forms of support (including membership fees). The legislation also stipulates that the government budget provides funding for political parties and non-partisan political representatives in the amount of 0.05 percent of the previous year's budget expenditures. Additional funds are appropriated in local government budgets. The funds are distributed to elected members of parliament and councils, and the political parties with which they are affiliated receive 10 percent of the funds. Each election candidate (or slate) must have a dedicated bank account to handle election-campaign donations, other related funding, and all campaign-related expenditures. The maximum donation to a single party, candidate or slate made in a year is also regulated. In cases of individuals it is set at 30,000 kuna ( 4,050 euro), regardless of purpose. Companies and other legal persons are limited to the same amount in local elections; 100,000 kuna ( 13,500 euro) for parliamentary or European Parliament elections and 200,000 kuna ( 27,000 euro) for presidential elections to any one candidate, party or slate (whichever is applicable). Total campaign expenditures are also limited to 8 million kuna ( 1.08 million euro) per candidate in presidential elections, 1.5 million kuna ( 202,000 euro) per candidate (or slate) in European Parliament or parliamentary elections, 500,000 kuna ( 67,600 euro) per candidate in Zagreb mayoral elections and 400,000 kuna ( 54,000 euro) per candidate in county-prefect or mayoral elections in cities of 35,000 residents or larger and in county seats. Mayoral election-campaign expenditures in other cities and towns is also limited, depending on the local government's population: 250,000 kuna ( 33,800 euro) if the population exceeds 10,000 residents, 100,000 kuna ( 13,500 euro) in population units of 3,000–10,000 and up to 50,000 kuna ( 6,750 euro) in smaller self-governing units. All candidates and parties (or slates) are legally required to publish financial reports detailing their funding, which are audited by the State Electoral Commission and the State Audit Office. They are also legally required to turn over all receipts exceeding the legal limits in favour of the central government budget within eight days. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, the leading political parties reported campaign spending as follows: the Croatian Democratic Union spent 19.5 million kuna ( euro), the Social Democratic Party of Croatia spent 15.8 million kuna ( euro), the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats spent 9 million kuna ( euro), while the Croatian Peasant Party led coalition reported spending 8