146. On an application by interested agencies whose territories are adjacent, the Minister may join their territories and form a new agency. The application must include(1) the name of the new agency;
(2) the designation of the persons who will represent the municipalities, the organizations certified under section 132 and the holders of a wood processing plant operating permit on the new agency’s first board of directors; and
(3) the designation of the person who will chair the board of directors of the new agency.
The application must be accompanied by the by-laws that will govern the new agency.
The Minister gives notice of the creation of the new agency in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
The agencies whose territories are joined cease to exist and their members, rights and obligations become members, rights and obligations of the new agency.