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O. Reg. 246/00: SUPPORT FOR A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AN AREA SERVICES BOARD

filed April 27, 2000 under Northern Services Boards Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.28

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ONTARIO REGULATION 246/00

made under the

NORTHERN SERVICES Boards Act

Made: April 3, 2000
Filed: April 27, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 331/99

(Support for a Proposal to Establish an Area Services Board)

1. Sections 2 and 3 of Ontario Regulation 331/99 are revoked and the following substituted:

2. (1) The procedures to be used to determine whether the residents of the unorganized territory in a proposed Board area support a proposal to establish an area services board are set out in this section and section 3.

(2) Support for a proposal shall be determined by a majority vote of the residents of the unorganized territory.

(3) The vote shall be conducted at one or more meetings called to determine support for the proposal.

(4) Each resident may vote at only one meeting.

(5) The meeting or meetings may be called under this section by any resident of the unorganized territory designated to do so by at least nine other residents.

(6) The designated resident shall give at least 14 days notice of any meeting that is called,

 

(a) by publishing notice of it in a newspaper that is of general circulation throughout the unorganized territory; or

(b) by any other means that will provide residents with adequate notice of the meeting.

(7) The notice shall state the purpose of the meeting, when and where all the meetings called are to be held, who is eligible to vote at it and when and where a copy of the proposal may be inspected.

(8) The designated resident shall ensure that a copy of the proposal is available for inspection within the unorganized territory or in an adjacent municipality at times and places that provide a reasonable opportunity to residents to inspect it.

(9) Any meeting under this section shall be held in the unorganized territory or in an adjacent municipality.

3. (1) A chair shall be elected for the purposes of a meeting by the residents who are present and eligible to vote on the proposal at the meeting.

(2) Each resident may vote in the election of the chair at only one meeting.

(3) The chair may make rules with respect to the manner in which the vote is to be conducted.

(4) The chair shall record the results of the vote, including the number of votes cast in support of the proposal and the number cast against it.

Timothy Hudak

Minister of Northern Development and Mines

Dated on April 3, 2000.