120. The expenses of the Community incurred in the exercise of a power provided for in sections 116 to 118 and relating to the intermunicipal part of its system, and the expenses arising from the operation and maintenance of that part of the system are apportioned among the municipalities in proportion to the volume of water consumed by each of them, respectively, as regards expenses relating to drinking water supply, and in proportion to the volume of water discharged by each of them, respectively, as regards the expenses relating to water purification.
The expenses of the Community relating to each component of its system contemplated in a by-law made under subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 119 are payable by the municipality in whose territory that component is situated.
The first paragraph has effect even respecting a loan by-law made before 23 June 1983 as regards that part of the principal and interest that falls due.
1969, c. 85, s. 157; 1983, c. 29, s. 39; 1996, c. 2, s. 488.