed statement on his or her total property situation, containing: 1. current income and sources of income, including all incomes, wages, profit from property, contributions as defined in Article 15.1 of this law, account receivables and other incomes realized in BiH and abroad for a period of the past calendar year; 2. property, including money, bank accounts, business documentation, shares, securities, bonds, real property, personal property, occupancy right and other property and possessions which exceed 5.000 KM, in BiH and abroad; and 3. disbursements and other liabilities, including all debts, liabilities, promissory notes, loans and guarantees of such liabilities in BiH and abroad. (2) The statement should include the property situation of the candidates and close members of his or her family: spouse, children and members of the family household whom it is the candidate’s legal obligation to sustain."

"(1) All candidates elected at all levels of authority except the level of BiH and the Entity level shall be obliged to submit to the Central Election Commission of BiH, within thirty (30) days from the publication of the verification of mandates in the Official Gazette of BIH, a signed statement of their property situation referred to in Article 15.7 of this law on a special form. (2) Candidates elected to a body of authority at all levels shall be required to submit a statement of their property situation to the Central Election Commission of BIH 30 days after to the expiration of the mandate for which they have been elected, as well as in the case of cessation of the mandate in the context of the provisions of Article 1.10, paragraph (1), points 1), 4), 5), 6), 7) and 8) of this Law, within 30 days from the cessation of the mandate. (3) The Central Election Commission of BIH shall issue instructions to regulate the format and the manner of filling out of necessary forms as described by paragraph (1) of this Article and Article 15.7 of this Law."

Source: Aricles 15.7 and 15.8, BiH Election Law 2001, consolidated version (with 2016 amendments)

Candidates elected at all levels of authority should submit a statement of their property situaton up to 30 days from the verification of their mandates, and up to 30 days after the end of their mandates.