Ministers in electronic communications and Information Society and upon the submission of the said drafts. Article 17. (1) (Amended, SG No. 50/2016, effective 1.07.2016) The Chairperson of the Electronic Government State Agency: 1. establish, operate, maintain and develop an electronic communications network and control points in connection with national security, which shall be serviced by personnel occupying specific positions; 2. (amended, SG No. 35/2009, effective 12.05.2009) ensure electronic communications for governance in cases of disasters within the meaning given by the Disaster Protection Act and upon declaration of a state of martial law, a state of war or a state of emergency within the meaning given by the Defence and Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria Act; 3. (new, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011) use and develop the network referred to in Item 1 for the needs of State governance. (2) (Repealed, SG No. 105/2011, effective 29.12.2011). Article 18. (1) Prior to issuing the instruments of secondary legislation provided for in this Act or prior to laying any such instruments before the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall make public the drafts as prepared by insertion of an announcement in a national daily newspaper, as well as by posting an announcement together with the text of the draft on the Internet site of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications. (2) The announcement referred to in Paragraph (1) shall state the place where interested parties may obtain the drafts and a time limit, not shorter than thirty days, wherewithin the said parties may present written opinions on the said drafts. (3) The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall examine the opinions and shall incorporate the accepted proposals. (4) The public consultation procedure shall be concluded by posting on the Internet site of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the opinions received, the proposals received, the places and the texts whereby the accepted proposals have been accepted, and the reasoning for the rejected proposals. Article 19. The resources for facilitation of the activities of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall accrue to the budget thereof and shall be raised from: 1. twenty-five per cent of the final tender price after conduct of a tender for use of an individually assigned scarce resource; 2. (supplemented, SG No. 11/2014, effective 7.02.2014) twenty-per cent of the lump-sum fee for use of additionally provided radio spectrum, and of the lump sum for extension of the validity of an authorization; 3. thirty-five per cent of the annual fees for use and for temporary use of an individual assigned scarce resource - radio spectrum; 4. twenty-five per cent of the annual fees for use of the geostationary orbital positions allocated to the Republic of Bulgaria according to international agreements; 5. resources for co-financing of projects for the development of communications and Information Society; 6. other revenues. Article 20. (1) (Amended, SG No. 17/2009) The resources covered under Article 19 herein shall be spent on: 1. projects assisting the development of Information Society, electronic communications and postal services; 2. establishing of a single national and European information space: varied, reliable and compatible broadband services;

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