Costa Rica

Legislative Assembly

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Other (please specify)
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Notes
The Legislative Assembly can modify the budget but the effectiveness of any increase in expenditures originally budgeted by the Executive must be justified by the Office of the Comptroller General if revenue to cover them is not specified.
Constitution, art. 179
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis For example, a Parliamentary Budget Office.
Yes
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Number of staff (full-time equivalent positions)
5
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
01.09.2022
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Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
21.11.2022
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