Conservation and Development Act, C-27

1 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 The Conservation and Development Act being Chapter C-27 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1979, c 11; 1979-80, c M-32.01, c 92 and c 96; 1980-81, c 83; 1982-83, c 16; 1983-84, c 63; 1989-90, c 5; 1992, c A-24.1; 1996, c E-9.3 and c 32; 2002, c S-35.02; 2005, c M-36.1 and c S-35.03; 2013, c 32; 2015, c L-30.11 and c 21; 2018, c 42; and 2024, c 4. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 3 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Table of Contents SHORT TITLE POWERS AND DUTIES 1 Short title 23 General 24 Works INTERPRETATION 2 Interpretation 25 Election of chairperson and appointment of officers PART I 26 Security by secretary treasurer CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREAS 27 Meetings 3 Powers of minister to establish areas 28 Remuneration of members 4 Publication of notice of establishment 29 Fiscal year and audit 5 Petition or application for establishment 30 Claims against area for damages 6 Alteration or disestablishment of area before 31 Compensation determined by judge failing agreement commencement of election proceedings 32 Arbitration in case of small claims 7 Extension of area 33 Annual meeting of owners and occupants 8 Same 9 Reduction of area PART IV ASSESSMENTS 10 Transfer of lands 34 Levy for costs of construction, etc. 11 Amalgamation of area 35 Works on public utility land PART II 36 Assessment and payment of increased costs WORKS 37 Temporary loans 12 Construction and maintenance of works 38 Power to raise money by debenture loan 13 Existing works 39 Estimate of costs and plan of works, etc. 14 Maintenance of works 40 Authorization by Saskatchewan Municipal Board PART III 41 Bylaw and notice of authorization Area Authority MEMBERSHIP 42 Power of area authority to give notice 15 Members of bylaw or hold vote 16 Election of new area authority in certain cases 43 Demand for poll 17 Qualifications of members 44 Duty of secretary treasurer where no poll demanded ELECTION OF MEMBERS 45 Poll 18 Appointment of returning officer 46 Notice of poll and forms 19 Persons entitled to vote 47 Conduct of poll 20 Procedure 48 Qualification of voters 21 Errors not affecting result of election 49 Voters’ list BODY CORPORATE 50 Vote by person not on voters’ list 22 Name of area authority 51 One vote only 4 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 52 Result APPEAL FROM COURT OF REVISION TO SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD 53 Recount 74 Right of appeal 54 Declaration that bylaw carried 75 Proceedings on appeal 55 Transmission of certified copy of bylaw, etc., 76 Filing of decisions to Saskatchewan Municipal Board 56 Assent to bylaw and form of debentures STATED CASES FROM SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD TO COURT OF APPEAL 57 Issue of debentures 77 Stated case for opinion of Court of Appeal ASSESSMENT AND TAX ROLL 78 Correction of roll 58 Preparation of roll BINDING EFFECT OF ASSESSMENT ROLL 59 Notice of assessment 79 Binding effect of amended roll 60 Fraudulent assessment 80 Evidence of roll COURT OF REVISION COLLECTION OF RATES 61 Constitution 81 Copy of portion of roll or statement respecting roll 62 Complaints to be forwarded to municipalities 63 Time and place of hearing 82 Entries in municipal tax rolls 64 Notice 83 Procedure where complaints, etc., pending 65 List of complaints 84 Payment to area authority of amounts collected 66 Witnesses 85 Recovery of taxes 67 Conduct of hearing ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION OF LANDS 68 Non-appearance ADDED TO AREA 86 Addition of lands to roll 69 Evidence GENERAL AMENDMENT OF ASSESSMENT ROLL 87 Offences and penalties 70 Amendment of roll 88 Agreements respecting construction of works, etc. 71 Additions to roll 89 Official trustee 72 Roll valid and binding 90 Disorganization of area 73 Alteration or cancellation of tax 91 Regulations 5 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 CHAPTER C-27 An Act to assist Conservation and Development of the Agricultural Resources of Saskatchewan SHORT TITLE Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Conservation and Development Act. INTERPRETATION Interpretation 2 In this Act: (a) “area” means a conservation and development area established pursuant to this Act or any former Conservation and Development Act; (b) “area authority” means the governing body of an area; (c) “corporation” means the Water Security Agency, as continued pursuant to The Water Security Agency Act; (d) “election” means an election of members of an area authority; (e) “engineer” means a professional engineer, as defined in The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, or a person graduated in science or engineering from a recognized university or attending such a university with a view to graduating in science or engineering, who is appointed to a position in the public service of Saskatchewan, or is employed by an agency of the Government of Canada assisting in the conservation and development of the soil and water resources of Saskatchewan; (e.1) “maintain” or “maintenance” includes preserving works and keeping them in good repair for proper operation; (f) “minister” means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being the administration of this Act is assigned; (g) “owner” means: (i) an individual who is the registered owner of land, a purchaser of land under an agreement for sale or a lessee of provincial land under a lease for a term of five years or more; (ii) a shareholder of a duly incorporated co-operative association or of a corporation that is engaged in farming and that owns land, who is eighteen years of age and is actively engaged in the farming operations of the co-operative association or corporation; 6 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (iii) a representative of a co-operative association, corporation or other similar organization that owns land but is not engaged in farming, who is nominated in writing to represent that organization; (iv) a representative of any church or other religious organization that owns land, who is nominated in writing to represent that church or organization, whether or not that church or organization is engaged in farming; (h) “public utility” means a person who owns, operates, manages or controls a system, works, plant, equipment or service: (i) for the conveyance of telephone or telegraph messages; (ii) for the conveyance of travellers or goods over a railway or other roadway; or (iii) for the generation, production, transmission, delivery or supply of water, heat, electricity, oil, gas or other hydrocarbons or any other substance, either directly or indirectly, to or for the public; (i) “secretary treasurer” means the secretary treasurer of the area authority; (j) “works” means any work that is necessary to save, conserve or develop any land or any water resource. