S-37 - Act respecting subsidies to municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants

Repealed on 21 December 1979

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chapter S-37

Act respecting subsidies to municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants

Repealed, 1979, c. 72, s. 391.

1978, c. 62, s. 1; 1979, c. 72, s. 391.

1. The Minister of Municipal Affairs shall pay, during each fiscal year, to every municipality with a population of 5,000 or more inhabitants a subsidy computed at the following rates:

(a)  $6.40 per inhabitant for the portion of the population not exceeding 20,000 inhabitants;

(b)  $8.55 per inhabitant for the portion of the population exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 25,000 inhabitants;

(c)  $10.70 per inhabitant for the portion of population exceeding 25,000 but not exceeding 35,000 inhabitants;

(d)  $13.90 per inhabitant for the portion of the population exceeding 35,000 but not exceeding 50,000 inhabitants;

(e)  $17.10 per inhabitant for the portion of the population exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 100,000 inhabitants;

(f)  $20.30 per inhabitant for the portion of the population exceeding 100,000 but not exceeding 150,000 inhabitants;

(g)  $23.50 per inhabitant for the portion of the population exceeding 150,000.

1977, c. 54, s. 1; 1978, c. 62, s. 2.

2. For every fiscal year, each rate used to fix the subsidy contemplated in section 1, as applicable in the preceding fiscal year, shall be increased at the rate of increase of the Consumer Price Index in the Montréal area as determined under the second paragraph. The amount resulting from such computation shall be rounded off to the nearest $0.05.

The rate of increase of the index mentioned in the first paragraph shall be the ratio between the arithmetical mean of that index published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Statutes of Canada, 1970-71-72, chapter 15) for each month of the calendar year ending on 31 December immediately preceding the fiscal year concerned, and the arithmetical mean of that index so published for each month of the previous calendar year.

For each fiscal year, the Gouvernement, by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, shall establish the applicable rates determined under this section.

1977, c. 54, s. 2; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.

3. For the purposes of this act, the population of a municipality is that established annually by the Bureau de la statistique du Québec and recognized as valid for such purposes by the Gouvernement, subject to section 4.

1977, c. 54, s. 3; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.

4. (1)  If an amalgamation or total annexation occurs after the date of the last census recognized under section 3, the population of the new or the subsisting municipality is the total of the population of each of the municipalities amalgamated or affected by the annexation, as established in that census.

(2)  If a partial annexation occurs after the date mentioned in subsection 1, the population of each municipality affected by the annexation is the population given in the census referred to in subsection 1, plus or minus, as the case may be, the population of the annexed territory, as determined by the Gouvernement.

(3)  If the population of a municipality affected by an amalgamation or annexation is not given in the census referred to in subsection 1, it shall be determined by the Gouvernement.

1977, c. 54, s. 4; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.

5. For the fiscal year in which a total or partial amalgamation or annexation occurs, the amount of the subsidy shall be readjusted as from the date of the coming into force of the amalgamation or annexation.

1977, c. 54, s. 5.

6. The sums required for the carrying out of this act shall be taken out of the consolidated revenue fund.

1977, c. 54, s. 6.

7. Section 2 will have effect from the fiscal year 1978/1979.

1977, c. 54, s. 9.