Article 17-(2).　The estimated amount of allotment of local public bodies of such public works as works of rivers, roads, torrential works, ports and harbors, etc. executed by the state and which benefit the local public bodies shall be advised prior to the commencement of the works. In case there is a marked change in the estimated amount of allotment due to changes in the plan of works and other cause, the similar advice shall be given.

2　In case the local public body, upon receipt of the foregoing advice, is dissatisfied with the estimated amount of allotment, it may submit its opinion to the Cabinet.

Article 20-(2).　Any local public bodies that are dissatisfied with the calculation or the time of the disbursement concerning the disbursement of the national government or the disbursement which belong to the burden of the national government as provided for in the preceding Article may submit a statement of opinion to the National Diet through the Cabinet.

2　The provision of Article 13 paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the preceding paragraph.

Article 27.　In case the competent minister administers the control or the maintenance and repair works of the river in accordance with the proviso to Article 6 or in case the competent minister executes works in accordance with the provision of Article 8, such expenses shall be borne by the national treasury, provided that urban or rural prefectures shall bear one half of such expenses in case the competent minister administers the control or the maintenance and repair works of the river in accordance with the proviso to Article 6, and one-third of such expenses in case the competent minister executes works in accordance with the provision of Article 8.

Article 28.　In case urban or rural prefectures bears a part of expenses of works in accordance with the proviso to the preceding Article, they shall deliver the estimated amount to the national treasury as provided for by the competent minister.

Article 13.　As to the expenses required for sand prevention works, the national treasury shall bear two-thirds of such expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Cabinet Order.

Article 7-(2)　Deleted.

Article 6-(2).　Irrespective of the provisions of the preceding Article, one-half of the expenses required for such important city planning or city planning works as executed by administrative agency which has jurisdiction over local public bodies shall be borne by the national treasury in accordance with the provisions of the Cabinet Order.

Article 35.　One-half of the expenses required for construction or reconstruction of the national road out of expenses prescribed in Article 33 paragraph 2 shall be borne one-half by the national treasury in accordance with the provisions of the Cabinet Order.

Article 4.　With regard to the expenses required for planning of special cities and works under special cities plan executed by the administrative agency the provisions of Article 6 and Article 6-(2) of the City Planning Law shall apply.

Article 86-(2).　The National Treasury may grant, within the limit of the budget, to local government, which bears the expenses required for the administration of the Association, an annual subsidy not exceeding the amount of such expenses as may be borne by the local public bodies concerned in regard to those members of the new Association who are the personnel of the public schools under paragraph 1 of the preceding Article and who engage in compulsory education.

2　The National Treasury may grant, within the limit of the budget, to local public bodies an annual subsidy not exceeding one-half the amount of expenses required for payment that is borne by such public bodies concerned for the payment in regard to those members specified in the preceding paragraph.