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Deposited with Clerk of the Legislative Assembly on December 16, 2015
Part 7 — Regional Districts: Treaty First Nation Membership and Services
250 (1) If a final agreement provides for the membership of the treaty first nation in a regional district,
(a) this Act, as modified by this Part, applies to the treaty first nation as a member as if the treaty first nation were a municipality in the regional district, and
(b) the treaty first nation director has the same functions, powers, duties and obligations, as modified by this Part, as a municipal director.
(2) For certainty, to the extent that the Community Charter applies to a regional district of which a treaty first nation is a member or to a director as a member of the board, the Community Charter applies to the treaty first nation as a member of the regional district and to the treaty first nation director as a member of the board.
251 (1) The following apply for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act or the regulations under this Act in relation to the participation of a treaty first nation as a member of a regional district:
(a) a reference to "municipality" within the meaning of paragraph (a) of its definition in the Schedule to the Community Charter must be read as a reference to the treaty first nation;
(b) a reference to "municipality" within the meaning of paragraph (b) of its definition in the Schedule to the Community Charter must be read
(i) as a reference to the treaty lands of the treaty first nation, and
(ii) if the reference is in relation to a regional district, as a reference to the portion of those treaty lands that are within the boundaries of the regional district;
(c) a reference to "council" must be read as a reference to the governing body of the treaty first nation;
(d) a reference to "municipal director" must be read as a reference to the treaty first nation director of the treaty first nation;
(e) a reference to "municipal participating area" must be read as a reference to a treaty first nation participating area of the treaty first nation;
(f) a reference to "mayor" must be read as a reference to the head of the treaty first nation;
(g) a reference to a bylaw of a municipality must be read as a reference to a law of the treaty first nation;
(h) a reference to "official community plan" must be read as a reference to the land use plan that has the same or similar purposes in relation to the treaty first nation's treaty lands as an official community plan has in relation to a municipality;
(i) the references to "municipal corporate officer" in sections 197 (3) [notice respecting assignment of votes] and 200 (5) [notice of alternate director] must be read as references to the officer or employee designated by the treaty first nation for the purposes of giving notice to the regional district corporate officer under those sections.
(2) For the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act or the regulations under this Act in relation to the participation of a treaty first nation as a member of a regional district, references to "local government" do not include treaty first nations except in the following:
(a) the following provisions of Part 3 [Electors and Elections]:
(i) section 57 [costs of elections];
(ii) section 58 [appointment of election officials];
(iii) section 81 (2) (b) [persons disqualified from holding office];
(iv) section 112 [use of voting machines];
(v) Division 10 [Voting Opportunities];
(vi) Division 12 [Conduct of Voting Proceedings];
(vii) Division 15 [Judicial Recount];
(viii) Division 17 [Final Proceedings];
(b) the following provisions of Part 4 [Assent Voting]:
(i) Division 2 [Proceedings for Assent Voting];
(ii) Division 3 [Scrutineers];
(c) Division 6 [Dispute Resolution in Relation to Services] of Part 10 [Regional Districts: Service Structure and Establishing Bylaws].
(3) Except as provided in section 256 (2) [treaty first nation electors: participating area approval], for the purpose of applying provisions of the Community Charter to a regional district of which a treaty first nation is a member, a reference to "elector" in relation to the treaty first nation and its treaty lands must be read as a reference to individuals who would be qualified to register as a resident elector or non-resident property elector of the treaty lands of that treaty first nation if the treaty lands were a municipality.
252 (1) If the final agreement of a treaty first nation provides for membership of the treaty first nation in a regional district on a specified date, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may issue letters patent to
(a) include in the regional district the treaty first nation and all or the portion of the treaty lands that, before the effective date of the final agreement, were within the boundaries of the regional district, and
(b) subject to this Act, do everything necessary to enable that membership in accordance with the final agreement,
effective on the specified date.
(2) If on a specified date referred to in subsection (1) the letters patent for the applicable regional district have not been amended or reissued, the letters patent are deemed amended to include the treaty lands described in subsection (1) (a).
(3) If the final agreement of a treaty first nation contemplates membership of a treaty first nation in a regional district but does not specify when the membership begins, the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the request of the treaty first nation and after consulting with the affected regional district, may issue letters patent to
(a) include in the regional district the treaty first nation and all or the portion of the treaty lands of the treaty first nation, as contemplated by the final agreement, and
(b) subject to this Act, do everything necessary to enable that membership in a manner consistent with the final agreement.
(a) the final agreement of a treaty first nation provides that the treaty lands of the treaty first nation do not form part of any regional district or electoral area, and
(b) the boundaries of a regional district include those treaty lands,
the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by letters patent, may amend the boundaries of the regional district to exclude those treaty lands.
(5) If, on the effective date of a final agreement described in subsection (4) (a), letters patent of an affected regional district have not been issued under subsection (4) to exclude the treaty lands, the letters patent of the regional district are deemed amended to exclude those treaty lands.
253 (1) If a treaty first nation is a member of a regional district, the board of the regional district consists of municipal directors, treaty first nation directors and electoral area directors.
(2) For certainty, sections 196 [board membership] and 197 [weighted votes for municipalities and electoral areas] apply for the purpose of determining the number of directors and votes to which a treaty first nation is entitled.
