Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

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The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is the country’s unicameral national parliament responsible for creating laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch.

Observed surface forms (2)


Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
national parliament
unicameral legislature
approves national budget of Costa Rica
budgetaryPower can modify and approve the national budget
buildingLocation Cuesta de Moras, San José
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
surface form: Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica
country Costa Rica
electoralCycle synchronized with Costa Rican general elections
electoralDistrictType provincial constituencies
elects some high public officials
establishedInYear 1949
foundedBy Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
hasCommitteeSystem yes
hasNumberOfMembers 57
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.asamblea.go.cr/
hasPower to amend laws
to approve public loans
to investigate public administration
to ratify international treaties
headOfStateOversight President of Costa Rica
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction entire territory of Costa Rica
languageUsed Spanish
legalSystemContext civil law system of Costa Rica
legislatureOf Republic of Costa Rica NERFINISHED
location San José
surface form: San José, Costa Rica
meetsFrequency regular sessions annually
meetsIn Legislative Assembly building
memberTitle deputy
nativeName Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfProvincesRepresented 7
oversees Government of Costa Rica
surface form: Executive Branch of Costa Rica
passes laws of Costa Rica
predecessor Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs
surface form: Congress of Costa Rica
primaryFunction budget approval
lawmaking
oversight of the executive branch
publishes Diario de la Asamblea Legislativa
reelectionRule immediate re-election of deputies not allowed
sessionType committee sessions
plenary sessions
shortName Asamblea Legislativa
supervises public institutions of Costa Rica
termLength 4 years
typeOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Costa Rica
votingSystem proportional representation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San José isSeatOf Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Costa Rica legislature Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica nativeName Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica predecessor Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Congress of Costa Rica