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A-2.1 - Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information

Section 5
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5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a public transit authority and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality;
(2.1)  any body whose board of directors includes at least one elected municipal officer sitting on the board in that capacity and for which a municipality or a metropolitan community adopts or approves the budget or contributes more than half the financing;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01) and a similar body established under a private Act, in particular the legal persons constituted under chapters 56, 61 and 69 of the statutes of 1994, chapter 84 of the statutes of 1995 and chapter 47 of the statutes of 2004.
The James Bay Regional Administration and any delegate organization referred to in section 126.4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1) are considered municipal bodies for the purposes of this Act.
However, the Union des municipalités du Québec and the Fédération québécoise des municipalités locales et régionales (FQM) are not municipal bodies.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 81; 2006, c. 22, s. 2; 2009, c. 26, s. 109; 2015, c. 8, s. 206; I.N. 2019-12-01.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a public transit authority and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality;
(2.1)  any body whose board of directors includes at least one elected municipal officer sitting on the board in that capacity and for which a municipality or a metropolitan community adopts or approves the budget or contributes more than half the financing;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01) and a similar body established under a private Act, in particular the legal persons constituted under chapters 56, 61 and 69 of the statutes of 1994, chapter 84 of the statutes of 1995 and chapter 47 of the statutes of 2004.
The James Bay Regional Administration and any delegate organization referred to in section 126.4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1) are considered municipal bodies for the purposes of this Act.
However, the Union des municipalités du Québec and the Fédération québécoise des municipalités locales et régionales are not municipal bodies.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 81; 2006, c. 22, s. 2; 2009, c. 26, s. 109; 2015, c. 8, s. 206.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a public transit authority and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality;
(2.1)  any body whose board of directors includes at least one elected municipal officer sitting on the board in that capacity and for which a municipality or a metropolitan community adopts or approves the budget or contributes more than half the financing;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01) and a similar body established under a private Act, in particular the legal persons constituted under chapters 56, 61 and 69 of the statutes of 1994, chapter 84 of the statutes of 1995 and chapter 47 of the statutes of 2004.
For the purposes of this Act, a local development centre and a regional conference of elected officers governed by the Act respecting the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (chapter M‐30.01) and the Act respecting the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire (chapter M‐22.1), respectively, are classed as municipal bodies.
However, the Union des municipalités du Québec and the Fédération québécoise des municipalités locales et régionales are not municipal bodies.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 81; 2006, c. 22, s. 2; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a public transit authority and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality;
(2.1)  any body whose board of directors includes at least one elected municipal officer sitting on the board in that capacity and for which a municipality or a metropolitan community adopts or approves the budget or contributes more than half the financing;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01) and a similar body established under a private Act, in particular the legal persons constituted under chapters 56, 61 and 69 of the statutes of 1994, chapter 84 of the statutes of 1995 and chapter 47 of the statutes of 2004.
For the purposes of this Act, a local development centre and a regional conference of elected officers governed by the Act respecting the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (chapter M‐30.01) and the Act respecting the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions (chapter M‐22.1), respectively, are classed as municipal bodies.
However, the Union des municipalités du Québec and the Fédération québécoise des municipalités locales et régionales are not municipal bodies.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 81; 2006, c. 22, s. 2.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, and any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality, as well as any body otherwise under municipal authority;
(2)  a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, an intermunicipal transit authority, an intermunicipal board of transport, the Kativik Regional Government and any other body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of elected municipal officers, except a private body;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01).
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 81.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, and any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality, as well as any body otherwise under municipal authority;
(2)  the Commission de développement de la métropole, an urban community, an intermunicipal board, an intermunicipal transit authority, an intermunicipal board of transport, the Kativik Regional Government and any other body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of elected municipal officers, except a private body;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S‐25.01).
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92; 1999, c. 40, s. 3.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, and any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality, as well as any body otherwise under municipal authority;
(2)  the Commission de développement de la métropole, an urban community, an intermunicipal board, an intermunicipal transit corporation, an intermunicipal board of transport, the Kativik Regional Government and any other body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of elected municipal officers, except a private body;
(3)  a mixed enterprise company established under the Act respecting mixed enterprise companies in the municipal sector (chapter S-25.01).
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13; 1997, c. 41, s. 64; 1997, c. 44, s. 92.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, and any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality, as well as any body otherwise under municipal authority;
(2)  an urban community, an intermunicipal board, an intermunicipal transit corporation, an intermunicipal board of transport, the Kativik Regional Government and any other body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of elected municipal officers, except a private body.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 13.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  a municipality, and any body declared by law to be the mandatary or agent of a municipality, and any body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of members of the council of a municipality, as well as any body otherwise under municipal authority;
(2)  an urban or regional community, an intermunicipal board, an intermunicipal transit corporation, an intermunicipal board of transport, the Kativik Regional Government and any other body whose board of directors is composed in the majority of elected municipal officers, except a private body.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159; 1990, c. 57, s. 2.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  the Communauté urbaine de Montréal, the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais, agencies established pursuant to the constituting Acts of these communities, the Société de transport de la Ville de Laval and the Société de transport de la rive sud de Montréal, the Conseil métropolitain du Haut-Saguenay and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  municipalities, whether incorporated under a general law or a special Act, including county municipalities and regional county municipalities, and every organization established as an agent of any such municipality or otherwise under its jurisdiction.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137; 1985, c. 32, s. 159.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  the Communauté urbaine de Montréal, the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais, agencies established pursuant to the constituting Acts of these communities, the Société de transport de la Ville de Laval and the Commission de transport de la Rive sud de Montréal, the Conseil métropolitain du Haut-Saguenay and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  municipalities, whether incorporated under a general law or a special Act, including county municipalities and regional county municipalities, and every organization established as an agent of any such municipality or otherwise under its jurisdiction.
1982, c. 30, s. 5; 1984, c. 42, s. 137.
5. Municipal bodies include
(1)  the Communauté urbaine de Montréal, the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais, agencies established pursuant to the constituting Acts of these communities, the Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval and the Commission de transport de la Rive sud de Montréal, the Conseil métropolitain du Haut-Saguenay and the Kativik Regional Government;
(2)  municipalities, whether incorporated under a general law or a special Act, including county municipalities and regional county municipalities, and every organization established as an agent of any such municipality or otherwise under its jurisdiction.
1982, c. 30, s. 5.
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