Acts and Regulations

M-22 - Municipalities Act

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Rural communities
190.09(1)On the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the composition of a rural community council;
(b) respecting the election of a rural community deputy mayor from among the rural community councillors;
(c) respecting the duties and powers of a rural community mayor, rural community deputy mayor and rural community councillors;
(d) respecting the duties, powers and qualifications of a rural community clerk, assistant clerk, treasurer, assistant treasurer or auditor under this Act or any other Act;
(e) respecting the bonding of officers and employees of a rural community;
(f) respecting the acceptance of office and the taking of and subscribing to an oath of office by a rural community mayor or a rural community councillor;
(g) respecting the circumstances under which a member of a rural community council may be required to prove that he or she is qualified to hold office;
(h) respecting the circumstances under which a member of a rural community council may be declared incapable of holding office;
(i) respecting the disqualification of a member of a rural community council;
(j) respecting the resignation of a member of a rural community council;
(k) respecting vacancies on a rural community council, including the reduction of quorum requirements for or the composition of a rural community council due to vacancies;
(l) respecting the remuneration and payment of expenses of a rural community mayor and rural community councillors;
(m) respecting the procedure for the holding of meetings of a rural community council;
(n) respecting the frequency of meetings of a rural community council;
(o) respecting the quorum for a meeting of a rural community council;
(p) respecting the minutes of meetings and other documents of a rural community council;
(q) respecting by-elections to a rural community council;
(r) prescribing the services that a rural community may provide under the authority of a by-law enacted under subsection 190.079(1);
(s) respecting the procedure for the provision or discontinuance of a service listed in the First Schedule to a rural community where a rural community has not enacted a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) with respect to that service;
(t) respecting the procedure for a rural community council to provide advice to the Minister on the provision or discontinuance of a service listed in the First Schedule to a rural community;
(u) respecting the procedure for a rural community to discontinue providing a service where a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) is or has been in force in the rural community with respect to that service;
(v) respecting conditions that shall be fulfilled before a rural community may discontinue providing a service where a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) is or has been in force in the rural community with respect to that service;
(w) respecting the procedure for advising the Minister of the provision or discontinuance of a service to or by a rural community;
(x) respecting procedures for the conduct of business by a rural community council, including voting procedures and the manner in which decisions may be made by a rural community council;
(y) respecting the indemnification against liability for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in relation to a civil, criminal or administrative action by a member or former member of a rural community council, officer or former officer of a rural community, an employee or former employee of a rural community or a member or former member of a committee, board, commission or agency established by a rural community council as a result of being or having been a member of a rural community council, an officer or employee of a rural community or a member of a committee, board, commission or agency established by a rural community council.
190.09(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with a provision of a regulation under paragraph (1)(f) commits an offence that is punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category B offence.
2005, c.7, s.49
Rural communities
190.09(1)On the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the composition of a rural community council;
(b) respecting the election of a rural community deputy mayor from among the rural community councillors;
(c) respecting the duties and powers of a rural community mayor, rural community deputy mayor and rural community councillors;
(d) respecting the duties, powers and qualifications of a rural community clerk, assistant clerk, treasurer, assistant treasurer or auditor under this Act or any other Act;
(e) respecting the bonding of officers and employees of a rural community;
(f) respecting the acceptance of office and the taking of and subscribing to an oath of office by a rural community mayor or a rural community councillor;
(g) respecting the circumstances under which a member of a rural community council may be required to prove that he or she is qualified to hold office;
(h) respecting the circumstances under which a member of a rural community council may be declared incapable of holding office;
(i) respecting the disqualification of a member of a rural community council;
(j) respecting the resignation of a member of a rural community council;
(k) respecting vacancies on a rural community council, including the reduction of quorum requirements for or the composition of a rural community council due to vacancies;
(l) respecting the remuneration and payment of expenses of a rural community mayor and rural community councillors;
(m) respecting the procedure for the holding of meetings of a rural community council;
(n) respecting the frequency of meetings of a rural community council;
(o) respecting the quorum for a meeting of a rural community council;
(p) respecting the minutes of meetings and other documents of a rural community council;
(q) respecting by-elections to a rural community council;
(r) prescribing the services that a rural community may provide under the authority of a by-law enacted under subsection 190.079(1);
(s) respecting the procedure for the provision or discontinuance of a service listed in the First Schedule to a rural community where a rural community has not enacted a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) with respect to that service;
(t) respecting the procedure for a rural community council to provide advice to the Minister on the provision or discontinuance of a service listed in the First Schedule to a rural community;
(u) respecting the procedure for a rural community to discontinue providing a service where a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) is or has been in force in the rural community with respect to that service;
(v) respecting conditions that shall be fulfilled before a rural community may discontinue providing a service where a by-law under subsection 190.079(1) is or has been in force in the rural community with respect to that service;
(w) respecting the procedure for advising the Minister of the provision or discontinuance of a service to or by a rural community;
(x) respecting procedures for the conduct of business by a rural community council, including voting procedures and the manner in which decisions may be made by a rural community council;
(y) respecting the indemnification against liability for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in relation to a civil, criminal or administrative action by a member or former member of a rural community council, officer or former officer of a rural community, an employee or former employee of a rural community or a member or former member of a committee, board, commission or agency established by a rural community council as a result of being or having been a member of a rural community council, an officer or employee of a rural community or a member of a committee, board, commission or agency established by a rural community council.
190.09(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with a provision of a regulation under paragraph (1)(f) commits an offence that is punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category B offence.
2005, c.7, s.49