Act LVI of 1990
on the Emoluments of the Members of Parliament

Section 1 (1) A Member of Parliament shall be entitled to emoluments, taking into consideration the provisions of Section 9, from the date of his election, in the event of mid-term election from list from the date of his appointment by the party organisation authorised thereto, until the date of termination of his mandate. The emoluments consist of remuneration (basic fee and supplementary fee), election district supplement and residence allowance. The emoluments shall be due on a monthly basis.

(2) The basic fee is six times the emolument base for civil servants, as valid from time to time.

(3) A Member of Parliament may be granted a supplementary fee as a member of no more than two parliamentary committees. The chairman and members of the House Committee shall not be awarded any supplementary fee for their work carried out in this committee.

(4) The payment of contributions on the emoluments of a Member of Parliament related to his Member's activity shall be governed by the provisions of the Act on the Persons Entitled to the Provisions of Social Security and Private Pension and on the Coverage of such Services.

(5) The payment of personal income tax on the emoluments of a Member of Parliament related to his Member's activity shall be governed by the provisions of the Act on Personal Income Tax.

(6) The deputy Speakers of Parliament shall be entitled to the benefits due to a secretary of state, in addition to the benefits specified in this Act.

(7) The reduction of the emoluments of a Member of Parliament shall be governed by the Standing Regulation of Parliament of the Republic of Hungary.

Section 2 (1) On the basis of his mandate received from Parliament a Member of Parliament shall be granted the following supplementary fees on a monthly basis, taking for basis the basic fee:

(2) An officer and a member of Parliament's standing committee dealing in constitutionality, budget, and affairs of the European Union, shall be granted, in addition to the supplementary fee fixed in subsection (1), a further 20% supplementary fee, taking for basis the basic fee.

(3) A deputy for the leader of a parliamentary faction of a party shall be granted a 100% supplementary fee, taking for basis the basic fee of a Member of Parliament. If the headcount of a faction

• does not exceed 50 persons, one deputy shall be entitled to supplementary fee,
• reaches 51 persons but does not exceed 100 persons, two deputies shall be entitled to supplementary fee,
• reaches 101 persons, but does not exceed 150 persons, three deputies shall be entitled to supplementary fee,
• exceeds 151 persons, four deputies shall be entitled to supplementary fee.

(4) The supplementary fee

• of the chairman of the Hungarian National Group of the Interparliamentary Union shall be an amount equivalent to 80% of the basic fee of a Member of Parliament
• of the deputy chairmen of the Hungarian National Group of the Interparliamentary Union shall be an amount equivalent to 60% of the basic fee of a Member of Parliament.

Section 3 (1) The election district supplement of a Member of Parliament shall be the following portion per month of his remuneration, if the seat of the election district of a Member of Parliament elected in an individual election district is

1. in Budapest - 60% of his remuneration
2. at a distance within 50 kilometres from Budapest - 75% of his remuneration,
3. at a distance between 50 and 100 kilometres from Budapest - 90% of his remuneration,
4. at a distance between 100 and 150 kilometres from Budapest - 105% of his remuneration,
5. at a distance between 150 and 200 kilometres from Budapest - 120% of his remuneration,
6. at a distance between 200 and 250 kilometres from Budapest - 135% of his remuneration,
7. at a distance between 250 and 300 kilometres from Budapest - 145% of his remuneration,
8. at a distance over 300 kilometres from Budapest - 160% of his remuneration.

(2) Upon fixing the supplement according to subsection (1) no more than the double of the basic fee may be taken into consideration as basis of projection.

(3) In the case of a Member of Parliament elected on regional list the county seat corresponding to the regional list, while in the case of a Member of Parliament elected from the country list the settlement according to the permanent residence specified by the declaration of the Member shall be taken into consideration in the course of the application of subsection (1). Upon categorisation according to subsection (1) the shortest distance on public road between Budapest and the settlement serving as basis for the calculation, counted with the use of motorway or highway, in the absence thereof with the use of any other main traffic road shall be taken into consideration.

