Article 1. (Subject)
This law regulates the territorial hierarchy of the Republic, the City of North Sarajevo, districts, special territorial areas, border records, public functions and corridors of special administrative importance, and the reorganization procedure.
Article 2 (Territorial Hierarchy)
(1) The Republic of North Sarajevo constitutes a unique state and administrative framework.
(2) Its native urban and administrative area is the City of North Sarajevo.
(3) The City of North Sarajevo is not a separate level of government from the Republic, but a territorial expression of its home area and the seat of its institutions.
(4) The Republic consists of the City of North Sarajevo and future territorial units established in accordance with this law.
Article 3. (City of North Sarajevo)
(1) The City of North Sarajevo consists of:
1. Višnjik District (VI); 2. Breka District (BR); 3. Logavina District (LO).
(2) Districts are institutional administrative units of the City of North Sarajevo and the Republic. They serve territorial organization, statistical records, local administration, identification of residence and organization of public services.
(3) Districts do not have their own constitutional subjectivity, autonomous level of government or the status of a separate city.
Article 4 (Registration of borders)
(1) The boundaries of the City of North Sarajevo and its districts are determined by a published map and a machine-readable spatial record with the source, date and version.
(2) If the border is not precise enough for individual records, the temporary label "undefined area" is used until the correction is published; the limit must not be assumed for automatic status assignment.
(3) The person's residence status is not lost due to the technical updating of the border; the competent authority gives him the opportunity to verify or correct the information.
Article 5 (Special areas and future territorial units)
(1) The Republic may establish a separate territorial area outside the continuity of the City of North Sarajevo.
(2) A special area may have the following status:
1. of the special district of the Republic; 2. City of the Republic; 3. other administrative units determined by law.
(3) As a rule, a smaller area is organized as a special district. An area of sufficient size, number of residents, permanent organization or administrative importance can be organized as a city of the Republic.
(4) The establishment of the future unit does not change the status of the City of North Sarajevo as the historical and founding area of the Republic.
Article 6 (Areas and facilities of special public importance)
(1) Institutions, facilities, areas and roads serving public functions or the uninterrupted operation of the public system are maintained in a special register.
(2) The register records in particular: 1. seats and organisational units of public institutions; 2. embassies, ambassadors' residences, diplomatic missions, consular offices and corresponding facilities of international organisations; 3. primary and secondary schools, faculties, university and student facilities; 4. health centres, outpatient clinics, public health institutions and public medical infrastructure; 5. other institutions and areas serving a public function; 6. roads of special importance under Article 7 of this Law.
(3) Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its competent levels of government, diplomatic and consular missions, ambassadors' residences, primary, secondary and higher education institutions, health centres, outpatient clinics, health institutions, other public institutions, their facilities and roads under Article 7 remain within the competence of their competent authorities. The authorities of the Republic ensure uninterrupted access, work, traffic and exercise of those competences.
(4) The competent authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina may record and categorise the areas, facilities and roads under this Article within cantons, cities, municipalities and local communities under their laws. Such categorisation does not require prior consent from an authority of the Republic.
(5) The Government regulates the maintenance, updating and public availability of the register, subject to protection of security-sensitive information, and records official categorisations of the competent authorities without altering their content.
Article 7 (Roads of special importance)
(1) A road is recorded as a road of special importance if it meets at least one of the following criteria:
1. it is the only practical land access to a particular area; 2. it connects territorially separated areas and settlements; 3. restricting it would unreasonably impede the movement of citizens, public services or legal persons; 4. it has a wider regional or national transport function; 5. it provides access to a facility or institution under Article 6 of this Law.
(2) The entry includes the name, route, criteria, explanation, competent authority, date and version of the spatial record.
(3) Roads under this Article remain under the authority of their competent authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authorities of the Republic shall not restrict access, alter their official categorisation or obstruct ordinary use, maintenance, emergency intervention or public traffic.
Article 8 (Reorganization)
(1) The Assembly may by law establish, merge, divide, rename or abolish a city, district or other territorial unit after a public discussion, published maps, impact assessments on registers and opinions of the Government and REC.
(2) If the reorganization changes the number of district mandates, suffrage or introduces or abolishes the district council, a referendum is required according to the electoral law.
(3) Reorganization must not result in erasure of historical registers, loss of individual status or interruption of public service.
Article 9 (Local bodies)
(1) The district does not have a council or an executive body unless Assembly determines otherwise by law after a referendum in which at least two-thirds of the valid votes are in favor of the proposal.
(2) A local office, advisory group or digital consultation may be established by a decision of the Government, but they do not have normative authority or an electoral mandate.
Article 10. (Renaming and publication)
(1) The renaming proposal contains an explanation, the opinion of the affected residents and users of public services, the new code and the migration plan of the registers.
(2) All maps, registers, codes, versions of borders and decisions on reorganization are published in the Official Gazette and on the public register of the territorial organization.