58.7. For the purposes of the fourth paragraph of section 59, the first paragraph of section 61.1, paragraph 1 of section 61.2, subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 61.3, subparagraph 5 of the second paragraph of section 62 and the first paragraph of section 65.1, the Government establishes groups of regional county municipalities taking into consideration the government policy directions referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 1.2 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1). The Government determines which regional county municipalities are included in those groups as well as the provisions that are applicable to them. The Government may only modify the groups or the municipalities included in them when changes are made to the government policy directions or when new policy directions are taken.
Before establishing the groups of municipalities and designating which municipalities are to be included in those groups, the Government shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec a notice indicating, among other things, its intention, the time period at the expiry of which the decree may be made and the fact that any interested person may, during that time period, send comments to the person designated within the notice.
The decree referred to in the first paragraph comes into force on the date indicated in the decree. It shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
For the purposes of this section, “regional county municipality” also designates cities and agglomerations exercising certain powers of a regional county municipality.
2025, c. 52025, c. 5, s. 421.