(4) A Member of Parliament granted cost refund (flat rate cost refund) according to his declaration as official or member of a county or metropolitan general assembly, furthermore as official or member of the body of representatives of the local government of a settlement, shall be entitled to election district supplement at a rate reduced by the amount of such cost refund (flat rate cost refund).

(5) The emoluments shall not be charged by the costs of the official delegation abroad of a Member of Parliament. The rules relating to civil servants shall apply to the delegation abroad of a Member of Parliament.

Section 4 (1) A Member of Parliament having no residence in Budapest according to his statement shall be entitled to residence allowance of an amount equivalent to 50% of the monthly basic fee.

(2) A Member of Parliament, whose residence is not, according to his statement, in his individual election district or in the county, where he has been elected on regional list, shall also be entitled to the residence allowance at a rate according to subsection (1).

Section 5 (1) The factions of the parties shall be entitled to use an amount corresponding to the basic fee of twenty-five Members of Parliament per faction per month for the expenses incurred by their operations, and an amount corresponding to 30% of the basic fee per Member of Parliament, in the event of a government party, while an amount corresponding to 60% of the basic fee in the event of an opposition party, from the budget of the office organisation of Parliament.

(2) An independent Member of Parliament shall be entitled to use 75% of his basic fee in order to assist his work.

Section 5/A (1) Payment of the emoluments due to a Member of Parliament on the basis of Sections 1 to 5 of this Act shall be made through transfer to the bank account specified by him, or in the absence of bank account via post office.

(2) The transfer to a bank account of the emoluments and its withdrawal on one occasion or its payment via post office may not cause any surplus cost for a Member of Parliament.

Section 5/B Ceased to be in force.

Section 6 (1) The office organisation of Parliament shall provide office rooms fit for the performance of work and basic provision required for the operation of the factions and for the work of the Members of Parliament (office equipment, outfit, etc.), as well as - up to the budgetary frame available for this purpose - internet access fit for the performance of work of the Members, for the factions of the parties and the Members of Parliament in the building of Parliament or in a building close to it, on a free-of-charge basis. Also the civil servants assisting their work, as well as the employees not qualifying as civil servants, employed to the debit of the emolument budget of a faction shall be accommodated in the office rooms secured for the factions. A faction may use a provision budget equivalent to 25% of the basic fee of a Member, per Member of Parliament and independent Member of Parliament for the continuous fulfilment of the office tasks on a monthly basis, from the budget of the office organisation of Parliament.

(2) The financial conditions of the employment of civil servants assisting the work of factions (emoluments, cost refunds) shall be secured from the budget of the office organisation of Parliament. Each faction may make a claim for thirteen civil servants, and it shall be entitled to employ on each fifth member of the faction further two - in the event of fraction computation on further third member of the faction - a civil servant or employee qualifying not a civil servant, with high or medium school degree, however, the headcount of civil servants may not exceed the number of the members of the faction. The factions shall be entitled to an emolument budget of

1. chief councellor on 20%,
2. councellor on 20%,
3. degree 9 of category class I on 30%,
4. salary degree 10 of category class II on 30%

of the established civil servants' headcount, increased by the emolument supplement and taking into consideration also the computation of fractions. Also a relationship of agency may be established to the debit of the emolument budget.

The cover of the cafeteria benefits specified in Act XXIII of 1992 on the Status of Civil Servants shall be provided from the budget of the office organisation of Parliament up to seven times the civil servants' emolument basis. In addition thereto the factions shall be entitled to a cover equivalent to 10% of their established annual salary budget for cafeteria and other benefits and rewards belonging to the scope of decision-making of the office organ, to the debit of which, however, no civil servant may be employed.

(3) In addition to subsection (2), but in the manner and up to the extent specified therein, each faction may make a claim for further two civil servants and shall be entitled to employ a further civil servant on each fiftieth member of the faction for the purposes of the tasks related to the accession to the European Union. The financial conditions of employment (emoluments, cost refunds) shall be provided from the budget of the office organisation of Parliament, taking into consideration the emolument computation under paragraphs a) to d) of subsection (2) and the benefits established according to subsection (2).

