148.3. The regional county municipality shall appoint the members of the committee from among the following persons:(1) the members of the council of the regional county municipality;
(2) the farm producers, within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28), who are not eligible under subparagraph 1, who reside in the territory of the regional county municipality, and who are entered on a list drawn up by the certified association within the meaning of that Act; (3) persons who are not eligible under subparagraph 1 or 2 and who reside in the territory of the regional county municipality.
At least one-half of the members of the committee must be selected from among the persons eligible under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph. Where a regional county municipality whose territory includes that of a core city appoints members of the committee from among the persons eligible under subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, one of those persons must be a representative of the core city, unless the core city has previously waived that requirement.
Subject to the second paragraph, the regional county municipality may determine, by by-law, the number of members who must be selected under each subparagraph of the first paragraph.
The list referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph must contain a number of names equal to the lesser of twice the minimum number of members of the committee required to be chosen from among the persons mentioned in that subparagraph and the total number of farm producers, within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act, who reside in the territory of the regional county municipality.
1987, c. 102, s. 22; 1996, c. 26, s. 68; 2002, c. 68, s. 4.