VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Article 105

1. The Chamber shall have an administrative and professional service for the performance of professional, administrative auxiliary and other jobs.
2. Administrative and professional service shall consist of Chamber’s secretary (administrative secretary) and a number of permanently employed administrative clerks.
3. Administrative and professional service shall be governed by Chamber’s secretary. Secretary of the Chamber shall have a college degree.
4. Secretary of the Chamber shall be elected by the Managing Board on the basis of announcement for vacancies.

Article 106

1. Administrative and professional service of the Chamber shall meet the needs and demands of the members and ensure professional, high-quality, due and responsible performance of tasks, in accordance with the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers, Act on building, Act on urban development and these Articles of association.
2. The work of the administrative and professional service shall be governed by a rulebook laid down by the Managing Board.

IX. PAPERS OF THE CHAMBER

Article 107

1. The Chamber shall have its papers.
2. Professional and scientific studies from the scope of architecture and civil engineering, as well as official acts and notices of the Chamber shall be published in the papers.
3. All members of the Chamber shall receive the papers.

Article 108

1. Members of the editing office, editor in chief and editor of the papers shall be elected by the Managing Board, for a three time period.
2. Members of the editing office, editor in chief and editor of the papers shall answer to the Managing Board.

X.FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE CHAMBER

Article 109

1. Financial operations of the Chamber shall be conducted on the basis of annual incomes and expenditures, approved by the Assembly.
2. Budgetary revenues of the Chamber are:
1) registration fee for authorized architects and authorized civil engineers
2) membership fee for authorized architects and authorized civil engineers
3) other incomes and payments
3. Supplementary incomes of the Chamber are:
1) disciplinary fines
2) various supplementary incomes

Article 110

1. The Chamber shall use its means to execute tasks of the Chamber established by the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers, Act on building, Act on urban development and these Articles of association.
2. The Managing Board shall have the authority to authorize the use of Chamber’s means for other legitimate purposes or needs.

Article 111

1. Financial operations of the Chamber shall be registered on the basic and on separate accounts.
2. Financial operations of the Chamber shall be registered on the basic account.
3. Financial operations of the Departments shall be registered on separate accounts.

Article 112

1. Incomes from Article 109 of these Articles of association shall be originally registered on separate accounts of the departments.
2. A part of income for the operation of the Chamber as a whole shall be transferred from the separate accounts of the departments to the basic account.
3. The amount of money from the previous paragraph shall be established by Assembly’s annual budget.

Article 113

The persons authorized to manage financial means of the Chamber shall be elected by:
- Chamber’s Managing Board, when it comes to financial means on the basic account of the Chamber,
- Department Boards, when it comes to financial means on the separate accounts of the departments.

XI. COAT OF ARMS, SEALS AND STAMPS

Article 14

1. The Chamber shall have its coat of arms, designated by the Assembly.
2. Seals and stamps of the Chamber shall be round, 38 mm in diameter, bearing the designation: The Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers – Zagreb.
3. Ink seals can be used in black, deep blue and purple ink.
4. Metal stamps shall be imprinted in red wax.
5. The Chamber shall also have a dry stamp.



XII. FILE STORAGE

Article 115

1. Registers, lists and documents relating to individual authorized architects or authorized civil engineers shall be permanently stored, while other documents are to be stored for ten years.
2. The Managing Board shall have the authority to make a separate decision on storing Chamber documents.

XIII. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 116

1. President of the Chamber, the Managing Board and the Supervisory Committee shall be elected by the Founding Assembly.
2. General acts from Article 21, paragraph 2 and Article 22, paragraph 1 of the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers and Article 47 of these articles of association shall be adopted by the Assembly at a special meeting no later then six months from the day of the founding convention.

Article 117

The Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers shall interpret any special provisions of these Articles of association.

Article 118

These Articles of Association shall enter into force on the day of its publishing in the Official gazette of the Republic of Croatia.

No. 002
Zagreb, April 16, 1999
President of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers
Ivan Franić, B.S. Arch.

At the meeting held on October 20, 1999, pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 1, item 1 and Article 20, paragraph 2 of the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers (Official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, no. 47/98), the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers, with prior consent of the ministry of urban development, construction and habitation, adopted the following

AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS

*Published in the Official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, no. 112, dated October 29, 1999

Article 1

The following text shall be added to Article 4, end of paragraph 3 of the Articles of association of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers: “Membership card shall also set forth the authority of the authorized architect or authorized civil engineer to perform jobs within the framework of professional tasks, the Act, regulations adopted pursuant to the Act, rules of the profession and the Code of professional ethics of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers.” Paragraph 4 shall be altered into: “The membership card shall be verified by the dry stamp of the Chamber, imprinted beneath the photograph of authorized architect or authorized civil engineer, and by the signature of the president of the Chamber.”
Paragraph 7 shall be expunged.
Present paragraph 8 shall become the new paragraph 7.

Article 2

Article 20, paragraph 1 shall be as follows: “Authorized civil engineers shall have the authority to perform jobs of the following professional orientations: “

Article 3

Article 21, paragraph 2 shall be as follows: “(2) Authorized civil engineers shall have the authority to perform jobs of all professional orientations.”

Article 4

Article 24 shall be as follows:
“ Article 24
Professional tasks of authorized mechanical engineers, relative to their professional orientation, for each technical domain are:
1. technical, technological and economic design of engines and parts of building systems
2. consulting and representing investors and their interests when it comes to planning, designing, choice of equipment and contractors, as well as project organization and implementation
3. drawing up studies, programs and conceptual technological designs, expert opinions, evaluations and calculations
4. supervising execution, calculation and takeover of executed works
5. conduct technical tests and measurements
6. control of systems in use
7. expert control and revision of domestic and foreign projects
8. drawing up instructions for use and maintenance.

Article 5

Article 25 shall be as follows: “Authorized electrical engineers shall be entered in the Register of authorized electrical engineers. The register shall have only one professional orientation. “

Article 6

Article 26, paragraph 1, item 1, shall be as follows:
“(1) Professional tasks of authorized electrical engineers shall be as follows:
-technical, technological and economic designing of electro technical, computer, information, telecommunications, lighting and protective systems.”

Article 7

The following text shall be added at the end of Article 35: “the seal shall also contain the sign of the Chamber. “

Article 8

Article 55, paragraph 1, item 2 shall be altered as follows: “2. publishing of magazines, books, other publications and other forms of publishing (cassettes, floppy discs, CDs, films, etc. )”

Article 9

Article 65, paragraph 3 shall be altered as follows:
“ (3) Department meeting can be held and adopt valid decisions if the majority of the members are present. If the majority of all members does not attend the department meeting, it shall be postponed for a period of 30 minutes, after which time it shall convene.
Valid decisions at such department meetings shall be adopted by majority vote of all attendant members.”

Article 10

The words: “and with the sign of the Chamber” shall be added at the end of Article 114, paragraph 2.

Article 11

The above amendments to the Articles of association shall enter into force on the day of their publication in the Official gazette of the Republic of Croatia.

No. 003
Zagreb, October 21, 1999
President of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers
Ivan Franić, B.S. Arch.

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