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independent income. They continued to use the provincial or central budget. Therefore, the councils could not have the financial resources to meet the needs of the residents. Provincial
National Councils decided on investments in towns and communes. The councils continued to play the role of organs of state power. The National Council Presidiums were still the governing bodies of these councils, subordinated to them and accountable to them, only that the function of chairman of the presidium was no longer reserved exclusively for persons with the status of party members. Their legal position, however, was strengthened by the act through decisive participation in the process of appointing voivodes, equipping them with powers over all bodies performing the tasks of the voivodeship national council and organizational units subordinated to it, including the possibility of providing the voivode with guidelines in the form of resolutions. The Act of 16 June 1988 amending the Act on the system of national councils and local government still did not ensure independent management for cities and communes. The budget of the commune depended on the decision of the tax office regarding the amount of subsidies and shares in the income of the central budget, as well as the right to freely dispose of funds.
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the intentions of centrally managed socialized economy units operating in their area. An obligation of participation of socialized economy units in the costs of construction of communal facilities was introduced. Subsidies for local budgets were replaced with shares in the revenues of the central budget. However, these reforms concerned only
Voivodeship National Councils. On the other hand, all national councils were given the right to decide on matters that did not belong to the powers of other organs of power. The presidiums of the councils remained the executive and management body, they represented the council outside. The act of 1963 increased the role of commissions and sessions of national councils.
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determining the budget and benefit plan, controlling the activities of state and local executive bodies, and appointing self-government executive bodies. The composition of national councils was determined on the basis of delegating their representatives by trade unions, workers 'and workers' unions, craft and agricultural organizations, cooperative unions, industrial, trade, cultural and educational organizations as well as 2 representatives of poviat national councils. National councils elected from their members a presidium consisting of a chairman, his deputy and 3 members.
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organs directing the work of the council, they lost the character of an executive and managing body. They became an internal body of the council, directing its activities and its chairman represented only the presidium and council, not the executive branch. The presidium consisted of: the chairman of the commune national council, his deputies and the chairman standing council committees.
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