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[SBC 1990] CHAPTER	61
Assented to July 27, 1990
Part 1 — 1990
1 Dissolution of the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District
2 Invermere borrowing authority for settlement of law suits
3 Fort St. John development cost charges validation
4 Islands Trust zoning bylaw validation
Part 2 — 1991
5 Okanagan municipality phased farm property tax exemption
6 Establishment of wards where Campbell River municipal boundaries extended
7 Anarchist Mountain electric power specified area validation
8 Harrison Hot Springs loan authorization bylaw for purchase of fire department equipment
Part 3 — 1992
9 Cariboo and Thompson-Nicola joint library system
10 Taylor and Fort St. John tax sharing agreement
12 Central Okanagan: Johnson-Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre
13 Validation of Victim Assistance Program agreements
14 Maple Ridge parking specified area validation
Part 4 — 1993
15 Town of Sidney Port Development agreements validation
16 Nanaimo Beban Park agreement validation
17 District of Invermere Industrial Park agreement validation
18 Regional District of Fraser-Cheam: Hope Airport transfer
19 Burnaby services to Jericho Hill School
20 Regional District and Islands Trust bylaws validation
21 Cominco economic plan under the Job Protection Act
22 Regional District of Kootenay Boundary variable tax rate plans
23 District of Vanderhoof: Vanderhoof Airport transfer
24 Validation of existing victim assistance agreements
Part 5 — 1994
25 Fort St. James, Telkwa and Fraser Lake gas franchise agreements
26 Regional District of Fraser-Cheam bylaws validation
Part 6 — 1995
27 Dawson Creek gas franchise agreement
28 Vancouver Arbutus Neighbourhood Plan implementation
29 Incorporation of the City of Abbotsford
30 Gulf Islands minimum parcel size validation
Part 7 — 1996
31 Town of Comox Municipal Marina agreements validation
32 Validation of bylaws enacted after delegated hearings
33 City of Vancouver real property tax rate by-law validation
34 Validation of GVSDD 1995 cost allocation bylaw
35 Vancouver neighbourhood constituency referendum
Part 8 — 1997
36 Naramata Irrigation District — validation and enabling
37 Repealed
38 Validation of airport transfer leases and airport fees
Part 9 — 1998
39 Retroactive validation of prescribed partnering agreements
40 Validation of anti-smoking bylaws
41 Airport leases
42 District of Pitt Meadows lease validation
43 Prince George water fluoridation bylaw
44 Authority for the Greater Nanaimo Water District to acquire park land
Part 10 — 1999
45 GVRD borrowing on behalf of other regional authorities
46 Validation of GVRD borrowing
47 Capital Regional District land exchange agreement validation
Part 11 — 2000
48 Kitsumkalum Ski Hill
Dissolution of the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District
1 (1) The following are confirmed and validated effective December 15, 1989:
(a) order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council 1870/89, as amended by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council 510/90, dissolving the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District and ordering transfer of its assets and liabilities to the Town of Osoyoos and the Village of Oliver in accordance with Schedule A to the order;
(b) all provisions of Schedule A to the order confirmed and validated by paragraph (a).
(2) The Town of Osoyoos and the Village of Oliver are bound by the provisions of Schedule A to the order confirmed and validated by subsection (1) (a) to the same extent they would be bound if those provisions were included in supplementary letters patent for those municipalities.
(3) All things done that would have been validly done had this section in fact been in force on December 15, 1989 shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly done.
(4) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on December 15, 1989 and is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date and shall not be construed as lacking retroactive effect in relation to any matter because it makes no specific reference to that matter.
1990-61-1.
Invermere borrowing authority for settlement of law suits
2 (1) Notwithstanding sections 324 and 330 of the Municipal Act, the District of Invermere may, without obtaining assent of the electors, adopt a loan authorization bylaw that authorizes borrowing to a maximum amount of $250 000 for a maximum term of 3 years in order to satisfy the settlement reached respecting the British Columbia Supreme Court actions, Action No. A852893, Vancouver Registry and Action No. C891281, Vancouver Registry.
