15.7. An Exemption Committee is hereby established for the purposes of examining applications made pursuant to section 15.6 and making recommendations thereon to the Commission.
The committee, chaired by the Director of the Direction de la qualification professionnelle of the Commission, shall consist of 12 members appointed as follows:(1) one member designated by the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ-Construction) who shall have 1 voting right worth 2 votes;
(1.1) one member designated by the Conseil provincial du Québec des métiers de la construction (International) who shall have 1 voting right worth 2 votes;
(2) one member designated by the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN-CONSTRUCTION) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1 vote;
(3) one member designated by the Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD-CONSTRUCTION) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1 vote;
(4) one member designated by the Association de la construction du Québec (ACQ) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1.5 votes;
(5) one member designated by the Association des constructeurs de routes et de grands travaux du Québec (ACRGTQ) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1.5 votes;
(6) one member designated by the Association des entrepreneurs en construction du Québec (AECQ) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1.5 votes;
(7) one member designated by the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec inc. (APCHQ) who shall have 1 voting right worth 1.5 votes;
(8) one member designated by the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec (CMAQ) who shall have 1 voting right worth 3 votes;
(9) one member designated by the Regroupement des artistes en art visuel (RAAV) who shall have 1 voting right worth 3 votes;
(10) one member designated by the restorers associations recognized by the Minister of Labour under subparagraph 13 of the first paragraph of section 19 of the Act, enacted by section 3 of chapter 79 of the Statutes of 2001, who shall have 1 voting right worth 3 votes; and
(11) one member designated by Héritage Montréal who shall have 1 voting right worth 3 votes.
It shall also include 2 observer members appointed by the Minister of Labour and the Minister of Culture and Communications, who shall sit without voting rights. Members and observer members shall remain on the committee until they are replaced.
The chair shall convene the committee meetings the quorum of which shall be the chair, 2 members appointed under subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph, 2 members appointed under subparagraphs 4 to 7 of the second paragraph and 2 members appointed under subparagraphs 8 to 11 of the same paragraph.
The committee shall decide by a majority of the votes cast and its decision shall be sent in writing to the employer not later than 4 working days after the date the meeting was convened. The chair has no voting rights, except if there is a tie vote; the chair shall decide not later than 2 working days after the date of the sitting.
O.C. 1476-2002, s. 1; S.Q. 2014, c. 18, s. 8; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).