(3) A treaty first nation must appoint a director to a board from among the elected members of its governing body.
(4) To be eligible for appointment under subsection (3), the person must be qualified to hold office as a member of a local government in accordance with section 81 [who may hold office].
(5) Section 82 (2) (a) and (3) (b) [disqualification of local government employees] does not apply in relation to a person referred to in subsection (3) of this section.
254 (1) Section 198 (2) [appointment and term of office of municipal directors] does not apply in relation to a treaty first nation director.
(2) The term of office of a treaty first nation director
(a) begins when the person takes office in accordance with section 202 (3) [oath or affirmation of office], and
(b) continues until the earliest of the following occurs:
(i) another director takes office in the original director's place;
(ii) the director ceases to be an elected member of the governing body of the treaty first nation before the end of the director's term of office as a member of that body;
(iii) the director ceases to be qualified to hold office under section 81 [who may hold office];
(iv) the director's term of office as a member of the governing body of the treaty first nation ends.
255 (1) Section 200 (1) [alternate municipal directors] does not apply in relation to a treaty first nation.
(2) A treaty first nation may appoint as an alternate director an elected member of its governing body who is qualified to hold office as a member of a local government in accordance with section 81 [who may hold office].
(3) Section 82 (2) (a) and (3) (b) [disqualification of local government employees] does not apply in relation to the elected member appointed under subsection (2) of this section.
256 (1) For the purposes of the application of Part 4 [Assent Voting] in relation to the membership of a treaty first nation in a regional district,
(a) section 172 [who may vote at assent voting] does not apply, and
(b) individuals may vote if they
(i) are qualified to do so under a law of the treaty first nation enacted for the purposes of this section, and
(ii) register in accordance with that law.
(2) For the purpose of obtaining participating area approval by alternative approval process within treaty lands, individuals may submit a response as an elector under section 86 of the Community Charter if they are qualified to vote under the law referred to in subsection (1) (b) of this section.
258 (1) Section 384 (1) and (4) [tax base for property value taxes] does not apply in relation to property taxes within the treaty lands of a treaty first nation.
(2) and (3) [Repealed 2024-13-101.]
(4) If a requisition is delivered to a treaty first nation under section 385 [requisition of funds from municipalities], the treaty first nation
(a) is not required to collect the amount by imposing a property tax, and
(b) need only comply with section 385 (2).
(5) Section 399 (2) to (5) [special fees and charges to be collected as taxes] does not apply in relation to fees, charges and other amounts described in section 399 (1) that are payable in relation to treaty lands.
(6) If fees, charges and other amounts described in section 399 (1) are owed by a person in relation to the treaty lands of a treaty first nation and not paid on or before December 31 in the year in which they are incurred, the regional district financial officer must send an invoice to the treaty first nation on or before April 10 in the next taxation year and section 385 (2) applies as if the invoice were a requisition for the current year.
259 (1) Despite section 412 (1) [general liability provisions],
(a) section 410 [financing municipal undertakings] does not apply in relation to treaty first nations,
(b) a treaty first nation director may not vote on a bylaw referred to in section 410 (2), and
(c) for certainty, a treaty first nation is not liable for regional district borrowing under section 410.
(2) Section 412 (2) [municipal default on debt] does not apply in relation to a default of a treaty first nation.
260 (1) This section applies if the final agreement of a treaty first nation provides that, on becoming a member of a regional district, the treaty first nation will participate in specified regional district services.
(2) If a specified service is provided under letters patent, those letters patent are deemed amended to include the treaty first nation as participating in that service and the treaty lands of that treaty first nation as a participating area of that service.
(3) If a specified service is provided under a bylaw, that bylaw is deemed amended to include the treaty first nation as participating in that service and the treaty lands of that treaty first nation as a participating area of that service.
261 (1) Section 333 (1) (a) and (4) (a) [consent required for services outside regional district] does not apply to the establishment and operation of a service in the treaty lands of a treaty first nation that are outside a regional district if the treaty first nation is a member of the regional district.
(2) If a service is provided both inside and outside the regional district to the treaty lands of a treaty first nation that is a member of the regional district, the treaty lands receiving the service must be treated as one participating area.
262 (1) This section applies to a treaty first nation only if the treaty first nation's final agreement provides that residents of the treaty lands of the treaty first nation may vote in elections for electoral area directors.
(2) If a treaty first nation is not a member of any regional district, individuals who
(a) would have been qualified to vote in elections for an electoral area director prior to the effective date of the treaty first nation's final agreement, and
(b) after that date, would not be qualified to vote in those elections but for the provision of the final agreement referred to in subsection (1)
may continue to vote in electoral area director elections unless an order under subsection (3) provides otherwise.
(3) On the recommendation of the minister after consultation with the affected local government and the treaty first nation, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may specify, by order, for the purposes of voting in electoral area director elections, in which electoral area individuals may vote who would not qualify to vote in those elections but for the provision of the final agreement referred to in subsection (1).
(4) For the purposes of voting in elections referred to in this section,
(a) treaty lands are deemed to be within the applicable electoral area, and
(b) individuals referred to in subsection (2) or in an order under subsection (3) must be qualified to register as a resident elector or non-resident property elector of that applicable electoral area.
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