(4) The office organisation of Parliament shall secure for the Members of Parliament the financial conditions (personal benefits and contributions thereof) for the employment of one person per Member of Parliament, without making available any office room. A Member of Parliament may employ his employee with a contract for definite term, in employment relationship or civil law relationship during the period of his mandate. A Member of Parliament may also agree with a contractor on the assistance of his work as Member of Parliament. A Member of Parliament may account for expenses relating to the employee or contractor up to 60% of his basic fee, which shall not include the social security contribution or general turnover tax of the amount paid. The contract relating to the fulfilment of the task or to the contractorship shall be entered into by the Member of Parliament with the employee or contractor, with the previous countersignature of the office organisation of Parliament. The obligations of recording, reporting and accounting based on a legal rule, involved by the employment or contractorship shall be fulfilled by the office organisation of Parliament.

(5) The postal and telecommunications services used through the office organisation of Parliament and connected to the work of a Member of Parliament shall be free of charge for such Member.

(6) A Member of Parliament may use free of charge the services of analysis, information and documentation operated by the office organisation of Parliament.

(7) The office organisation of Parliament shall provide free of charge for a Member of Parliament the publications and official documents of Parliament.

(8) At the request of a Member of Parliament one official telephone line may be installed at the residence of such Member or at his place of stay connected to his work as Member, to the debit of the budget of the office organisation of Parliament (entrance fee), for the period of his mandate. The monthly fee of subscription and service shall be paid by the Member of Parliament.

Section 6/A The tangible assets, purchased by a faction of Parliament and an independent Member of Parliament to the debit of the budget specified in Section 5 (1) and (2), as well as in Section 6 (1), shall be owned by the office organisation of Parliament, however, the faction and the independent Member of Parliament may possess them as long as its party has a parliamentary faction or as long as the independent Member of Parliament has a mandate.

Section 7 (1) The office organisation of Parliament shall provide healthcare service for the Members of Parliament.

(2)

Section 8 A Member of Parliament filling the office of Prime Minister or Minister or being a Secretary of State shall be entitled exclusively to 100% of the basic fee specified in Section 1 (2). A Member of Parliament being a Government Commissionaire or Prime Minister's delegate, who is granted a cost refund (flat rate cost refund) according to his statement, shall be entitled to an election district supplement of a rate reduced by the amount of such cost refund (flat rate cost refund).

Section 9 (1) If the mandate of a Member of Parliament shall terminate as of the termination of the functioning of Parliament, the ex-Member shall be entitled, save for the case of his re-election, to a provision in an amount equivalent to the six-month average of his basic fee and supplementary fee preceding the termination of his mandate, for further six months. Also the period of the remuneration disbursed for this period of time shall be counted as period of time spent in employment.

(2) At the request of a Member of Parliament the provision shall be paid in one instalment.

(3) The provision specified in subsection (1) may not be paid to the Member of Parliament, who failed to meet his obligation to make a declaration on property items prescribed in Section 19 (1) of Act LV of 1990 on the Status of the Members of Parliament, within thirty days of the constituent assembly of the new Parliament.

(4) The six-month provision shall be paid to a Member of Parliament, who makes the declaration on property items under subsection (3) beyond the deadline, within fifteen days of the submission.

Section 10 (1) A Member of Parliament shall be entitled to old-age pension, in the case of the existence of other conditions, whose mandate terminates as of the termination of the functioning of Parliament and the ex-Member of Parliament shall reach the age limit entitling to old-age pension until the end of the fifth calendar year following that. The office organisation of Parliament shall not be charged by any payment into the budget in connection with such retirement.

(2) If a Member of Parliament runs again for election after the termination of the functioning of Parliament, he shall be entitled to old-age pension under subsection (1) no earlier than as of the day of the certification of mandates, if he is not re-elected as Member of Parliament.

Section 11 This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation; its provisions shall apply as of 1 July 1990.