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C-37.3 - Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de Québec

Section 37
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37. The meetings of the Council are public.
Every meeting of the Council must include a period during which persons attending may put oral questions to the members of the Council.
The Council may, by by-law, prescribe the length of and time for the question period and the procedure to follow to put questions to members.
1969, c. 83, s. 47; 1978, c. 103, s. 15; 1982, c. 63, s. 160; 1987, c. 108, s. 14; 1993, c. 67, s. 11.
37. (1)  The Council shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman of the Council.
The term of office of the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council is that of his term as a member of the Council; however, he shall remain in office after the expiry of his term until his successor is appointed. His term is renewable.
If the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council resigns, the resignation shall take effect upon the date on which the secretary of the Community receives a written notice to that effect, signed by the person resigning.
The term of office of the vice-chairman of the Council shall expire at the same time as that of the chairman of the Council and shall terminate in the same circumstances.
Every vacancy shall be filled within thirty days of the date when it occurs.
If the chairman of the Council is a member of the council of the City of Québec, the vice-chairman of the Council shall be a representative of another municipality and vice-versa.
The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council are entitled to the remuneration and additional allowance fixed by by-law of the Council and paid by the Community.
The by-law may have effect retroactively to 1 January preceding its coming into force.
(2)  The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council may vote as members of the Council but shall not have a casting vote.
The chairman of the Council shall preside over the meetings of the Council. He shall maintain order and decorum during the sittings of the Council; he may cause to be expelled from any sitting of the Council any person who disturbs order there.
The vice-chairman of the Council shall exercise all the powers of the chairman of the Council if the latter is absent or refuses or is unable to act.
(3)  The meetings of the Council shall be public.
Every meeting of the Council must include a period during which the persons attending may put oral questions to the members of the Council.
The Council may make by-laws respecting its administration and internal management.
The by-laws may, in particular, prescribe the length and time of the question period at meetings of the Council, and the procedure to be followed to put a question.
1969, c. 83, s. 47; 1978, c. 103, s. 15; 1982, c. 63, s. 160; 1987, c. 108, s. 14.
37. (1)  The Council shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman of the Council.
The term of office of the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council is that of his term as a member of the Council; however, he shall remain in office after the expiry of his term until his successor is appointed. His term is renewable.
If the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council resigns, the resignation shall take effect upon the date on which the secretary of the Community receives a written notice to that effect, signed by the person resigning.
The term of office of the vice-chairman of the Council shall expire at the same time as that of the chairman of the Council and shall terminate in the same circumstances.
Every vacancy shall be filled within thirty days of the date when it occurs.
If the chairman of the Council is a member of the council of the City of Québec, the vice-chairman of the Council shall be a representative of another municipality and vice-versa.
The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council are entitled to the remuneration and additional allowance fixed by by-law of the Council and paid by the Community.
The by-law may have effect retroactively to 1 January preceding its coming into force.
(2)  The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council may vote as members of the Council but shall not have a casting vote in the case of a tie-vote.
The chairman of the Council shall preside over the meetings of the Council. He shall maintain order and decorum during the sittings of the Council; he may cause to be expelled from any sitting of the Council any person who disturbs order there.
The vice-chairman of the Council shall exercise all the powers of the chairman of the Council if the latter is absent or refuses or is unable to act.
(3)  The meetings of the Council shall be public.
Every meeting of the Council must include a period during which the persons attending may put oral questions to the members of the Council.
The Council may make by-laws respecting its administration and internal management.
The by-laws may, in particular, prescribe the length and time of the question period at meetings of the Council, and the procedure to be followed to put a question.
1969, c. 83, s. 47; 1978, c. 103, s. 15; 1982, c. 63, s. 160.
37. (1)  The Council shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman of the Council.
The term of office of the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council is that of his term as a member of the Council; however, he shall remain in office after the expiry of his term until his successor is appointed. His term is renewable.
If the chairman or the vice-chairman of the Council resigns, the resignation shall take effect upon the date on which the secretary of the Community receives a written notice to that effect, signed by the person resigning.
The term of office of the vice-chairman of the Council shall expire at the same time as that of the chairman of the Council and shall terminate in the same circumstances.
Every vacancy shall be filled within thirty days of the date when it occurs.
If the chairman of the Council is a member of the council of the City of Québec, the vice-chairman of the Council shall be a representative of another municipality and vice-versa.
The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council shall be entitled to the additional remuneration fixed by the Government and paid by the Community.
(2)  The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Council may vote as members of the Council but shall not have a casting vote in the case of a tie-vote.
The chairman of the Council shall preside over the meetings of the Council. He shall maintain order and decorum during the sittings of the Council; he may cause to be expelled from any sitting of the Council any person who disturbs order there.
The vice-chairman of the Council shall exercise all the powers of the chairman of the Council if the latter is absent or refuses or is unable to act.
(3)  The meetings of the Council shall be public.
1969, c. 83, s. 47; 1978, c. 103, s. 15.
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