THE CORPORATION OF THE
VILLAGE OF MONTROSE
BYLAW #551
A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE A REFERENDUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE ELECTORS’ OPINION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MONTROSE REGIONAL DIRECTOR.
WHEREAS section 245 of the Municipal Act (RS Chap. 323) authorizes Council to hold a referendum to obtain the electors’ opinion on a question that affects the municipality and with which the council has power to deal, and
WHEREAS Council wishes to determine whether the citizens of Montrose wish to assume a responsibility in the appointment of the director representing the Village of Montrose on the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the Village of Montrose, in open meeting assembled, hereby enact as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1. (1) This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the “Regional Director Referendum Bylaw.”
REFERENDUM
2. (1) There shall be a referendum, held in conjunction with the general local elections of 1999, to determine whether the citizens of Montrose wish to assume a responsibility in the appointment of the director representing the Village of Montrose on the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary.
(2) The referendum question shall be:
“Are you in favour of the voters of Montrose being asked by referendum to nominate the director representing the Village of Montrose on the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary?”
ENACTMENT
3. (1) If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Bylaw is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion shall be severed and the part that is invalid shall not affect the validity of the remainder.
(2) This Bylaw shall come into full force and effect on the final adoption thereof.
READ A FIRST TIME this 5th day of October, 1999
READ A SECOND TIME this 5th day of October, 1999
READ A THIRD TIME this 5th day of October, 1999
READ A FOURTH TIME AND FINALLY ADOPTED this 19th day of October, 1999
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Mayor Village
Clerk
I hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true and correct copy of the Regional Director Referendum
Bylaw.
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Village Clerk