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C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

Section 678.1
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678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, whose representative or the majority of whose representatives, as the case may be, does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized property value, within the meaning of section 261.1 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), of each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57; 1986, c. 32, s. 7; 1991, c. 32, s. 172; 1993, c. 65, s. 98; 1997, c. 93, s. 86; 1999, c. 40, s. 60.
678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, whose representative or the majority of whose representatives, as the case may be, does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized real estate value, within the meaning of section 261.1 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), of each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57; 1986, c. 32, s. 7; 1991, c. 32, s. 172; 1993, c. 65, s. 98; 1997, c. 93, s. 86.
678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, which does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
For the purposes of voting on a twinning agreement, each municipality shall have only one vote and it is given by the mayor, or if the mayor is absent or refuses or is unable to act, by the deputy mayor or another representative of the municipality empowered by its council to speak on behalf of the municipality.
A resolution of the regional county municipality authorizing the making of an agreement in view of the twinning of municipalities requires, to be adopted, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the municipalities included in the territory of the regional county municipality.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized real estate value, within the meaning of section 261.1 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), of each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57; 1986, c. 32, s. 7; 1991, c. 32, s. 172; 1993, c. 65, s. 98.
678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, which does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any Act, regulation, by-law or of the letters patent of the regional county municipality, for the purposes of voting on a twinning agreement, each municipality shall have only one vote and it is given by the mayor, or if the mayor is absent or refuses or is unable to act, by the deputy mayor or another representative of the municipality empowered by its council to speak on behalf of the municipality.
A resolution of the regional county municipality authorizing the making of an agreement in view of the twinning of municipalities requires, to be adopted, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the municipalities included in the territory of the regional county municipality.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized real estate value, within the meaning of section 261.1 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), of each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57; 1986, c. 32, s. 7; 1991, c. 32, s. 172.
678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, which does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any Act, regulation, by-law or of the letters patent of the regional county municipality, for the purposes of voting on a twinning agreement, each municipality shall have only one vote and it is given by the mayor, or if the mayor is absent or refuses or is unable to act, by the deputy mayor or another representative of the municipality empowered by its council to speak on behalf of the municipality.
A resolution of the regional county municipality authorizing the making of an agreement in view of the twinning of municipalities requires, to be adopted, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the municipalities included in the territory of the regional county municipality.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized assessment of the taxable immovable, within the meaning of the second paragraph of subarticle 6 of article 681, of each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57; 1986, c. 32, s. 7.
678.1. Notwithstanding sections 188 and 205 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1), where the council of a regional county municipality authorizes the making of an agreement in view of a twinning of municipalities, any municipality, whether or not governed by this Code, which does not give a favourable vote for the making of the agreement shall not share the expenses related to the twinning contemplated in the agreement and its representative is not authorized to take part in the deliberations and subsequent votes on the twinning.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any Act, regulation, by-law or of the letters patent of the regional county municipality, for the purposes of voting on a twinning agreement, each municipality shall have only one vote and it is given by the mayor, or if the mayor is absent or refuses or is unable to act, by the deputy mayor or another representative of the municipality empowered by its council to speak on behalf of the municipality.
A resolution of the regional county municipality authorizing the making of an agreement in view of the twinning of municipalities requires, to be adopted, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the municipalities included in the territory of the regional county municipality.
The apportionment of the expenses related to the twinning is made in proportion to the standardized assessment of the taxable immovables in each municipality which, subject to the first paragraph, shares the expenses. The council of the regional county municipality may, however, determine by by-law another criterion of apportionment.
1985, c. 27, s. 57.
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