975. Every year, at the time fixed under the second, third or fourth paragraph of article 148, the council of the regional county municipality shall prepare and adopt the budget of the municipality for the next fiscal year, or for the current fiscal year if the council invokes an extension of time after 1 January.
The budget shall consist of(1) a part pertaining to the matters referred to in the second paragraph of section 188 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1);
(2) as many parts as there are powers exercised by the regional county municipality under article 10 except any power which, under a legislative provision, may be exercised only by a regional county municipality, or under article 678.0.1;
(3) a part pertaining to the other powers of the regional county municipality.
The parts of the budget shall be adopted separately and(1) a council member referred to in the second paragraph of section 188 of the Act respecting land use planning and development may vote on the part contemplated in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph;
(2) the council members representing the corporations that are subject to the jurisdiction of the regional county municipality may vote on a part contemplated in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph;
(3) the council members representing all the corporations, cities and towns whose territory is situated in that of the regional county municipality may vote on the part contemplated in subparagraph 3 of the second paragraph.
Subject to the order constituting the regional county municipality, each part of the budget shall be adopted by a majority of the votes, except the part contemplated in subparagraph 3 of the second paragraph, which shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the votes. However, the exception does not apply where the council members present having voted against adoption represent only one corporation.
The secretary-treasurer must forward a copy of the budget to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and to every local corporation not later than the fifteenth day following its adoption.
The Minister may order that the budget be transmitted by means of a form furnished by him for that purpose.
The copy must be accompanied with an estimate of the apportionment which is to be imposed on every local corporation under article 976.
If, on 1 January, the budget or a part of the budget is not adopted, one twelfth of each appropriation provided for in the budget or in the corresponding part of the budget of the preceding fiscal year is deemed to be adopted. The same rule applies at the beginning of each subsequent month if, at that time, the budget or part of the budget has not yet been adopted.
1975, c. 82, s. 28; 1977, c. 53, s. 41; 1982, c. 63, s. 54; 1984, c. 38, s. 72; 1985, c. 27, s. 63; 1987, c. 102, s. 45; 1993, c. 65, s. 99.