148.1. The draft budgets of the Community and the Société must be filed in the office of the secretary of the Community not later than 1 October of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year covered by the budgets.
Not later than the following 15 October, the secretary shall transmit, to every municipality listed in Schedule A and to every representative of such municipality on the Council, a copy of the draft budget of the Community, and to every municipality listed in Schedule B and to every representative of such municipality on the Council, a copy of the draft budget of the Société.
The secretary shall include with every copy of the budget a copy of any opinion by the executive committee, or any report by a select or special committee relating to the budget.