C-37.3 - Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de Québec

Section 149 Disposition versions

1994-01-01

1985-01-01

1982-12-18

0001-01-01

149. Such budgets shall be submitted to the Council not later than 15 November at a special meeting called for such purpose.

Such meeting shall be adjourned as often as necessary and, subject to the third paragraph, shall not be closed unless the budgets are adopted. The Council, on its own authority, may amend the budget of the Transit Commission.

If they are not adopted by the Council before 15 December, such budgets shall automatically come into force from such date.

However, if they come into force automatically under this section without having been formally approved by the Council, five members of the Council may apply to the Commission municipale du Québec, by a petition served upon the Community and, where such is the case, upon the Transit Commission and filed with the Commission municipale before the ensuing 1 January, to have such budgets amended in whole or in part.

If the Commission municipale du Québec fails to render its decision before the ensuing 1 February, the budgets as submitted to the Council shall be deemed approved by the Commission municipale du Québec.

After it has notified the municipalities interested and heard those which expressed the desire to be heard, the Commission municipale must render its decision before the ensuing 1 February. It may confirm or amend the budget. Nevertheless, it shall not amend the budget unless it is convinced that such budget entails a serious prejudice to the ratepayers.

It may order the Community, the Transit Commission or such municipalities as it designates to pay, according to the losing party, to the Community or to the municipalities which it designates, such amount as it considers equitable to meet the expenses incurred for such appeal; the order for such purpose shall be homologated upon a motion to the Provincial Court or to the Superior Court, according to their respective jurisdictions; the order so homologated shall be executory in the same manner as a judgment of such a court.

It may also make any interlocutory order to safeguard the rights of the interested parties during the suit.

1969, c. 83, s. 178; 1971, c. 88, s. 73; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1978, c. 103, s. 51.