Part 6 — Finance and Property Division 1 Finance
190 Non-school buildings
non-school building, the board shall give public notice in
accordance with the regulations of its intention to construct,
purchase or lease the building if the estimated cost of the
construction, the purchase price or the leasehold costs over the term
of the lease exceed $500 000.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if a building is to be
constructed, the estimated cost of the construction of the building is
the cost estimated by the architect employed or consulted by the
board, and the estimate must be incorporated in a minute of the
board.
(3) If a board
(a) receives a petition in accor dance with the regulations
respecting the construction, purchase or leasing of a
non-school building within 15 days from the end of the
period of public notice set out in the regulations, and
(b) decides to proceed with the construction, purchase or lease
of a non-school building,
the board shall submit the question to a vote of the electors.
(4) The board shall
(a) send to the Minister a copy of each request contained in t he
petition received under subsection (3) within 5 days from
the date of receiving it, and
(b) advise the Minister in writin g within 14 days from the date
of the vote of the outcome of each vote conducted under
subsection (3).
(5) If the result of the vote under subsection (3) is to defeat the
proposal to construct, purchase or lease a building, the board is
bound by the vote for a period of 12 months from the date of the
vote and during that 12-month period the board shall not propose to
construct, purchase or lease the same or a similar building.
2012 cE-0.3 s190;2015 c6 s28