(2) Notwithstanding section 320 of the Municipal Act, the District of Invermere may in 1990, for the purpose referred to in subsection (1), incur a liability beyond the aggregate of the municipal revenue for this year and any accumulated revenue surplus of prior years appropriated for the annual budget or for the annual budget as amended for this year.
1990-61-2.
Fort St. John development cost charges validation
3 (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the City of Fort St. John is authorized to impose, between November 19, 1979 and the date this section comes into force, development cost charges in accordance with the bylaw cited as "Development Cost Charges By-law 1979" given third reading by the council of the City of Fort St. John on November 19, 1979.
(2) A development cost charge imposed between November 19, 1979 and the date this section comes into force that would have been validly collected had the bylaw referred to in subsection (1) been validly in force at the time it was collected shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly collected as though the bylaw were validly in force at that time, notwithstanding any order of any court to the contrary made before or after the coming into force of this section.
1990-61-3.
Islands Trust zoning bylaw validation
4 (1) A bylaw respecting the use of land, including a zoning bylaw, that would apply or would have applied within the trust area, as defined in the Islands Trust Act, had the statutory preconditions to its enactment, including preconditions regarding notice, been complied with is conclusively deemed to have been validly in force, to the extent that it would apply or would have applied within the trust area had those statutory preconditions to its enactment been complied with, from the date that it would have been validly in force had those statutory preconditions been complied with, notwithstanding that one or more of the statutory preconditions was not complied with.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to retroactively validate any bylaw described in that subsection, to the extent provided by that subsection, notwithstanding any decision of a court to the contrary.
1990-61-4.
Okanagan municipality phased farm property tax exemption
5 Where the Lieutenant Governor in Council incorporates all or part of Electoral Area A of the Regional District of Central Okanagan as a new municipality, the letters patent incorporating the municipality may provide that, notwithstanding section 398 of the Municipal Act, real property that before the incorporation is exempt from taxation by reason of section 13 (1) (f) of the Taxation (Rural Area) Act but that after the incorporation is not exempt from taxation under the Municipal Act shall be exempted from taxation as follows:
(a) in the first year after incorporation, to the extent of 100% of the exemption that would have applied to the property had the incorporation not taken place;
(b) in the second year after incorporation, to the extent of 80% of the exemption that would have applied to the property had the incorporation not taken place;
(c) in the third year after incorporation, to the extent of 60% of the exemption that would have applied to the property had the incorporation not taken place;
(d) in the fourth year after incorporation, to the extent of 40% of the exemption that would have applied to the property had the incorporation not taken place;
(e) in the fifth year after incorporation, to the extent of 20% of the exemption that would have applied to the property had the incorporation not taken place.
1991-5-2.
Establishment of wards where Campbell River municipal boundaries extended
6 (1) Where the boundaries of the District of Campbell River are extended by letters patent to include all or part of Electoral Areas D, E and F of the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, the letters patent may
(a) establish each electoral area or portion of an electoral area that is included in the municipality as a ward for the purpose of representation on the council of the municipality until the next general local election, and
(b) appoint the incumbent electoral area director to the council of the municipality to represent the ward until the next general local election.
(2) Where a person is appointed to the municipal council under subsection (1) (b), the person ceases to be an electoral area director and section 779 of the Municipal Act applies to the vacancy in the seat of the electoral area director.
Anarchist Mountain electric power specified area validation
7 (1) Notwithstanding the Municipal Act, a requirement established by or under the Municipal Act or a decision of any court to the contrary, the bylaw cited as "Anarchist Mountain Specified Area Establishment and Loan Authorization Bylaw, No. 628, 1981" adopted by the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen on August 20, 1981, shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted on that date and to have been in force since it was adopted on that date.
(2) Notwithstanding the Municipal Act, a requirement established by or under the Municipal Act or a decision of any court to the contrary, the bylaw cited as "Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Security Issuing Bylaw No. 736, 1982", adopted by the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen on October 21, 1982, shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted on that date and to have been in force since it was adopted on that date.
(3) A tax or charge that would have been validly collected had the bylaws referred to in subsections (1) and (2) been in force at the time it was collected shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly collected as though the bylaws were in force at that time.
