246.31. The committee shall have five members, appointed by the Government for a four-year term.
The chief judge of the Court of Québec, the Conférence des juges de la Cour du Québec, the chief municipal judge, the conference representing municipal judges, the Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec, and the Government shall designate, by mutual agreement, the members of the committee including the chair, as well as the members of each panel.
Failing agreement on or before 15 July 2018, and every four years after that, the members shall be designated as follows:(1) one member shall be designated, by mutual agreement, by the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Conférence des juges de la Cour du Québec;
(2) one member shall be designated, by mutual agreement, by the chief municipal judge and the conference representing municipal judges;
(3) one member shall be designated, by mutual agreement, by the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec;
(4) one member shall be designated by the Government;
(5) one member, who shall act as the committee chair, shall be designated, by mutual agreement, by the chief judge of the Court of Québec, the Conférence des juges de la Cour du Québec, the conference representing municipal judges, the Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec, and the Government. Failing agreement, the Government shall designate the committee chair after consultation with the chief judge of the Court of Québec, the Conférence des juges de la Cour du Québec, the conference representing municipal judges and the Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec.
When the members of the committee are designated in accordance with the third paragraph, the panel that exercises the functions of the committee with regard to the judges of the Court of Québec shall be composed of the members designated in accordance with subparagraphs 1, 4 and 5 of that paragraph, the panel that exercises the functions of the committee with regard to municipal judges shall be composed of the members designated in accordance with subparagraphs 2, 4 and 5 of that paragraph, and the panel that exercises the functions of the committee with regard to presiding justices of the peace shall be composed of the members designated in accordance with subparagraphs 3, 4 and 5 of that paragraph.
No judge, presiding justice of the peace, public servant within the meaning of the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1) or municipal employee may be a member of the committee.
1997, c. 84, s. 5; 1998, c. 30, s. 37; 2002, c. 21, s. 44; 2004, c. 12, s. 5; 2015, c. 26, s. 36; 2023, c. 312023, c. 31, s. 2211.