36. The Government, on the recommendation of the Minister, may erect, divide, annex or unite school municipalities or alter their boundaries.
No division, annexation, union or alteration of boundaries shall be effected except upon a resolution of the commissioners of each school municipality concerned, or upon the application of the majority of the electors qualified to vote under section 82 on the preceding 1 July, and domiciled in the territory the division, annexation or union of which is applied for. A resolution for such purpose shall not come into force until thirty days after its publication.
However, in the case of territory not organized for school purposes, the erection of a new municipality or any change contemplated in this section may be granted whenever a petition to that effect has been signed by owners of landed property situated in the said territory, in such number as is deemed sufficient by the Minister to justify the erection or change applied for.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Government, upon the recommendation of the Minister, may annex to a neighbouring school municipality or erect as a separate school municipality any territory not organized as a school municipality. He may also, in the electoral districts of Abitibi-Est, Abitibi-Ouest and Témiscamingue, change the boundaries of an existing school municipality by the annexation of territory to another school municipality. In the cases contemplated in this paragraph, notice of the order must be given by the Minister in the Gazette officielle du Québec in the manner prescribed by section 40.
Nevertheless, the Government may, under this section, rectify errors or omissions, with respect to form and designation, made at the time of the erection of a school municipality or of the annexation of territory to an already-existing school municipality.
R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 46; 1989, c. 36, s. 279; 1990, c. 35, s. 16; 1999, c. 40, s. 159.