(4) Everything done that would have been validly done had the bylaws referred to in subsections (1) and (2) been validly adopted on the dates they were adopted shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly done, notwithstanding a decision of any court to the contrary.
(5) The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen may, by bylaw under section 767 of the Municipal Act, convert the service provided under the bylaws referred to in subsections (1) and (2) of this section into a service under Part 24 of the Municipal Act, with the costs of the service to be recovered by means of a parcel tax.
(6) This section is retroactive to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to its provisions and shall not be construed as lacking retroactive effect in relation to any matter by reason that it makes no specific reference to that matter.
Harrison Hot Springs loan authorization bylaw for purchase of fire department equipment
8 (1) Notwithstanding the Municipal Act, the bylaw cited as "Loan Authorization By-Law No. 531, 1990 (Fire Apparatus)" adopted by the council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs on November 27, 1990 shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted on that date and to have been in force since it was adopted on that date.
(2) Notwithstanding the Municipal Act, including requirements established by the Municipal Act regarding the loan authorization bylaw referred to in subsection (1), the bylaw cited as "The Corporation of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs Fire Department Apparatus Security Issuing Bylaw No. 537, 1991" given third reading by the council of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs on February 26, 1991 may be adopted by being given final reading by that council at any time after this Act comes into force and, when adopted, shall be deemed to have been validly adopted on the date of its adoption and to have been in force from that date.
1991-14-13.
1992-15-2.
10 (1) Notwithstanding the Municipal Act and the letters patent of the District of Taylor, the revenue sharing agreement between the District of Taylor and the City of Fort St. John requiring taxes collected by the District of Taylor to be shared with the City of Fort St. John, dated May 13, 1991 and agreed to be retroactive of January 1, 1991, is confirmed and validated and is binding on the parties to it.
11 [Repealed 2008-5-91.]
1992-45-9.
Validation of Victim Assistance Program agreements
1992-77-7.
14 (1) Despite the Municipal Act or any failure to comply with a requirement established by the Municipal Act, by bylaw cited as "Maple Ridge Downtown Parking Specified Area Establishment and Loan Authorization By-law No. 4598-1991" adopted by the council of the Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge on November 18, 1991, is conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted on that date and to have been in force since it was adopted on that date.
1993-22-1.
1993-29-1.
1993-29-2.
Regional District of Kootenay Boundary variable tax rate plans
1993-29-3.
1993-29-4.
Validation of existing victim assistance agreements
24 (1) All agreements that have been entered into between the government and a municipality, under which the municipality on behalf of the government provides a program of victim assistance services, both within and without the boundaries of the municipality, are confirmed and validated effective the date on which they were entered into.
1993-59-43.
Fort St. James, Telkwa and Fraser Lake gas franchise agreements
25 (1) Despite section 646 of the Municipal Act, The Corporation of the Village of Fort St. James and The Corporation of the Village of Telkwa may, by bylaw adopted without the assent of the electors, enter into an exclusive or limited franchise agreement with Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. for a term not exceeding 21 years to supply natural gas service to the residents of the applicable municipality.
(2) Despite section 646 of the Municipal Act, the agreement dated August 13, 1988, between the Village of Fraser Lake and Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. relating to the supply of natural gas service by Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. to the residents of the municipality is confirmed and validated effective that date.
(3) All resolutions and bylaws in relation to the agreement referred to in subsection (2) are confirmed and validated, effective the date on which they were adopted, and all things done that would have been validly done had subsection (2) in fact been in force on the day they were done is conclusively deemed to have been validly done.
(4) The Village of Fraser Lake is conclusively deemed to have had the authority to enter into the agreement referred to in subsection (2) at the time at which the agreement was entered into and to have had and continue to have the authority to carry out the agreement in accordance with its terms.
1994-52-121.
Regional District of Fraser-Cheam bylaws validation
26 (1) Despite sections 948 and 973 of the Municipal Act, the bylaws of the Regional District of Fraser-Cheam cited as "Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1000, 1993" and "Official Settlement Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1085, 1993", adopted by the Regional District of Fraser-Cheam on August 4, 1993, and the Official Settlement Plan adopted by the "Official Settlement Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 1085, 1993" are conclusively deemed to have been validly in force from the date they would have been in force had the approval of the minister been obtained before the date of adoption, to the extent that they would have been validly in force had the requirement to obtain that approval been met.
