MHHS · Municipal Government Act
Part 7 — .1
240.2 Notice of recall petition
submitting a notice of recall petition in accordance with this section
and the regulations, if any, and any direction and orders referred to
in section 240.96, to the chief administrative officer of the
municipality to which the recall petition relates.
(2) A notice of recall petition must
(a) identify the councillor to whom the recall petition relates by
name,
(b) identify the representativ e recall petitioner by name, and
(c) confirm that the municipa lity may direct any inquiries about
the petition to the representative recall petitioner, and
indicate the contact information to be used for this purpose.
(3) A notice of recall petition must be accompanied by
(a) a statement signed by the representative recall petitioner that
(i) provides
(A) the street address of the representative recall
petitioner or the legal description of the land on
which the representative recall petitioner lives,
(B) the representative reca ll petitioner's mailing address,
if different, and
(C) the representative recall petitioner's telephone
number or email address, if any,
and
(ii) confirms that the represe ntative recall petitioner is an
individual eligible to sign the recall petition under
section 240.4 and consents to the responsibilities of
leading the recall petition, gathering signatures and
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otherwise undertaking the role and discharging the
duties of a representative recall petitioner under this Part
and any other applicable enactment,
(b) the application fee of $500, and
(c) any other infor mation prescribed.
(4) The personal information referred to in subsection (3)(a) must
not be disclosed, except
(a) to the Minister, the chief administrative officer and the chief
administrative officer's delegates, if any, for the purposes of
confirming the eligibility of the representative recall
petitioner and validating the recall petition,
(b) as necessary for the adminis tration or enforcement of this
Part and the regulations, and
(c) for the purposes of judicial review.
(5) If the chief administrative officer publishes a recall petition
under subsection (8) in respect of a councillor, the chief
administrative officer must not publish any further recall petition in
relation to the same councillor during the same term of office.
(6) A representative recall petitioner may not submit a notice of
recall petition
(a) within the 18-month period immediately following the day
on which the councillor named in the notice of recall
petition was elected, or
(b) within the period commencing on January 1 of the year of a
general election.
(7) A councillor may not submit a notice of recall petition in
respect of another councillor in the same municipality.
(8) If a representative recall petitioner is confirmed to be a person
eligible to sign the recall petition under section 240.4 and the
notice of recall petition meets the requirements of this section, the
chief administrative officer of the municipality must
(a) within 7 days from the d ate when the notice of recall
petition was submitted, publish the notice of recall petition
on the municipality's website, and
(b) provide the notice of recall petition to the following:
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(i) the Minister;
(ii) the representative recall petitioner;
(iii) the councillor named in the notice of recall petition.
2021 cR-5.7 s71;2024 c11 s2(15)