148.4. The regional county municipality shall, by by-law, fix the term of office of the members of the committee. It may, in the same manner, provide for the cases in which a member of the committee may be replaced before the expiry of his term.
A member shall cease to be a member upon the expiry of his term or upon being replaced, resigning, or ceasing to be eligible under the first paragraph of section 148.3. A member appointed under a particular subparagraph of that paragraph, pursuant to the second paragraph of that section or pursuant to a by-law adopted under the third paragraph of that section, shall cease to be a member upon ceasing to be eligible under that subparagraph.
A member may resign by transmitting a signed resignation to the regional county municipality. The resignation takes effect on its date of receipt.