C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

Section 164.1 Disposition versions

2024-09-06

164.1. A member of the council of a municipality who so wishes may participate remotely in a sitting of the council by a means allowing all persons who participate in or attend the sitting to see and hear each other in real time, in the following cases:

(1)  during a special sitting;

(2)  because of a reason related to the member’s safety or health, or the safety or health of a close relation, and, if a health reason is invoked, for a maximum of three regular sittings per year or, where applicable, for the duration indicated in a medical certificate attesting that remote participation by the member is necessary;

(3)  because of a deficiency causing a significant and persistent disability that constitutes a barrier to the member’s participation in person in council sittings;

(4)  because of the member’s pregnancy or the birth or adoption of the member’s child, in which case remote participation shall not exceed the following number of consecutive weeks:

(a)  50, if the member was not absent due to pregnancy or the birth or adoption of the member’s child in accordance with section 317 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2); or

(b)  the number obtained by subtracting 50 from the number of weeks the member was absent for a reason referred to in subparagraph a;

(5)  during a sitting of the council of Municipalité régionale de comté de Caniapiscau, Municipalité régionale de comté de Minganie or Municipalité régionale de comté du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent; or

(6)  the member is the representative of Municipalité de Rapides-des-Joachims, Paroisse de Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs or Paroisse de Saint-Antoine-de-l’Isle-aux-Grues on the council of the regional county municipality to which the member belongs and the member participates in a sitting of the council of that regional county municipality.

Remote participation is allowed only if the member participates in the sitting from a location situated in Québec or in a bordering province.

The minutes of the sitting must mention the name of any council member who participated in the sitting remotely.

If a majority of the council members participate in a sitting remotely, the municipality must make a video recording of the sitting and make it available to the public, on the municipality’s website or on any other website it designates by resolution, from the working day following the day on which the sitting ended.

1999, c. 59, s. 10; 2008, c. 18, s. 43; 2011, c. 33, s. 12; 2021, c. 31, s. 132; 2024, c. 24, s. 51.

2021-11-05

164.1. To the extent that all the members of the council of the regional county municipality give their consent, any of the following may participate, deliberate and vote at a sitting of the council by telephone or another means of communication that enables all persons participating or present at the sitting to hear one another:

(1)  any member of the council of Municipalité régionale de comté de Caniapiscau, Municipalité régionale de comté de Minganie or Municipalité régionale de comté du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent; and

(2)  any representative of Municipalité de Rapides-des-Joachims, Paroisse de Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs or Paroisse de Saint-Antoine-de-L’Isle-aux-Grues who sits on the council of the regional county municipality.

The members of the council may avail themselves of that right only if the clerk-treasurer of the municipality and the person presiding at the sitting are present at the place where the council is sitting.

The minutes of the sitting shall indicate the name of every member of the council who participated by telephone or other means of communication, and be ratified by the council at the next regular sitting.

The members of the council who avail themselves of the right provided for in this article are deemed to be present at the sitting.

1999, c. 59, s. 10; 2008, c. 18, s. 43; 2011, c. 33, s. 12; 2021, c. 31, s. 132.

2011-12-09

164.1. To the extent that all the members of the council of the regional county municipality give their consent, any of the following may participate, deliberate and vote at a sitting of the council by telephone or another means of communication that enables all persons participating or present at the sitting to hear one another:

(1)  any member of the council of Municipalité régionale de comté de Caniapiscau, Municipalité régionale de comté de Minganie or Municipalité régionale de comté du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent; and

(2)  any representative of Municipalité de Rapides-des-Joachims, Paroisse de Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs or Paroisse de Saint-Antoine-de-L’Isle-aux-Grues who sits on the council of the regional county municipality.

The members of the council may avail themselves of that right only if the secretary-treasurer of the municipality and the person presiding at the sitting are present at the place where the council is sitting.

The minutes of the sitting shall indicate the name of every member of the council who participated by telephone or other means of communication, and be ratified by the council at the next regular sitting.

The members of the council who avail themselves of the right provided for in this article are deemed to be present at the sitting.

1999, c. 59, s. 10; 2008, c. 18, s. 43; 2011, c. 33, s. 12.

2008-06-12

164.1. To the extent that all the members consent thereto, any member of the council of Municipalité régionale de comté de Caniapiscau or of Municipalité régionale de comté de Minganie may participate, deliberate and vote at a sitting of the council by telephone or other means of communication that permits all persons participating or present at the sitting to hear one another.

The members of the council may avail themselves of that right only if the secretary-treasurer of the municipality and the person presiding at the sitting are present at the place where the council is sitting.

The minutes of the sitting shall indicate the name of every member of the council who participated by telephone or other means of communication, and be ratified by the council at the next regular sitting.

The members of the council who avail themselves of the right provided for in this article are deemed to be present at the sitting.

1999, c. 59, s. 10; 2008, c. 18, s. 43.

1999-11-11

164.1. To the extent that all the members consent thereto, any member of the council of Municipalité régionale de comté de Caniapiscau may participate, deliberate and vote at a sitting of the council by telephone or other means of communication that permits all persons participating or present at the sitting to hear one another.

The members of the council may avail themselves of that right only if the secretary-treasurer of the municipality and the person presiding at the sitting are present at the place where the council is sitting.

The minutes of the sitting shall indicate the name of every member of the council who participated by telephone or other means of communication, and be ratified by the council at the next regular sitting.

The members of the council who avail themselves of the right provided for in this article are deemed to be present at the sitting.

1999, c. 59, s. 10.