The purpose of this paper is to analyze the context, content, and impacts of a January 2018 legislative amendment concerning the remuneration of municipal elected officials, in order to understand its scope within the contemporary transformations of the Quebec municipal world. More specifically, we are interested in how the issue of remuneration is framed by the province’s main municipal associations, and how it has found its place in a broader municipal reform. To do this, we conducted an analysis of the documents produced on that topic by the two main municipal associations as well as those related to the legislative process (briefs and debates associated with Bill 122). The analysis of these two sets of data reveals that while the issue of remuneration has been framed as a means of ensuring the recruitment of councillors and recognizing their skills, it is also part of a broader discourse on the municipal claims for more autonomy. The arguments presented are as much about the issue of (re)valuing municipal mandates as they are about recognizing the municipal level as a level of government in its own right, without explicitly pushing the professionalization theme further. Moreover, the analysis of preliminary empirical data on remuneration shows that the law has not brought significant changes over the 2010-2018 time period. There is still an important divide between small and large municipalities, with the former maintaining remunerations that favour an amateur-volunteer model, while the latter are making headway toward professionalization of their councils.