867. Every municipality governed by the Municipal Code of Québec (chapter C-27.1) in which all the offices held by council members are not, according to the provisions applicable on 23 June 1987 simultaneously open for nomination at fixed-date elections and in which the council has not passed, to that date, a by-law provided for in articles 289 and 291 of the said Code or, as the case may be, in which such a by-law has not, to that date, received the approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sports and Recreation may, by a by-law of its council requiring the approval of the Minister, order that an election be held every second year for one half of the offices held by councillors and every four years for the office of mayor, so as to allow each office to be open for nominations every four years.
The by-law shall be passed and transmitted to the Minister not later than 30 September 1987. If approved by the Minister, it must, in order to have effect, come into force not later than on 31 December 1987.
The secretary-treasurer shall transmit to the Minister, as soon as practicable, a certified copy of the public notice by which the by-law is published and, where it is not included in the notice, a certified copy of the certificate of publication of the notice.
1987, c. 57, s. 867; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250.