96. In addition to the persons who are members of the Regional Government’s council under section 6, a person designated by the deputy minister of the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire from among the department’s management staff is also a member, but is not entitled to vote.
From 1 January 2019, the Regional Government and the Gouvernement du Québec shall jointly reassess that member’s presence within the Regional Government’s council. If it is deemed irrelevant, that person ceases to be a member of the council from the date of the joint signing, by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and the Minister responsible for Division III.2 of the Act respecting the Ministère du Conseil exécutif (chapter M-30), of an agreement to that effect with the Regional Government.