C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

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801. (Repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 523; 1951-52, c. 62, s. 2; 1983, c. 57, s. 23; 1996, c. 2, s. 362; 2005, c. 6, s. 214.
801. Every local municipality may likewise, on a petition from the majority of the ratepayers, interested in certain works, order what work on municipal roads, bridges or watercourses, whether local or, in the case of watercourses, regional, for which such ratepayers are liable, or even at the charge of the municipality and situated in its territory, shall be performed by the municipality at the expense of the ratepayers therein mentioned, and what work shall be performed by and at the charge and expense of the municipality.
A special tax is then imposed for the performance of the work, on the immovable property of the ratepayers interested or, at the discretion of the council, on that of the ratepayers who have signed the petition.
The other work at the charge and expense of the municipality is paid for with moneys levied by direct taxation on the taxable immovable property other than that upon which the special tax above mentioned has already been imposed.
No by-law under this article may come into force until 1 January following its publication.
The Government may, however, at the request of the council, order the coming into force of the by-law on an earlier date than that which is fixed in this article but subsequent to the one hundred and twentieth day following its publication.
M.C. 1916, a. 523; 1951-52, c. 62, s. 2; 1983, c. 57, s. 23; 1996, c. 2, s. 362.
801. Every local corporation may likewise, on a petition from the majority of the ratepayers, interested in certain works, bridges or watercourses for which such ratepayers are liable, or even at the charge of the corporation, and which are situated within the boundaries of the local municipality, shall be performed by the corporation at the expense of the ratepayers therein mentioned, and what work shall be performed by and at the charge and expense of the corporation.
A special tax is then imposed for the performance of the work, on the immovable property of the ratepayers interested or, at the discretion of the council, on that of the ratepayers who have signed the petition.
The other work at the charge and expense of the corporation is paid for with moneys levied by direct taxation on the taxable immovable property other than that upon which the special tax above mentioned has already been imposed.
No by-law under this article may come into force until 1 January following its publication.
The Government may, however, at the request of the council, order the coming into force of the by-law on an earlier date than that which is fixed in this article but subsequent to the one hundred and twentieth day following its publication.
M.C. 1916, a. 523; 1951-52, c. 62, s. 2; 1983, c. 57, s. 23.