(2) This section is retroactive to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to its provisions and must not be construed as lacking in retroactive effect in relation to any matter by reason that it makes no specific reference to that matter.
1995-29-4.
1995-12-25.
Town of Comox Municipal Marina agreements validation
31 (1) Despite sections 322 (1) (b), 529 (2), 538 (1) and 542 (1) of the Municipal Act, agreements and other instruments entered into after September 27, 1973 and before December 23, 1988 by the Town of Comox and another party respecting or relating to the acquisition and disposition of land including improvements, or an interest in such land, in relation to the Comox Municipal Marina are confirmed and validated effective the date on which they were entered into.
(2) All resolutions and bylaws in relation to an agreement or instrument referred to in subsection (1) are confirmed and validated, effective the date on which they were adopted, and all things done that would have been validly done had subsection (1) been in force on the day they were done is conclusively deemed to have been validly done.
1996-16-5.
Validation of bylaws enacted after delegated hearings
32 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this section applies to all current or former described plans and bylaws of a regional district, a local trust committee under the Islands Trust Act or the executive committee acting as a local trust committee under that Act that were not validated by section 20 of this Act.
(2) An official community plan, rural land use bylaw or zoning bylaw that is or was invalid by reason of a failure which occurred on or before July 8, 1994, being the date on which section 956.1 of the Municipal Act came into force, to comply with the requirements and limitations of that Act regarding the delegation of the holding of a public hearing on the bylaw is conclusively deemed to have been validly in force from the date it would have been in force had the requirements and limitations been complied with and to the extent that it would have been validly in force had these requirements and limitations been complied with.
City of Vancouver real property tax rate by-law validation
33 (1) Despite section 374.4 (2) (b) of the Vancouver Charter, the by-law cited as "A By-law to average land assessments for 1996", By-law No. 7543, 1996, adopted by Council of the City of Vancouver under section 374.4 (1) of the Vancouver Charter on March 26, 1996, is conclusively deemed to have been validly in force from that date to the extent that it would have been validly in force had notice of intent to consider the by-law been provided to the assessment commissioner before January 1, 1996.
(2) Anything done in relation to the by-law referred to in subsection (1) that would be valid or would have been valid had notice of intent to consider the by-law been provided to the assessment commissioner before January 1, 1996, is conclusively deemed to be or to have been validly done as though the required notice had been provided.
(3) This section is retroactive to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to its provisions and must not be construed as lacking in retroactive effect in relation to any matter by reason that it makes no specific reference to that matter.
Validation of GVSDD 1995 cost allocation bylaw
34 (1) Despite the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act and any decision of a court made before or after the coming into force of this section,
(a) the bylaw cited as "1995 Cost Allocation Bylaw No. 176", adopted by the Board of the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District on March 31, 1995, is conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted on that date and to have been in force since it was adopted, and
(b) all amounts purported to be apportioned among the member municipalities for that District under that bylaw are conclusively deemed to have been and to be validly apportioned and must be paid by the applicable member municipalities in accordance with the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act as if they were apportioned under that Act.
Vancouver neighbourhood constituency referendum
35 If, in conjunction with the 1996 general local election, the Council of the City of Vancouver submits for the opinion of the electors a question regarding the establishment of neighbourhood constituencies for some or all of its Councillors, the question receives a majority vote if more than 50% of the votes are in favour of the question.
Naramata Irrigation District — validation and enabling
(11) As limits on subsections (9) and (10), the validation of the bylaw referred to in subsection (9) applies for all purposes except in relation to an action or other legal proceeding that was commenced before June 13, 1997, being the date on which this section received First Reading in the Legislative Assembly.
1997-32-1.
37 [Repealed 2000-7-241.]
38 If, before this section comes into force, a local government has entered into an agreement with the government of Canada relating to the transfer of an airport or authority relating to an airport to the local government, sections 319 (3) and 717 of the Municipal Act, as enacted by the Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, apply to that local government and its jurisdiction retroactively to the date on which the agreement was entered into.
