PART VI PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
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283 (1) A municipality may pay any part of the remuneration and expenses of the members of any local board of the municipality and of the officers and employees of the local board.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (1). Limitation (2) Despite any Act, a municipality may only pay the expenses of the members of its council or of a local board of the municipality and of the officers and employees of the municipality or local board if the expenses are of those persons in their capacity as members, officers or employees and if, (a)  the expenses are actually incurred; or (b)  the expenses are, in lieu of the expenses actually incurred, a reasonable estimate, in the opinion of the council or local board, of the actual expenses that would be incurred.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (2). Local boards (3) A local board of a municipality may pay remuneration to and the expenses incurred by its members, officers and employees to the extent that the municipality is able to do so under this Act.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (3). Limitation (4) No part of the remuneration of a member of a council or local board paid under this section is deemed to be for expenses incidental to his or her duties as a member and a municipality or local board shall not provide that any part of the remuneration is for such deemed expenses.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (4). Former by-law (5) Despite subsection (4), if a resolution of a municipality under subsection 255 (2) or (3) of the old Act is not revoked before January 1, 2003, the resolution shall be deemed to be a by-law of the municipality and one-third of the remuneration paid to the elected members of the council and its local boards is deemed as expenses incident to the discharge of their duties as members of the council or local board.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (5); 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (1). Repeal (6) A council may repeal a by-law under subsection (5) and the repealing by-law shall be effective on January 1 of the year after the year in which it is passed.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (6). Review (7) On or after December 1, 2003, a council shall review a by-law under subsection (5) at a public meeting at least once during the four-year period corresponding to the term of office of its members after a regular election.  2001, c. 25, s. 283 (7); 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (2); 2006, c. 9, Sched. H, s. 5 (4). If by-law passed under subs. 255 (2) of old Act (8) If the City of Mississauga or the Town of Markham, as the case may be, passes a resolution under subsection 255 (2) of the old Act and, as of January 1, 2003, is deemed to have passed a by-law under subsection (5), then, despite subsection (6), the by-law shall not be repealed by the City of Mississauga or the Town of Markham, as the case may be, unless the municipality proposing to repeal the by-law first ceases to provide any pension benefits under the City of Mississauga Act, 1988 or the Town of Markham Act, 1989, respectively.  2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (3); 2006, c. 11, Sched. B, s. 9 (3); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 116 (1). If by-law not passed under subs. 255 (2) of old Act (9) If the City of Mississauga or the Town of Markham, as the case may be, does not pass a resolution under subsection 255 (2) of the old Act, (a)  despite the City of Mississauga Act, 1988 or the Town of Markham Act, 1989, the City of Mississauga or the Town of Markham, as the case may be, shall not provide a contribution for a pension under those provisions and no calculation of a pension or combination of a pension with another pension shall be made under those provisions in respect of service of a council member after that date; and (b)  any pension benefit earned or accruing under those provisions with respect to service on or before December 31, 2002 shall continue.  2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (3); 2006, c. 11, Sched. B, s. 9 (4); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 116 (2). Regulation (10) The Minister may, by regulation, prescribe transition rules in respect of the matters set out in subsections (8) and (9).  2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 46 (1-3) - 01/01/2003 2006, c. 9, Sched. H, s. 5 (4) - 18/05/2006; 2006, c. 11, Sched. B, s. 9 (3, 4) - 01/01/2007; 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 116 (1, 2) - 01/01/2007