Constitución en Inglés

259 Corte Constitucional de Colombia regimes will be determined by the Constitution and special laws issued for this purpose and, for what is not covered in them, by the valid norms for municipalities. The Government must present a bill regulating the organization and functioning of the General System of National Budget Distribution of Departments, Districts, and Municipalities on the first month of sessions of the forthcoming legislative term at the latest. The city of Medellin is organized as Special District of Science, Technology, and Innovation. Its political and fiscal regime will be determined by the Constitution and the special laws that will be issued for this purpose. The city of Medellin as Special District of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and all other cities organized as special districts, will not be obligated to perform administrative adjustments that increase their costs. The Law will be able to create additional mechanisms to the existing ones that foment and promote developments in science, technology, and innovation. The amount of the General System of National Budget Distribution of Departments, Districts, and Municipalities shall be increased annually by a percentage equal to the average percentage variation that revenues of the Nation have undergone during the four (4) preceding years, including the estimated increase in the current budget. For the purpose of calculating the variation in current revenues of the Nation referred to in the preceding subparagraph, the taxes resulting from State of Exception measures shall be excluded, unless Congress makes them permanent in the following year. TRANSITIONAL PARAGRAPH PARAGRAPH ARTICLE 357