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T-14 - Municipal Works Act
Section 2
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2. Notwithstanding section 1 or any other provision of a general law or special Act, a municipality may proceed by resolution to order works covered by that section, if the resolution provides for the appropriation of the sums necessary to pay the cost of the works from:
(1) a part of its general fund not otherwise appropriated;
(2) a subsidy from the Government, a minister or a government body that has already been paid or the payment of which is assured;
(2.1) a part of its working fund not otherwise appropriated;
(2.2) a part of the sums obtained by means of a loan ordered by a by-law referred to in the second paragraph of section 544 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19) or article 1063 of the Municipal Code of Québec (chapter C-27.1) not otherwise appropriated;
(3) a letter of credit by a financial institution issued in the name of the municipality and guaranteeing the payment of a sum on the conditions specified in the letter of credit; or
(4) a combination of two or more of the sources of financing described in paragraphs 1 to 3.
2. Notwithstanding section 1 or any other provision of a general law or special Act, a municipality may proceed by resolution to order works covered by that section, if the resolution provides for the appropriation of the sums necessary to pay the cost of the works from:
(1) a part of its general fund not otherwise appropriated;
(2) a subsidy from the Government, a minister or a government body that has already been paid or the payment of which is assured;
(3) a letter of credit by a financial institution issued in the name of the municipality and guaranteeing the payment of a sum on the conditions specified in the letter of credit; or
(4) a combination of two or three of the sources of financing described in paragraphs 1 to 3.
2. Notwithstanding section 1 or any general law or special Act, a municipality may, by resolution, order construction or improvement works when it provides, in the resolution, for the appropriation of the moneys required to pay the cost thereof from its general funds not otherwise appropriated from a subsidy granted by the Government, a minister or an agency of the Government and already paid or payment of which is assured, or from both such sources of financing together.
2. Notwithstanding section 1 or any general law or special act, a municipal corporation may, by resolution, order construction or improvement works when it provides, in the resolution, for the appropriation of the moneys required to pay the cost thereof from its general funds not otherwise appropriated from a subsidy granted by the Government, a minister or an agency of the Government and already paid or payment of which is assured, or from both such sources of financing together.
2. Notwithstanding section 1 or any general law or special act, a municipal corporation may, by resolution, order construction or improvement works when it provides, in the resolution, for the appropriation of the moneys required to pay the cost thereof from its general funds not otherwise appropriated.
2. Subject to the provisions of section 1 and notwithstanding any legislative provision inconsistent herewith, no municipal corporation to which applies the said section may order works for constructing or reconstructing municipal public buildings unless in virtue of a by-law adopted by its council.
