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British Columbia Transit RegulationSearch Results | Clear Search | Previous (in doc) | Next (in doc) | Prev Doc | Next DocCopyright (c) Queen's Printer,	Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaLicenseDisclaimerB.C. Reg. 30/91O.C. 102/91Deposited February 1, 1991British Columbia Transit ActBritish Columbia Transit RegulationNote: Check the Cumulative Regulation Bulletin	2015 and 2016for any non-consolidated amendments to this regulation that may be in
effect.[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 336/2008, November 28,
2008]Contents
Part 1 1 Interpretation 2 Sharing of cost — Victoria regional transit service area
3–3.3 Repealed 4 Sharing of cost — municipalities 5–6 Repealed 7 Sharing of cost — 4th and subsequent years 7.1 Repealed 8 Annual cost determination — municipal sharing 9 Annual cost determination — regional transit service area
9.1 Annual cost determination — commuter rail service 10 Annual operating agreement 11 Custom transit service — eligibility 12 Application of Company Act 13 Variable tax rate relationships 14 Exemption from taxation 15 Annual lease fee 16 Deficiency interest 17 Instalment of taxes Part 2 — Alternative Funding Arrangements 18 Contributions by municipalities Part 1Interpretation1 In this regulation:
"Act" means the British Columbia Transit Act;
"annual lease fee" means an amount determined in accordance with
15 and charged annually in respect of revenue equipment and other physical
assets acquired by lease or otherwise;
"conventional transit service" means services and facilities operated
by or for a public passenger transportation system to transport persons on specified
routes at scheduled times using public streets or thoroughfares, and that portion of
custom transit service operated to transport persons who are not designated under
section 11, but does not include rapid transit service;
"custom transit service" means service and facilities operated or
provided by or for a public passenger transportation system to transport any person
designated under section 11 by pre-arrangement between the operator of the service and
such person without limitation by route or scheduled time, and includes, for the
purposes of a public passenger transportation system to which section 11 (1) of the Act
applies, that portion of conventional transit service used to transport by
pre-arrangement any person designated under section 11.
[am. B.C. Reg. 89/99, s. 1.]Sharing of cost — Victoria regional transit service
area2 During a year commencing on April 1, for transit services in the Victoria regional
transit service area,(a)
the regional transit commission must contribute 68.30% and the authority must
contribute 31.70% of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses described in
the regional transit commission must contribute 37.0% and the authority must
contribute 63.0% of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses described in
the regional transit commission must contribute 100% and the authority must
contribute 0.00% of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses described in
(d).[en. B.C. Reg. 122/93; am. B.C. Regs. 94/94, s. 1; 89/99, s. 2; 346/2003, s. 2;
122/2004; 54/2006; 69/2007; 54/2008.]Repealed3–3.3 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 89/99, s. 4.]Sharing of cost — municipalities4 Subject to Part 2, the portion of the annual cost of providing
transit service that shall be contributed by a municipality and the authority for
providing transit service under an annual operating agreement are set out in section
7.[am. B.C. Reg. 346/2003, s. 3.]Repealed5–6 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 346/2003, s. 4.]Sharing of cost — 4th and subsequent years7 Subject to Part 2, during each year of a transit service
agreement,(a)
the municipality shall contribute 53.31% and the authority shall contribute
46.69% of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1)
the municipality shall contribute 33.31% and the authority shall contribute
66.69% of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1)
(b).[am. B.C. Regs. 89/99, ss. 2 and 3; 346/2003, s. 5.]Repealed7.1 Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 89/99, s. 4.]Annual cost determination — municipal sharing8 (1) The classes of expenses which shall be taken into account in determining the
annual cost of providing the transit services under section 11 (2) (a) of the Act
are:(a)
for conventional transit service:(i) the operating costs incurred in providing conventional transit
service;(ii) the amount of any annual lease fee and any amount required to amortize all
capital expenditures, including interest accrued during construction, incurred for
fixed assets accepted for conventional transit services;(iii) the amount of the municipal administration charge not exceeding 2% of the
direct operating costs payable under an annual operating agreement;(iv) an amount of the annual operating costs of the authority not exceeding 8% of
the direct operating costs payable under an annual operating agreement;(b)
for custom transit service:(i) the operating costs incurred in providing custom transit service, including
the amount paid by the authority to redeem taxi saver coupons issued under the Taxi
Saver Program after deducting from that amount the amount realized from the sale of
those coupons;(ii) the amount of any annual lease fee and any amount required to amortize all
fixed assets accepted for custom transit service;(iii) the amount of the municipal administration charge not exceeding 2% of the
the direct operating costs payable under an annual operating agreement.(2) In addition to the classes of expenses referred to in subsection (1), the costs
of and related to servicing debt incurred by each of the authority and the Province for
the purpose of acquiring assets to be used in the operation of the public passenger
transportation system constitutes a class of expenses that must be taken into account in
