Plebiscite
68(1)The council of a municipality may order a plebiscite on any matter within its powers.
68(2)A plebiscite in any municipality may be held
(a)
on the same day as a quadrennial election, or
(b)
on any day within the period beginning six months after any quadrennial election and ending six months prior to the next following quadrennial election.
68(3)Repealed: 1979, c.M-21.01, s.58
68(4)Repealed: 1979, c.M-21.01, s.58
68(5)When sixty per cent of those who vote in a plebiscite under this section do so in the affirmative, the council shall forthwith implement the proposal.
68(6)Subject to subsection (7), subsections (1) to (5) apply with the necessary modifications to a rural community.
68(7)A rural community may not order a plebiscite with respect to the provision or discontinuance of a service by the rural community.
1966, c.20, s.69; 1967, c.56, s.19, 20; 1968, c.41, s.32; 1971, c.50, s.10, 11; 1973, c.62, s.9; 1979, c.M-21.01, s.58; 1979, c.47, s.9; 1985, c.4, s.46; 2004, c.2, s.13; 2005, c.7, s.49