Article 104.
Administrative territorial units
of the Republic of Armenia are: regions (marzer) and communities (hamainkner).
Regions are comprised of rural and urban communities.
Article 105.
Local self-government takes place
in the communities. Bodies for local self-government, community elders
with five to fifteen members, and the head of the community (the city mayor
or village head), are elected for a three-year period to administer community
property and solve issues of community significance. The community leader
forms his own staff.
Article 106.
The community elders on the presentation
of the community leader ratify the community budget, oversee the implementation
of the budget, and in the procedure provided for by the law fix local taxes
and payments.
Article 107.
State government takes place in
the regions. In the regions, the Government appoints and dismisses regional
governors (marzpetner) who implement the Government's regional policy and
coordinate the activity of regional services with the republic executive
bodies.
Article 108.
The city of Yerevan has the status
of a region. The President of the Republic upon presentation by the Prime
Minister appoints and dismisses the mayor of Yerevan. Local self-government
takes place in Yerevan in district communities.
Article 109.
Upon the presentation of the regional
governor, the Government in cases provided for by law can remove the community
leader from office. In the case of the removal of a community leader by
decision of the Government, special elections are held within thirty days.
Until the newly-elected community leader assumes his duties, the Prime
Minister appoints an acting urban community leader and the regional governor
appoints an acting village community leader.
Article 110.
The election procedure and powers
of bodies of local self-government are fixed by the Constitution and by
laws.
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