8. The expenses incurred under section 4, 5 or 5.1 by a community or regional county municipality with regard to several local municipalities shall be apportioned among them in the manner provided in the Act governing them in such matter, according to the criterion it determines by by-law, which may vary according to the nature of the expenditures.
Failing such a by-law, the expenses shall be apportioned among the local municipalities in relation to their respective standardized property values, within the meaning of section 261.1, or their respective fiscal potentials, within the meaning of section 261.5, depending on whether the expenditures are those of a regional county municipality or of a community.
1979, c. 72, s. 8; 1988, c. 19, s. 256; 1991, c. 32, s. 8; 1999, c. 40, s. 133; 2001, c. 25, s. 110.