Costa Rica 1949 Constitution (reviewed 2020)

Title XIV. The Autonomous Institutions

Sole Chapter

Article 188

The autonomous institutions of the State enjoy administrative independence and are subject to the law in matter of government. Their directors respond for their management.

Article 189

[The following] are autonomous institutions:

1. The Banks of the State;
2. The insurance institutions of the State;
3. Those that this Constitution establishes, and the new organs that the Legislative Assembly may create by a vote of no less than two-thirds of the total of its members.

Article 190

For the discussion and approval of [the] bills relative to an autonomous institution, the Legislative Assembly will previously hear the opinion of it.