Acts and Regulations

M-22 - Municipalities Act

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Exception to 90.2
90.3A member or a senior appointed officer does not have a conflict of interest and does not violate section 90.8 by reason only that he or a family associate is, as the case may be,
(a) a qualified voter, an owner-occupier of residential property, or a user of any public utility service supplied to him by the municipality or local board in like manner and subject to like conditions as are applicable in the case of persons who are not members;
(b) entitled to receive on terms common to other persons any service or commodity or any subsidy, loan or other such benefit offered by the municipality or local board;
(c) a purchaser or owner of a debenture of the municipality or local board;
(d) a person who has made a deposit with a municipality or local board, the whole or part of which is or may be returnable to him in like manner as such a deposit is or may be returnable to other qualified voters;
(e) eligible for election or appointment to fill a vacancy, office or position in the council or local board when the council or local board is empowered or required by any general or special Act to fill such vacancy, office or position;
(f) a person having an interest in land valued in use as farm land or farm woodlot under the Assessment Act or being registered under the Farm Land Identification Program under the Real Property Tax Act;
(g) a director or senior officer of a company incorporated for the purpose of carrying on business for and on behalf of a municipality or local board, or being a member of a board, commission, or other body as an appointee of the council or local board of which he is a member;
(h) in receipt of an allowance for attendance at meetings, or any other allowance, honorarium, remuneration, salary or benefit to which he may be entitled by reason of being a member of the council or local board, or as a member of a volunteer fire brigade;
(i) an honorary member of a trade union;
(j) a person having any interest which is an interest in common with voters generally;
(k) a person having an interest which is so remote or insignificant in its nature that it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to influence the member; or
(l) a member or officer of a service club or charitable organization that is in receipt of a benefit from the municipality or local board.
1981, c.52, s.12; 2003, c.27, s.38