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 2; 1979, c 11, s 3; 1983-84, c 63, s 3; 1996, c E-9.3, s 59; 2002, c S-35.02, s 99; 2005, c S-35.03, s 105; 2013, c 32, s 9. PART I CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREAS Powers of minister to establish areas 3(1) The minister may in his discretion, upon petition or application pursuant to section 5 or without such petition or application, by order establish conservation and development areas if in his opinion land therein is being benefitted or can be benefitted by means of works. (2) An area may consist of a quarter section of land, or any tract of land or several isolated tracts of land. (3) An area established under subsection (1) may include land within a drainage district or a water users’ district. (4) Every area established under subsection (1) shall be entitled “The Conservation and Development Area” and every order establishing an area shall assign a name thereto. 7 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 (5) The minister may alter the name of an area upon the request of the area authority and notice of such alteration shall be published in The Saskatchewan Gazette. (6) Where the name of an area is changed the seal theretofore used by the area authority shall continue to be the seal thereof until changed by the area authority. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 3. Publication of notice of establishment 4 The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of an order establishing an area stating the name assigned thereto and the description of the lands included therein. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 4. Petition or application for establishment 5(1) A petition for the establishment of an area, signed by at least two-thirds of the owners of land within the proposed area, may be made to the minister. (2) The petition shall define the proposed area by setting out each parcel of land to be included therein and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration of one of the petitioners that the petition is signed by at least the required number of owners of land within the proposed area and that the signatures on the petition are the signatures of the petitioners. (3) The petition and statutory declaration shall be in the form prescribed by the regulations. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 5. Alteration or disestablishment of area before commencement of election proceedings 6(1) At any time prior to the appointment of a returning officer under section 18, the minister may by order disestablish an area. (2) The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of any order made under subsection (1). RSS 1978, c C-27, s 6; 1979, c 11, s 4. Extension of area 7(1) At any time after the establishment of an area the area authority may, upon resolution passed at a regular or special meeting, present a petition to the minister for the extension of the area. (2) The petition shall: (a) be signed by the chairperson and the secretary treasurer of the area authority and at least two-thirds of the owners of lands proposed to be added to the area; (b) contain a full description of each parcel of land proposed to be added to the area; 8 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (c) be accompanied by a copy of the resolution certified under the hand of the secretary treasurer and a statutory declaration of one of the persons signing the petition that the petition is signed by at least the required number of owners of lands proposed to be added to the area and that the signatures on the petition are the signatures of the petitioners. (3) The petition and statutory declaration shall be in the form prescribed by the regulations. (4) Upon receipt of the petition the minister may by order, after such inquiries as he deems expedient, add to the area the lands described in the petition. (5) The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the order setting forth a description of the lands added to the area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 7; 2015, c 21, s 64. Same 8(1) Where lands outside an area are situated within the watershed of works constructed or proposed to be constructed by the area authority, the area authority may, at a regular or special meeting, pass a resolution requesting the minister to add those lands to the area. (2) Subject to subsection (4), upon receipt of a copy of the resolution certified under the hand of the secretary treasurer of the area authority the minister may by order, after such inquiries as he deems expedient, add to the area all or any of the lands described in the resolution. (3) The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the order setting forth a description of the lands added to the area. (4) The minister shall not make an order under subsection (2) until each of the owners of the lands described in the resolution has been given notice of the resolution and has had an opportunity to institute proceedings pursuant to regulations made under subsection (5), and where such proceedings have been instituted in respect of any parcel of land and the decision following upon the proceedings is that the parcel shall not be added to the area the minister shall not include that parcel in the order. (5) For the purpose of subsection (4) the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations: (a) prescribing the manner of giving notice of a resolution passed under subsection (1) to owners of lands described in the resolution; (b) providing for an opportunity for owners of such lands to prevent the addition of their lands to an area, first by way of a request for a review, by the area authority concerned, of the resolution, and next by way of appeal to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board from the decision of the area authority following upon any such review; 9 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 (c) respecting the manner of conducting reviews and appeals under the regulations; (d) generally for the carrying out of the purpose and intent of this section. