617. No person shall be nominated for or elected or appointed commissioner who has directly or indirectly and personally or through his associates a contract with the school board, unless a description of every such contract has been publicly posted up in the office of the school board and of the municipality at the time of his nomination, election or appointment and remains posted, with all additions or deletions, if any, at all times during his tenure of office.
An employment contract made with a teacher does not disqualify his consort for nomination for or election or appointment as commissioner.
Nevertheless, a shareholder in a lawfully constituted company which has a contract or agreement with the school board or which receives a subsidy or grant from it is not disqualified to act as a commissioner; however, he is deemed interested when any matter involving such company is under discussion in council or in committee, except where such company is the Makivik Corporation established by the Act respecting the Makivik Corporation (chapter S-18.1) or one of its subsidiaries or one of the Inuit land corporations established under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1), in which cases he is deemed interested only if he is an officer or director of such company.
1978, c. 78, s. 1; 1999, c. 40, s. 159.