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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX <br />A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE <br />CONTINUATION OF THE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE <br />TAX BENEFIT TO MEMBERS OF ESSEX COUNTY <br />COUNCIL AND ITS LOCAL BOARDS <br />WHEREAS subsection 255(1) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, <br />c. M.45, as amended, provided that one-third of the <br />remuneration paid to elected members of councils and their local <br />boards shall be considered as expenses incident to the discharge <br />of their duties as members of council or local board; <br />AND WHEREAS subsection 255(2) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. <br />1990, c. M.45, as amended provided that the provisions of <br />subsection 255(1) shall only continue to apply to members of <br />council or its local boards after January 1, 2003 if the <br />municipality passed a resolution or by-law before January 1, <br />2003 stating its intention that the provisions of subsection <br />255(1) shall continue to apply to elected members of council and <br />its local boards; <br />AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the County of <br />Essex, on the 21' day of August, 2002 adopted Resolution <br />#223/02 authorizing the provisions of subsection 255(1) to <br />continue to apply to the elected members of Essex County <br />Council and its local boards on and after January 1, 2003; <br />AND WHEREAS Section 283(7) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. <br />2001, c.25 as amended, requires that on or after December 1, <br />2003, Council shall review the by-law authorizing the <br />continuation of the one-third expense allowance, at a public <br />meeting, at least once during each four-year period <br />corresponding to the term of office of its members after a <br />regular election.; <br />NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County <br />of Essex enacts as follows: <br />