1997-25-157.
Retroactive validation of prescribed partnering agreements
"partnering agreement" means an agreement between a local government and a person or a public authority within the meaning of section 5 of the Municipal Act, as enacted by the Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, under which the person or public authority agrees to
(a) provide or manage a facility or work for the local government, or
(b) provide a service on behalf of the local government;
"prescribed partnering agreement" means a partnering agreement that
(a) was entered into before June 4, 1998, being the date on which the Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 was given First Reading in the Legislative Assembly, and
(b) is prescribed under subsection (2).
(2) The minister may, by regulation, prescribe partnering agreements for the purposes of this section and, on being prescribed, this section applies retroactively to the date on which the agreement was entered into.
(3) Despite the Municipal Act,
(a) a prescribed partnering agreement is confirmed and validated effective the date on which it was entered into,
(b) all resolutions and bylaws of the relevant local government in relation to a prescribed partnering agreement are confirmed and validated, effective the date on which they were adopted,
(c) all things done that would have been validly done had this subsection in fact been in force on the day they were done are conclusively deemed to have been validly done, and
(d) the local government is conclusively deemed to have had the authority to enter into the prescribed partnering agreement at the time at which it was entered into and to have had and continue to have the authority to carry out the agreement in accordance with its terms.
(4) A prescribed partnering agreement is deemed to be a partnering agreement under the applicable provisions of the Municipal Act, as enacted by the Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998.
1998-34-289.
40 (1) Despite section 523 (1) (a) of the Municipal Act, as that section read before its amendment by the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998 and despite any decision of a court to the contrary made before or after this section came into force, a local government bylaw that
(a) prohibits or purports to prohibit the smoking or other use or consumption of tobacco products in classes of premises specified in the bylaw, and
(b) was approved by the Minister of Health before this section came into force,
is conclusively deemed to be valid for all purposes.
(2) A bylaw referred to in subsection (1) is conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted and to have been and to continue to be valid and effective from the time of its approval by the Minister of Health.
(3) All resolutions, bylaws and actions of a municipality or regional district in relation to a bylaw referred to in subsection (1) are conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted and taken as of the date that they were adopted or taken, to the extent they would have been valid had this section been in force on the date they were adopted or taken.
(4) This section is retroactive to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to its provisions and must not be construed as lacking retroactive effect in relation to any matter because it makes no specific reference to that matter.
1998-37-14.
"airport body" means a municipality, regional district or prescribed community airport body that has assumed an airport lease;
"airport lease" means a lease of a part of a parcel of land, if the lease
(a) was assumed by an airport body in relation to an agreement for the transfer of airport property to it by the government of Canada, and
"renew" includes the making of a subsequent lease in relation to the same property between the parties to an airport lease or their successors, heirs or assigns.
(2) Despite section 73 (1) (b) of the Land Title Act, an airport lease is confirmed and validated as an effective contract between the parties as of the date on which the lease was assumed by the airport body.
(3) If an airport lease has been assumed by an airport body before the coming into force of this section, the airport body may continue and renew the lease as if subsection (2) had come into force before the assumption of that lease.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) and despite sections 316, 610 and 796 (3) of the Municipal Act, an airport body is deemed to have had the authority to assume an airport lease and become the lessor under the lease at the time of the assumption and to have had and to continue to have the authority to carry out and to renew that lease in accordance with its terms.
(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe an organization to be a community airport body for the purposes of this section, and, on being prescribed, this section applies to the airport body retroactively to the date on which the airport lease was assumed.
District of Pitt Meadows lease validation
42 (1) Despite sections 448 (a), 451 (1) and (3) and 610 (3) of the Municipal Act, the agreement entered into between the Corporation of the District of Pitt Meadows and C.D.I. Enterprises Ltd., on June 22, 1992, respecting the lease of land for the construction and operation of an arena is confirmed and validated, effective the date on which it was entered into.
(2) All things done that would have been validly done had subsection (1) been in force on the day they were done are conclusively deemed to have been validly done and all resolutions and bylaws in relation to the agreement referred to in subsection (1) are confirmed and validated, effective the date on which they were adopted.
