General Typology

Instrument
Authorities' minority plebiscite [MTP]
Location
Liechtenstein
Local Name

Referendumsbegehren

Political Level

national

Normative Level

constitutional

Legally Binding?
yes
Legally Defined

Art. 66
1) Every law passed by the Diet which it does not declare to be urgent or any financial resolution which it does not declare urgent, if it involves a new non-recurrent expenditure of not less than 300,000 francs or a new annual expenditure of 150,000 francs, shall be submitted to a referendum if the Diet so decides or if not less than 1,000 citizens with the right to vote or not less than three communes submit a petition to that effect, according to the procedure prescribed in Art. 64, within 30 days of the official publication of the resolution of the Diet.

References: References: Constitution of Liechtenstein, 2003

Subject Matter

To veto a law

Actors

Author
3 communal assemblies
Initiator
3 communal assemblies
Decision maker
electorate

Requirements

Number Of Signatures

Available Time

30 days

Turnout Quorum

Legal source does not mention turnout quorum

Approval Quorum

Legal source does not mention special approval quorum

Geographical Quorum

Legal source does not mention geographical quorum

Excluded Issues

laws affecting the constitution or international treaties

Other Formal Requirements

law involves a new non-recurrent expenditure of not less than 300,000 francs or a new annual expenditure of 150,000 francs. Law is not declared as urgent.

Procedural Elements

Collection Mode

Specify Collection Mode

Wording Of Ballot Question

Interaction With Authorities

Supervision And Support

Transparency And Finance

Practice

Use

Archive

Remarks