Financial Resources for Public Purposes. Case Study in the Context of Art. 216 sec. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of April 2, 1997.

The aim of this study is to determine the character of financial resources devoted to public purposes referred to in Art. 216(1) of the Polish Constitution as seen in legal measures adopted in selected national special purpose funds. The constitutionally values protected in this provision also was analized. The legal solutions adopted in selected national special purpose funds and funds for public purposes related to them will serve as an example. Directions of the evolution seen in the Polish legal order encourage a discussion of whether resources coming from sanctions may (or should) be a basic source of proceeds of these funds. The method of investigation of the law in force and a legal analysis are used in this study. A reference to decisions of the Constitutional Tribunal and of the Supreme Administrative Court was also necessary.