CPA · Municipal Government Act
Part 3 — Special Municipal Powers and Limits on Municipal Powers Division 1 Expropriation
45 Non-municipal Public Utilities Granting rights to provide utility service
otherwise, to a person to provide a utility service in all or part of
the municipality, for not more than 20 years.
(2) The agreement may grant a right, exclusive or otherwise, to use
the municipality's property, including property under the direction,
control and management of the municipality, for the construction,
operation and extension of a public utility in the municipality for
not more than 20 years.
(3) Before the agreement is made, amended or renewed, the
agreement, amendment or renewal must
(a) be advertised, and
(b) be approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission.
(4) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply to an agreement between a
council and a regional services commission to provide a utility
service unless the utility service to be provided is fuel, electric
power or both.
(5) An agreement made under this section before the coming into
force of this subsection, and that continues in effect after the
coming into force of this subsection, between a council and a
corporation controlled by the municipality or a council and a
subsidiary of the municipality within the meaning of section 1(3) of
the Electric Utilities Act to provide fuel, electric power or both
must be submitted to the Alberta Utilities Commission for approval
by the Alberta Utilities Commission.
RSA 2000 cM-26 s45;2003 cE-5.1 s165;2007 cA-37.2 s82(17);
2024 c8 s5
May, 2026
unsightly condition, 541(c)
entity, public utility. See public utility
entity
environment
clean energy (See clean energy
improvement tax)
intermunicipal development plans,
631(8)
municipal purposes, 3
Environmental Protection and
Enhancement Act
remedial costs defined, 410(c.1)
environmental reserve
agreement, 664.1
bylaw designation of municipal land,
665
changes to uses or boundaries, 676
condition of land provided, 664(1)
drainage land, 664(1)(a)
land subject to flooding or
unstable land, 664(1)(b)
pollution prevention, 664(1)(c)(i)
public access to body of water,
664(1)(c)(ii)
shore, 664(1)(c)
definitions
bed and shore, 664(1.2)
environmental reserve, 616(e)
environmental reserve easement,
616(f)
reserve land, 616(z)
easement (See environmental reserve
easement)
easement in place of reserve, consent
for, 664(2)
order effects from amalgamation,
annexation, dissolution, or
formation, 135-137
purposes
land preservation, 664(1.1)(a)
prevention of risk of injury or
damage, 664(1.1)(d)
prevention of water pollution,
664(1.1)(b)
public access to body of water,
664(1.1)(c)
registration, 676(4)
reserves generally (See reserve land)
subdivisions
agreements between owner and
municipality, 664.1
application for approval, 664.1
plan cancellation, 658(3)-(5)
requirements, 661-662, 666
tax exemption based on use, 361(c)
uses, 671(1), 676
environmental reserve easement
changes to boundaries, 676(1)(d)
changes to land use, 664(3)-(4)
easement
enforcement, 664(3)(e)
interest in municipal land,
664(3)(d)
land description, 664(3)(a)
land disposition effects, 664(3)(c)
natural state requirement,
664(3)(b)
easement in place of reserve, consent
for, 664(2)
enforcement, 664(3)(e), 664(4)(a)
environmental reserves (See
environmental reserve)
lapsing of, 664(4)
registration, 664(2), 664(5)-(9),
676(4)
reserves generally (See reserve land)
subdivision requirement, 662(2), 666
EPCOR Water Services Inc.
(Edmonton). See public utilities,
municipal
equalized assessments, 317-325
appeal to Tribunal
absence from hearing, 495
complainants, 508
costs, 501-502
decisions, 499-500, 505
fees, 491(1.1)
form of complaint, 491
hearings, 493
intervention by municipality, 508
jurisdiction, 488(1)(b), 488.1
notice of decision, 505
notice of hearings, 494
notice to provincial assessor, 494
rehearing, 504
time of filing, 491(1)(b)