1. The Marshal of the Senate shall refer the budget statute to the Senate committees.

2. The Senate committees, having considered the appropriate parts of the budget, shall pass on their opinions to the National Economy Committee, which on their basis shall prepare the draft for the Senate resolution, in which it shall propose:

- to pass statute without amendments, or

- to enter amendments.

3. The National Economy Committee shall be required to substantiate its action of not accommodating the opinions referred to in para. 2 above.

A resolution on the state budget statute shall be taken by the Senate within 20 days of its transmittal.

During the procedure involving the budget statute, committees may question authorised representatives of the respective government departments.