determining the annual cost of providing the transit service under section 11 of the
Act, and the municipality shall contribute that percentage of the amounts required to
defray that class of expenses that, under section 7, is the percentage applicable to the
capital expenditure in relation to which the debt was incurred.[am. B.C. Regs. 1/96, s. 1; 89/99, ss. 2 and 5; 346/2003, s. 6.]Annual cost determination — regional transit service
area9 (1) The classes of expenses which shall be taken into account in determining the
annual cost of providing transit services under section 12 (2) (a) of the Act
for conventional transit service:(i) the operating costs incurred in providing conventional transit service
within the regional transit service area;(ii) the amount of any annual lease fee and any amount required to amortize all
fixed assets accepted for conventional transit service within the regional transit
service area;(iii) the annual operating costs of the authority, and any annual lease fee and
any amount required to amortize capital expenditures, including interest during
construction, incurred for fixed assets acquired for the operation of the
for custom transit service:(i) the operating costs incurred in providing custom transit service within the
regional transit service area, including the amount paid by the authority to redeem
taxi saver coupons issued under the Taxi Saver Program after deducting from that
amount the amount realized from the sale of those coupons;(ii) the amount of any annual lease fee and any amount required to amortize all
fixed assets accepted for custom transit service within the regional transit service
Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 89/99, s. 4.](d)
for a transit service prescribed for a regional transit service area in a
regulation made by the applicable regional transit commission and approved by order of
the Lieutenant Governor in Council:(i) the operating cost incurred in providing the transit service within the
regional transit service area;(ii) the amount of any annual lease fee and any amount required, after a date
specified by the authority, to amortize all capital expenditures, including interest
accrued during construction incurred for fixed assets accepted for the transit
service within the regional transit service area.(2) In addition to the classes of expenses referred to in subsection (1), the costs
determining the annual cost of providing the transit service under section 12 of the
Act, and the commission shall contribute that percentage of the amounts required to
defray that class of expenses that, under section 2 is the percentage applicable to the
capital expenditure in relation to which the debt was incurred.[am. B.C. Regs. 94/94, s. 3; 1/96, s. 2; 89/99, ss. 2, 4 and 6.]Annual cost determination — commuter rail service9.1 (1) In this section, "operating costs" has the same meaning as in
the operating agreement pertaining to the commuter rail service.(2) The classes of expenditures which shall be taken into account under section 13 of
the Act in determining the annual cost of a commuter rail service provided in part in a
municipality and in part within a regional transit service area are the operating costs
incurred in providing that commuter rail service.[en. B.C. Reg. 423/95, s. 1.]Annual operating agreement10 (1) The annual operating agreement shall include provisions respecting the following
matters:(a)
annual operating and capital budgets of the public passenger transportation
system;(b)
operating procedures;(c)
financial and service audits;(d)
claims, actions and legal liability;(e)
procedures for settlement of disputes between the parties;(f)
service specifications, including a tariff;(g)
commencement, termination, renewal and amendment of the agreement.(2) The authority and a municipality shall enter into a separate annual operating
agreement with each person operating a transit service in a local transit service
area.Custom transit service — eligibility11 The following persons are designated as eligible for custom transit
persons with disabilities as defined under the Disability Benefit
Programs Act;(b)
persons who have a disability, either permanent or temporary, confirmed by a
medical practitioner, that is sufficiently severe that the person is physically unable
without assistance to use conventional transit service.Application of Company Act12 Section 128 of the Company Act applies to British Columbia Transit.Variable tax rate relationships13 (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), where a municipality or regional
transit commission imposes or prescribes taxes under sections 14 (1) or 15 (2) of the
Act, the relationships between tax rates on each property class to the rate on Class 1
shall be the relationships shown in the following schedule:
Ratio to Class 1 Rate
(1.1) Where the Victoria regional transit commission imposes or prescribes taxes under
section 15 (2) of the Act, the relationships between tax rates on each property class to
the rate on Class 1 shall be the relationships shown in the following
(2) Where a municipality or regional transit commission imposes or prescribes taxes
under section 17 (15) of the Act, the relationships between tax rates on each property
class to the rate on Class 6 shall be the relationships shown in the following
[am. B.C. Regs. 94/94, s. 4; 79/98; 336/2008, Sch. 1.]Exemption from taxation14 (1) A person specified in subsection (2) (a) is exempt from liability under the
Act, the Assessment Authority Act, the School Act, the Hospital District Act, the Municipal Finance Authority Act, the Municipal Act and the Vancouver Charter for taxation of lands and improvements designated in
(2) (b).(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),(a)
the following persons are specified:(i) the authority;(ii) the British Columbia Parkway Society;(iii) a person whose property is occupied by the authority for the purpose of the
construction, acquisition or operation of a commuter rail system or the A.L.R.T.
