Rural communities
190.071(1)On the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations respecting conditions and procedures that shall be complied with and criteria that shall be considered before
(a)
the inhabitants of an area may be incorporated as a rural community,
(b)
two or more rural communities may be amalgamated,
(c)
a contiguous area may be annexed to a rural community,
(d)
two or more rural communities may be amalgamated and contiguous areas annexed to the new rural community,
(e)
one or more rural communities may be amalgamated with one or more towns or villages as a rural community and contiguous areas annexed to the new rural community,
(f)
the territorial limits of a rural community may be decreased, or
(g)
a rural community may be dissolved.
190.071(2)The Minister may, and if petitioned by the rural community council shall, carry out a study to determine the feasibility of dissolving a rural community.
190.071(3)A rural community shall not be dissolved except by a special Act of the Legislature.
2005, c.7, s.49; 2012, c.44, s.11