Issues in relation to which referendums are optional at the national level
Slovenia
- Constitutional amendments
- Transfer of authority to international bodies
- Any issue of national importance, except those excluded
Constitutional amendments: Art. 170, Constitution; Art. 183,Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly;
Transfer of authority to international bodies: Art. 3a,Constitution;
Any issue of national importance, except those excluded: Art. 90,Constitution; Art. 26, Law on Referendum and Popular Initiative.
CONSTITUTION OF THEREPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
(Adopted 1991; last amended May 2013)
http://www.us-rs.si/en/about-the-court/legal-basis/constitution/
I. GeneralProvisions
Article 3a.
(1)Pursuant to a treaty ratified by the National Assembly by a two-thirds majorityvote of all deputies, Slovenia may transfer the exercise of part of itssovereign rights to international organisations which are based on respect forhuman rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the principles of the ruleof law and may enter into a defensive alliance with states which are based onrespect for these values.
(2) Before ratifying a treaty referred to inthe preceding paragraph, the National Assembly may call a referendum. Aproposal shall pass at the referendum if a majority of voters who have castvalid votes vote in favour of such. The National Assembly is bound by theresult of such referendum. If such referendum has been held, a referendumregarding the law on the ratification of the treaty concerned may not becalled.
IV. Organisation ofthe State; a) The National Assembly
Art.90:Legislative Referendum
(1) The National Assembly calls a referendum on the entryinto force of a law that it has adopted if so required by at least fortythousand voters.
IX. Procedure forAmending the Constitution
Art. 168: Proposal to Initiate the Procedure
(1) A proposal toinitiate the procedure for amending the Constitution may be made by twentydeputies of the National Assembly, the Government or at least thirty thousandvoters.
(2) Such proposal is decided upon by the National Assembly by atwo-thirds majority vote of deputies present.
Art. 169: Acts Amending the Constitution
The NationalAssembly adopts acts amending the Constitution by a two-thirds majority vote ofall deputies.
Art.170:Confirmation of ConstitutionalAmendments by Referendum
(1) TheNational Assembly must submit a proposed constitutional amendment to voters foradoption in a referendum, ifso required by at least thirty deputies.
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(Adopted 2002; last amended 2010)
http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/en/Home/ODrzavnemZboru/PristojnostiInFunkcije/RulesoftheProcedureText
IV. Acts and Procedures
6. Procedure for amending the Constitution
b) Promulgation of constitutional amendments
Art. 182
(1) The National Assembly promulgates a constitutionalact amending the Constitution no later than eight days after its adoption unless at least 30 deputiesrequire that the constitutional amendment be submitted to the voters forapproval at a referendum.
Art. 183
The provisions on the procedure for amending theConstitution apply mutatis mutandis also to amendments to the ConstitutionalAct Implementing the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Sovereignty andIndependence of the Republic of Slovenia, amendments to the Constitutional ActImplementing the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, and amendments tothe constitutional act amending the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.
LAWON REFERENDUM AND POPULAR INITIATIVE
(Adopted 1994; lastamended 2006)
II. REFERENDUM
3. Consultative Referendum
Art. 26
Državni zbor lahko razpiše posvetovalni referendumo vprašanjih iz svoje pristojnosti, ki so širšega pomena za državljane.
