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58 :(1) Promulgating their Constitution to organize public authority, in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.


 * (2) Organization of their Municipalities and other local organs and the territorial and political divisions between them, in accordance with this Constitution and in accordance with law.


 * (3) Management of their assets and investment and management of their resources, including those deriving from transfers, subsidies or special assuagements from National Power, and those assigned to them as a share of national tax revenues.


 * (4) Organization, collection, control and administration of their own taxes, in accordance with provisions of national and state law.


 * (5) The governance and exploitation of non-metallic minerals that are not reserved to National Power, as well as salt deposits and oyster beds, and the management of vacant lands within their jurisdiction, in accordance with law.


 * (6) Organization of the police and determination of the branches of this service to be assigned to municipal jurisdiction, in accordance with applicable national legislation.


 * (7) Creation, organization, collection, control and management in the fields of sealed paper and tax documentary stamps.


 * (8) Creation, governance and organization of state public services.


 * (9) Construction, preservation, management and exploitation of overland travel routes within the states.


 * (10) Conservation, management and exploitation of national expressways and highways, as well as ports and airports in commercial use, in coordination with the National Executive.


 * (11) Any matters not placed, in accordance with this Constitution, under national or municipal jurisdiction.

Article 165: Matters involving concurrent competence shall be regulated by laws enacted by National Power and implementation laws passed by the States. This legislation shall be guided by the