681.2. Subject to the fourth paragraph, a regional county municipality may, by by-law, provide that it will finance the sums the local municipalities whose territories are situated in its territory must pay to their municipal housing bureaus under the Act respecting the Société d’habitation du Québec (chapter S-8) for the low-rental housing dwellings referred to in article 1984 of the Civil Code and administered by those bureaus. As soon as practicable after the coming into force of the by-law, the secretary-treasurer shall send an authenticated copy of the by-law to the Société d’habitation du Québec and to every municipal housing bureau constituted at the request of such a local municipality.
A local municipality may not, with respect to a function provided for in the first paragraph, exercise the right of withdrawal provided for in the third paragraph of section 188 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1). A regional county municipality whose territory is situated entirely in that of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal may not exercise the power provided for in the first paragraph. A regional county municipality whose territory is situated only in part in that of the metropolitan community may exercise the power provided for in the first paragraph only to finance the sums that must be paid by the local municipalities whose territories are not situated in that of the metropolitan community. Only the representatives of those municipalities may participate in the deliberations and vote held by the council of the regional county municipality on the exercise of that power and only those municipalities shall contribute to the payment of the expenses resulting from the exercise of that power.
2002, c. 68, s. 18; 2004, c. 20, s. 113.