(3) The District of Pitt Meadows is conclusively deemed to have had the authority to enter into the agreement referred to in subsection (1) at the time at which the agreement was entered into, to have had the authority to adopt a resolution or bylaw referred to in subsection (2) at the time it was adopted and to have had and to continue to have the authority to carry out the agreement in accordance with its terms.
Prince George water fluoridation bylaw
43 (1) The City of Prince George,
(a) despite the Municipal Act and the letters patent of the City of Prince George, is conclusively deemed to have had the authority to fluoridate any part, or all, of the water supply of the municipality as of the adoption of a resolution by its council on October 4, 1954 authorizing the fluoridation, and
(b) despite section 524 (2) of the Municipal Act, is conclusively deemed to have had and to continue to have the authority to carry out fluoridation in relation to any part, or all, of the water supply of the municipality.
(2) In addition to the resolution referred to in subsection (1) (a), all other resolutions, bylaws and actions of the City of Prince George in relation to the fluoridation of the water supply of the City of Prince George are conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted and taken as of the date that they were adopted or taken, to the extent they would have been valid had subsection (1) (a) been in force on the date they were adopted or taken.
Authority for the Greater Nanaimo Water District to acquire park land
44 (1) In addition to the powers established by section 5 of the Greater Nanaimo Water District Act and the objects of the Greater Nanaimo Water District established by section 8 of that Act, the Greater Nanaimo Water District may
(a) acquire real property for the purposes of a park, and
(b) hold that property jointly with the City of Nanaimo.
(2) On acquisition, property acquired under subsection (1) is deemed to have been dedicated under section 308 of the Municipal Act for the public purpose of a park for the use and enjoyment of the public and section 310 of the Municipal Act applies to both the Greater Nanaimo Water District and the City of Nanaimo in relation to that property.
(3) The Greater Nanaimo Water District
(a) must establish a capital reserve fund for the purposes of this section,
(b) must pay into the reserve fund all money received from the Provincial government in relation to the Agreement to Transfer or Dedicate Land Pursuant to Section 3 of the Expropriation Act, entered into by the Provincial government and the Greater Nanaimo Water District on February 10, 1998, less any amounts necessary to satisfy outstanding liabilities in relation to the property that is the subject of that agreement or the expropriation of the property in accordance with that agreement,
(c) must not pay any other money into the reserve fund, and
(d) may only use the money in the reserve fund, and the interest earned on it, for the purpose of acquiring park land under subsection (1).
(4) Part 13 of the Municipal Act applies to the capital reserve fund under subsection (3).
GVRD borrowing on behalf of other regional authorities
45 (1) In this section and section 46:
"GVRD" means the Greater Vancouver Regional District;
"GVRD securities" means securities issued by the GVRD under this section;
"regional authority" means any one or more of
(a) the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority,
(b) the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, and
(c) the Greater Vancouver Water District;
"securities" includes debentures, securities and any other form of indebtedness;
"temporary financing" means a debt that has a term of no longer than 5 years from the date on which the securities for the debt are issued.
(2) Despite any other Act but subject to this section, for the purpose of providing temporary financing for a regional authority, the GVRD may borrow from a bank, a financial institution, any other lender or a regional authority.
(3) The GVRD may only borrow under this section if the regional authority
(a) is authorized to contract debt for the purpose for which the financing is to be used,
(b) requests the GVRD to provide the financing,
(i) by bylaw approved by the Inspector of Municipalities, in the case of the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District or the Greater Vancouver Water District, and
(ii) by bylaw or resolution, in the case of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, and
(c) enters into an agreement with the GVRD which provides that the regional authority will
(i) pay to the GVRD all costs of the GVRD associated with the borrowing, and
(ii) if requested by the GVRD, deliver to it security in the form of securities sufficient for the GVRD to meet and discharge all its obligations associated with the borrowing.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the GVRD board may do one or more of the following:
(a) adopt a security issuing bylaw without adopting a loan authorization bylaw, but the security issuing bylaw must reference the bylaw or resolution referred to in subsection (3) (b);
(b) combine all or part of a borrowing under this section with all or part of any other borrowing under this section;
(c) by bylaw, provide for all matters in any way related to the issue, execution, delivery, repayment, refunding, repurchase, redemption, charge, pledge, hypothecation or deposit of GVRD securities;
(d) subject to the limitations established by section 191 of the Municipal Act, by bylaw, delegate any powers of the GVRD or its board under this section to a director, committee of directors or officer of the GVRD or to any other person specified in the bylaw;
(e) provide for entering into credit, loan and financing agreements and any other agreements and instruments that may be necessary or advisable;
(f) determine the form of GVRD securities;
(g) issue or otherwise dispose of GVRD securities, either at par value or at less or more than par value;
(h) charge, pledge, hypothecate, deposit or otherwise deal with GVRD securities as collateral security;
(i) provide for the creation, management and application of sinking funds, including the setting of terms and conditions that will apply to those sinking funds, with respect to GVRD securities.
