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Article 140* (Scope of Local Self-Government) The competencies of a municipality comprise local affairs which may be regulated by the municipality autonomously and which affect only the residents of the municipality. The state may by law transfer to municipalities the performance of specific duties 39 within the state competence if it also provides financial resources to enable such. State authorities shall supervise the proper and competent performance of work relating to matters vested in the local community bodies by the state. *As amended by the Constitutional Act Amending Articles 121, 140 and 143 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, adopted on 20 June 2006 and entered into force on 27 June 2006 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 68/06). The original text read as follows: The competencies of a municipality comprise local affairs which may be regulated by the municipality autonomously and which affect only the residents of the municipality. With the prior consent of the municipality or wider self-governing local community, the state may by law vest specific duties within the state jurisdiction in the municipality or wider self-governing local community, if the state provides financial resources for this purpose. State authorities shall supervise the proper and competent performance of work relating to matters vested in the local community bodies by the state.