system;(iv) the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority;(v) Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd, and(b)
land and improvements are designated as owned or used by a person referred to
in paragraph (a) for the purpose of the construction, acquisition or operation of a
commuter rail service or the A.L.R.T. system if the land and improvements are
classified as class 2 property under section 19 (14) of the Assessment Act and(i) consist of commuter rail stations, parking lots, commuter rail lay-over
trackage, wayside electrical power substations and passenger access facilities
constructed or acquired by the authority for, and operated for the authority under
an operating agreement as an integral part of, a commuter rail system, or(ii) are owned, used or maintained by the authority or the Rapid Transit Project
2000 Ltd. for the purpose of the construction, acquisition or operation of the
A.L.R.T. system, or are maintained by the British Columbia Parkway Society on behalf
of the authority or the Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd., including land and
improvements within the A.L.R.T. system which the authority or the Rapid Transit
Project 2000 Ltd. makes accessible for public recreational uses.(3) In this section:
"A.L.R.T. system" means the rail transit system known as the Advanced
Light Rapid Transit system, including the Rapid Transit Project defined in section 1
(1) of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act;
"land and improvements" does not include
land and improvements leased or subleased to a person other than a person
referred to in subsection (2) (a),
bus loops, and
the maintenance centres of the A.L.R.T. system, other than the
[am. B.C. Regs. 525/95; 90/99; 123/99.]Annual lease fee15 (1) The annual lease fee for revenue equipment and other physical assets owned or
leased by the authority shall be(a)
calculated as the sum of all lease costs incurred by the authority, where the
asset is leased by the authority, or(b)
the amount required to recover the cost of the asset less its estimated
salvage value and related interest charges over the useful life of the asset, where
the asset is purchased by the authority,plus an additional percentage of the lease value or cost of the asset to be
determined by the authority and for the purpose of establishing a general reserve for
the preventive maintenance and major repair of the authority's asset pool, plus an
amount sufficient for the authority to recover all other costs incurred relating to the
asset, including but not limited to taxes and administrative charges.(2) Where an asset is acquired after the first day of a fiscal year, the annual
lease fee shall be determined as if the asset had been acquired on the first day of the
fiscal year, and reduced by 1/12 for every month of the fiscal year that had elapsed
prior to the acquisition of the asset.(3) Where an asset is retired prior to the last day of a fiscal year, the annual
lease fee shall be determined as if the asset had been retired on the last day of that
fiscal year and reduced by 1/12 for each month of the fiscal year remaining subsequent
to the retirement of the asset.Deficiency interest16 For the purposes of section 11.11 (3) (b)1 of the Act, interest shall accrue on the deficiency at the rate of 6.45% per annum.[en. B.C. Reg. 192/93.]Instalment of taxes17 For the purposes of section 16 (2) (a) of the Act, where taxes are collected under
section 15 or 17 (15) of the Act, the municipality or the Surveyor of Taxes collecting
those taxes shall, on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, pay to the authority
all of those taxes collected by the municipality or the Surveyor of Taxes, as the case may
be, during the preceding calendar month.[en. B.C. Reg. 185/94, s. 2.]
Part 2 — Alternative Funding ArrangementsContributions by municipalities18 The portions of the annual cost of providing transit service that must be
contributed by a municipality referred to in this section and by the authority are as
for each fiscal year, the City of Penticton must contribute 53.31%, or any
greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as specified in the annual
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Penticton,
the authority and Penticton Transit Service Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the
authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts required to defray the classes of
expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this
for each fiscal year, the Cowichan Valley Regional District must contribute
53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as specified in
the annual operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year, made between the Cowichan
Valley Regional District, the authority and The Gray Line of Victoria, as amended from
time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts required to
defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of
this regulation;(c)
for each fiscal year, the City of Prince Rupert must contribute 53.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Prince
Rupert, the authority and Coastal Bus Lines Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the
regulation;(d)
for each fiscal year, the City of Kamloops must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
specified in the annual operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made
between the City of Kamloops, the authority and Farwest Coach, Inc., as amended from
time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts required
to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv)
of this regulation, and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv)
of this regulation;(e)
for each fiscal year, the Regional District of North Okanagan must contribute
the annual operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the Regional
District of North Okanagan, the authority and KIA Transit Ltd., as amended from time to
time, and the authority must contribute the balance of the amounts required to defray
the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this
regulation;(f)
for each fiscal year, the City of Kelowna must contribute 53.31%, or any greater
percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as specified in the annual operating
agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Kelowna, the authority
and Farwest Transit Services Inc., as amended from time to time, and the authority must
contribute the balance, of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses
prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(g)
for each fiscal year, the Regional District of Central Okanagan must contribute
District of Central Okanagan, the authority and Farwest Transit Services Inc., as
amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts
required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii)
and (iv) of this regulation;(h)
for each fiscal year, the City of Prince George must contribute 53.31%, or any
George, the authority and Prince George Transit Ltd., as amended from time to time, and
the authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts required to defray the classes
of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this
regulation;(i)
for each fiscal year, the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona must contribute
33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as specified in
District of Comox-Strathcona, the authority and Watson & Ash Transportation Co.
Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance of the
amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i),
(iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(j)
for each fiscal year, the City of Fort St. John must contribute 33.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Fort St.
John, the authority and Nordbo Services Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the
authority must contribute the balance of the amounts required to defray the classes of
expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this
regulation;(k)
for each fiscal year, the Sunshine Coast Regional District must
contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
between the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the authority, as amended from time
to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of the amounts required to
this regulation, and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv) of
this regulation;(l)
for each fiscal year, the Resort Municipality of Whistler must contribute
the annual operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the Resort
Municipality of Whistler, the authority and Whistler Transit Ltd., as amended from time
to time, and the authority must contribute the balance of the amounts required to defray
for each fiscal year, the City of Abbotsford must contribute 53.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Abbotsford,
the authority and Township Transit Service Inc., as amended from time to time, and the
regulation;(n)
for each fiscal year, the District of Mission must contribute 53.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the District of Mission,
regulation;(o)
Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of
the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a)
(i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(p)
for each fiscal year, the District of Powell River must contribute 53.31%, or
any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as specified in the annual
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the District of Powell
River and the authority, as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute
the balance, of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in
section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(q)
for each fiscal year, the District of Salmon Arm must contribute 53.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the District of Salmon
Arm, the authority and KIA Transit Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the authority
must contribute the balance, of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses
prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(r)
for each fiscal year, the District of Kitimat must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
between the City of Quesnel, the authority and Five Five Transport, as amended from
of this regulation;(s)
for each fiscal year, the Town of Osoyoos must contribute 53.31%, or any greater
agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the Town of Osoyoos, the authority
and South Okanagan Transit Society, as amended from time to time, and the authority must
prescribed in section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(t)
for each fiscal year, the City of Quesnel must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
of this regulation;(u)
for each fiscal year, the City of Revelstoke must contribute 53.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the City of Revelstoke,
the authority and Sid Arrow Holdings Ltd., as amended from time to time, and the
regulation;(v)
for each fiscal year, the City of Williams Lake must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
between the City of Williams Lake, the authority and Laker's Go-Bus Society, as
amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance, of the
amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (a)
(i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation, and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b)
(i), (iii) and (iv) of this regulation;(w)
for each fiscal year, the Town of Princeton must contribute 33.31%, or any
operating agreement applicable to that fiscal year made between the Town of Princeton,
the authority and Princeton & District Community Services, as amended from time to
the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv);(x)
for each fiscal year, the Regional District of Central Kootenay must
specified in the annual operating agreements applicable to that fiscal year made
between the Regional District of Central Kootenay, the authority and Grouse Mountain
Transportation, Arrow & Slocan Lake Community Services and Trail Transit Services
Inc., as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance of
(i), (iii) and (iv), and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b)
(i), (iii) and (iv);(y)
for each fiscal year, the City of Kimberley must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
between the City of Kimberley, the authority and Kimberley Transportation Committee,
as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance of the
(i), (iii) and (iv);(z)
for each fiscal year, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary must
between the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, the authority and Trail Transit
Services Inc., as amended from time to time, and the authority must contribute the
balance of the amounts required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in
section 8 (1) (a) (i), (iii) and (iv), and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv);(aa)
for each fiscal year, the District of Squamish must contribute(i) 53.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
between the District of Squamish, the authority and Whistler Transit Ltd., as amended
from time to time, and the authority must contribute the balance of the amounts
and (iv), and(ii) 33.31%, or any greater percentage the municipality agrees to contribute as
required to defray the classes of expenses prescribed in section 8 (1) (b) (i), (iii)
and (iv).[en. B.C. Reg. 346/2003, s. 7; am. B.C. Regs. 347/2003; 75/2004; 76/2004;
158/2004; 250/2004;82/2005; 290/2005; 1/2006; 79/2006.]
1.This section refers to the British Columbia Transit Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 421. Section 11.11 (3) (b) was not
reconsolidated in R.S.B.C. 1996 as it was considered to be spent.
Note: this regulation replaces B.C. Reg. 51/80.
[Provisions of the British Columbia Transit Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 38, relevant to the enactment of this
regulation: sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 16 (2) (a), 18 (3), 26 and 32]