112. The Chief Electoral Officer shall reimburse the authorized parties one-half of the cost incurred for the audit of the financial report provided for in section 113 and one-half of the cost related to obtaining the required security standard certification, in keeping with security requirements, for the collection, processing and storage of bank data in connection with the payment of a contribution by means of a credit card, up to $23,415.
Where the Chief Electoral Officer requires the audit of a balance sheet that accompanies a joint application for a merger or a financial report produced following a merger under section 56, he shall reimburse one-half of the cost incurred for the audit, up to $23,415.
Where the Chief Electoral Officer requires the audit of a closing financial report, he shall appoint the auditor and directly discharge the cost of the audit.
The amounts provided for in the first and second paragraphs are adjusted on 1 January each year according to the change in the average Consumer Price Index for the preceding year, based on the index established for the whole of Québec by Statistics Canada. Those amounts are rounded down to the nearest dollar if they include a fraction that is less than $0.50, or up to the nearest dollar if they include a fraction that is equal to or greater than $0.50. The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish the results of the adjustment in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
1989, c. 1, s. 112; 1992, c. 38, s. 22; 2001, c. 2, s. 6; 2021, c. 372021, c. 37, s. 321.See notice of indexation; (2024) 156 G.O. 1, 108. (Effect from 1 January 2024)