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(k) organizing public services of communal importance, including fire, emergency
response, and police consistent with Chapter 2 of this Agreement; and
(l) financing the work of communal institutions, including raising revenues, taxes, and
preparing budgets.
5. The communes shall also have responsibility for all other areas within Kosovo's
authority not expressly assigned elsewhere herein, subject to the provisions of Article
II.5(b) of this Constitution.
6. Each commune shall conduct its business in public and shall maintain publicly
available records of its deliberations and decisions.
Article IX: Representation
1. Citizens in Kosovo shall have the right to participate in the election of:
(a) At least 10 deputies in the House of Citizens of the Federal Assembly; and
(b) At least 20 deputies in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.
2. The modalities of elections for the deputies specified in paragraph 1 shall be
determined by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia
respectively, under procedures to be agreed with the Chief of the Implementation
Mission.
3. The Assembly shall have the opportunity to present to the appropriate authorities a list
of candidates from which shall be drawn:
(a) At least one citizen in Kosovo to serve in the Federal Government, and at least one
citizen in Kosovo to serve in the Government of the Republic of Serbia; and
(b) At least one judge on the Federal Constitutional Court, one judge on the Federal
Court, and three judges on the Supreme Court of Serbia.
Article X: Amendment
1. The Assembly may by a majority of two-thirds of its Members, which majority must
include a majority of the Members elected from each national community pursuant to
Article II.1(b)(ii), adopt amendments to this Constitution.
2. There shall, however, be no amendments to Article I.3-8 or to this Article, nor shall
any amendment diminish the rights granted by Articles VI and VII.