(5) GVRD securities may be issued in electronic form and may be held by a depository agency in a book-based system for the central handling of securities that provides for their transfer by bookkeeping entry without physical delivery.
(6) Subject to this section, the following provisions of the Municipal Act apply for the purposes of this section:
section 262 [application to court to set aside bylaw];
section 335.3 (5) [debentures to be issued in accordance with bylaw];
section 335.5 [appeal from inspector's decision];
Division 5 of Part 9 [Restrictions on Use of Municipal Funds];
section 833 (1) [security issuing bylaw approval by inspector];
section 836 [liability for money borrowed by regional district];
section 1022 to 1025 [certificate of approval for money bylaws].
(7) For the purposes of section 262 (2) of the Municipal Act, a security issuing bylaw under this section is deemed to be a security issuing bylaw referred to in that provision.
(8) For the purposes of this section and section 46, the GVRD is deemed to be a municipal corporation.
1999-3-22; 1999-37-261,262.
Validation of GVRD borrowing
46 (1) In this section, "borrowing bylaw" means one or more of the following:
(a) the Greater Vancouver Regional District bylaw cited as the "Greater Vancouver Regional District Credit Agreement and Debenture By-law Number 922, 1999" and given first reading by the board of that regional district on January 29, 1999;
(b) the Greater Vancouver Regional District bylaw cited as the "Greater Vancouver Regional District Promissory Note By-law Number 923, 1999" and given first reading by the board of that regional district on January 29, 1999;
(c) the Greater Vancouver Regional District bylaw cited as the "Greater Vancouver Regional District Security Issuing By-law (GVTA) Number 924, 1999" and adopted by the board of that regional district on February 26, 1999;
(d) the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District bylaw cited as the "Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Borrowing By-law Number 207, 1999" and given first reading by the board of that district on January 29, 1999;
(e) the Greater Vancouver Water District bylaw cited as the "Greater Vancouver Water District Borrowing By-law Number 224, 1999" and given first reading by the board of that district on January 29, 1999.
(2) In relation to a borrowing bylaw,
(a) the GVRD or regional authority, as applicable, is conclusively deemed to have had the authority to adopt the bylaw at the time it was adopted, whether this is before or after this section comes into force,
(c) the GVRD, regional authority and Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia are conclusively deemed to have had and to continue to have the authority to carry out the transactions contemplated by the bylaw.
(3) All resolutions, bylaws and actions of the GVRD, a regional authority, the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia and the Inspector of Municipalities in relation to a borrowing bylaw are conclusively deemed to have been validly adopted and taken as of the date that they were adopted or taken, to the extent they would have been valid had this section been in force on the date they were adopted or taken.
1999-3-22.
1999-15-14.
Kitsumkalum Ski Hill
48 Despite section 182 [prohibition against assistance to business] of the Local Government Act, the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine may release the Shames Mountain Ski Corporation from any or all amounts for which the corporation is liable to the regional district
(a) under the debenture issued by the corporation on April 1, 1987 and filed with the Registrar of Companies on April 3, 1987, or
(b) otherwise arising from the sale by the regional district to the corporation of the undertaking, property and assets of the operation referred to as the Kitsumkalum Ski Business under an agreement dated October 21, 1986 between the regional district and the corporation and under subsequent agreements between those parties in relation to that operation.
2000-26-32.