C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

Section 8 Disposition versions

2006-01-01

1999-10-22

1996-05-08

1985-06-20

1985-01-01

0001-01-01

8. A corporation may:

(1)  assist in the undertaking and furtherance, in the municipality and elsewhere, of works of charity, education, scientific, artistic or literary culture, youth training and generally of any social welfare enterprise of the population;

(2)  assist in the organization of recreational centres and public places for sports and amusements;

(3)  found and maintain bodies for industrial, commercial or tourist promotion and promote physical and cultural activities among the residents of the municipality or assist in their foundation and maintenance;

(4)  grant subsidies to institutions, societies or corporations devoted to the pursuit of the aforesaid purposes;

(5)  entrust to non-profit institutions, societies or corporations the organization and management, for the account of the municipal corporation, of activities or bodies mentioned in subparagraphs 2 and 3 and, for such purpose, make contracts with them and grant them the necessary funds.

The council of the municipal corporation may exercise by resolution the powers enumerated in this article.

The total amount which the corporation may appropriate each year for the purposes of this article shall not exceed the budgetary percentage previously approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Commission municipale du Québec. Such approval is valid as long as it is not revoked or modified.

1979, c. 36, s. 3.