S-30.1 - Act respecting municipal and intermunicipal transit authorities

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88. Where the budget has not come into force on 1 January, a municipality or the transit authority may ask the Minister to appoint a conciliation officer to assist the parties in reaching an agreement.
Notice of the application shall be sent to each municipality and to the secretary of the transit authority.
Upon receipt of the application, the Minister shall appoint a conciliation officer.
The conciliation officer appointed shall send a conciliation report to the Minister within the time granted by the Minister.
1977, c. 64, s. 88; 1985, c. 35, s. 44; 1999, c. 40, s. 91.
88. Where the budget has not come into force on 1 January, a municipality or the corporation may ask the Minister to appoint a conciliation officer to assist the parties in reaching an agreement.
Notice of the application shall be sent to each municipality and to the secretary of the corporation.
Upon receipt of the application, the Minister shall appoint a conciliation officer.
The conciliation officer appointed shall send a conciliation report to the Minister within the time granted by the Minister.
1977, c. 64, s. 88; 1985, c. 35, s. 44.
88. Every municipality concerned or the corporation may appeal, by motion served on the corporation, or, if such is the case, on all the municipalities whose territory is subject to its jurisdiction, and filed with the Commission municipale du Québec, before the ensuing 1 November, to have the budget prepared by the corporation amended in whole or in part or to have the budget, as amended by the municipalities, confirmed.
After hearing the corporation and the municipality in appeal, the Commission municipale du Québec must render its decision before the ensuing 1 December and inform all the interested parties of it.
It may confirm or amend the budget prepared by the corporation. Nevertheless, it shall not amend the budget unless it is convinced that such budget entails serious prejudice to the ratepayers.
It may confirm or reject the budget as amended by the municipalities.
It may order the losing party to pay such amount as it considers equitable to meet the expenses incurred for such appeal; the order for such purpose shall be homologated upon a motion to the Provincial Court or the Superior Court according to their respective jurisdictions; the order so homologated shall be executory in the same manner as a judgment of such a court.
It may also make any interlocutory order to safeguard the rights of the interested parties during the suit.
1977, c. 64, s. 88.