General Assembly

The General Assembly of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria is the supreme body of the Association.

The members of the General Assembly are the municipalities, represented by their delegates – mayor of municipality and representative of the respective municipal council. Each one of them is entitled to one vote.

The General Assembly has the following powers:

• to adopt, amend and supplement the Statute of the Association;
• to elect and release by secret ballot the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board;
• to adopt the Activity Programme of the Association;
• to adopt the annual Activity Reports of the Management and Supervisory Board;
• to adopt the annual budget of the Association and the report for its implementation;
• to cancel decisions of the Management Board that contradict the law, the Statute and the goals and tasks of the Association;
• to adopt decisions to terminated the activity of the Association;
• to decide the amount of operating expenses for the activities of the administrative personnel of the Association;
• to resolve issues regarding the settlement of property relations upon termination of membership and the distribution of property remaining after satisfying the creditors in case of liquidation;
• to approve the Statute and type of honors awarded by the Association

NAMRB General Assembly is convened by the Management Board or at the request of one third of the Association members.

The meetings of the General Assembly are legal if they are attended by more than a half of all members of the organization.

The majority of the decisions of the General Assembly are adopted by majority of more than half of the members present. Decisions related to adopting, amending or supplementing the Association's Statutes, as well as those to cancel decisions of the Management Board that conflict with the Statutes, are taken by a majority of 2/3 of those present.

For decisions related to issues of property relations settlement upon termination of membership and the distribution of the remaining property after satisfying the creditors in cases of liquidation, a majority of 2/3 of all members of NAMRB is indispensable.

The meetings of the General Assembly are public.