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 8; 1979, c 11, s 5; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Reduction of area 9(1) At any time after the establishment of an area or the extension of an area the area authority may, at a regular or special meeting, pass a resolution requesting the minister to withdraw from the area the parcels of land described in the resolution. (2) Upon receipt of a copy of the resolution certified under the hand of the secretary treasurer of the area authority and accompanied by a statutory declaration of an engineer employed by the corporation that no portion of any of the parcels of land described in the resolution is benefitted by works constructed or will be benefitted by works to be constructed or properly liable to an assessment for the costs of operating, maintaining or repairing any works or of conducting the affairs and business of the area, the minister may by order, after such inquiries as he deems expedient, withdraw from the area the parcels of land described in the resolution or such of them as in his opinion ought to be withdrawn. (3) The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the order setting forth a description of the lands withdrawn from the area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 9; 2002, c S-35.02, s 100. Transfer of lands 10(1) Two area authorities may, at regular or special meetings, pass complementary resolutions requesting the minister to transfer land described in the resolutions from one of the areas to the other. (2) Upon receipt of copies of the complementary resolutions, certified under the hand of the secretary treasurers of the area authorities concerned, the minister, after satisfying himself: (a) that appropriate provisions have been made for transfer of tax funds that have been collected for construction and maintenance purposes on the land involved; and (b) that satisfactory agreement has been reached for the future construction, operation and maintenance of works associated with the land involved; may by order, transfer the land involved from one area to the other. (3) The minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the order setting forth the nature of the transfer of the land pertaining to each area and a description of the land so transferred. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 10. 10 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Amalgamation of area 11(1) The minister may by order amalgamate two or more areas upon receipt of copies of resolutions certified by the secretary treasurers of the area authorities concerned and, where an order is so made, notice of the amalgamation setting forth the names of the areas amalgamated and the name and a description of the lands of the new established area shall be published in the Gazette. (2) Where two or more areas amalgamate pursuant to subsection (1), the area authorities of the amalgamated areas shall remain in office until an area authority for the new established area has been elected, as prescribed by the regulations. (3) The assets and liabilities of the area authorities of the amalgamated areas shall, as of the date of the amalgamation, become the assets and liabilities of the area authority of the new established area. (4) Section 15 and sections 17 to 21 apply to the membership and election of the area authority of the new established area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 11. PART II WORKS Construction and maintenance of works 12(1) If the corporation is of opinion that any works are necessary to save, conserve or develop any land or water resource within an area, the corporation may construct the works or may enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada or any person for the construction of the works. (2) Where an area authority is of opinion that construction of works is necessary to save, conserve or develop any land or water resource within its area it may: (a) pass a resolution or bylaw authorizing the construction of such works; and (b) subject to the provisions of this Act, construct, operate and maintain such works. (3) The Water Security Agency Act applies with respect to the construction, maintenance or operation of any works pursuant to this section. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 12; 1983-84, c 63, s 3; 2002, c S-35.02, s 101; 2005, c S-35.03, s 105; 2013, c 32, s 8. Existing works 13(1) Subject to subsection (2), all works heretofore done and deemed by the minister to have been done to save, conserve and develop any of the agricultural resources of the province, and which may be found in any area, may be continued in whole or in part under this Act. 11 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to works within a drainage district or water users’ district unless the responsibility for the works is assumed by the area authority pursuant to an agreement in writing: (a) in the case of a drainage district, between the area authority and the rural municipality responsible for the continuation of the works; or (b) in the case of a water users’ district, between the area authority and the water users’ association responsible for the continuation of the works. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 13. Maintenance of works 14 The maintenance of any works constructed under the authority of section 12 or continued under the authority of section 13 is the responsibility of the area authority. 1979, c 11, s 6. PART III Area Authority MEMBERSHIP Members 15(1) An area authority shall consist of three members or such greater number as may be prescribed by the regulations. (2) The term of office of members of the area authority shall be prescribed by the regulations. (3) Where an area includes two or more drainage or subdrainage basins each requiring principal works or more than one system of works extending from or leading to principal works, the minister may, for the purpose of providing for representation of the owners of land in any such basin, cause the area to be divided into divisions by an engineer employed in the department and in such case, without altering the total number of members required by subsection (1), there shall be such number of representatives on the area authority from each division as the minister may by order specify. (4) Where by reason of an addition of lands to an area it is necessary pursuant to the regulations to increase the membership of the area authority, the minister shall, in accordance with the regulations, appoint the required additional member or members who shall hold office until the next election. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 15. 12 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Election of new area authority in certain cases 16(1) Where an area including all the land in a rural municipality has been established without a petition and the minister has appointed the members of the council of the rural municipality as the area authority, the council may, at a regular or special meeting, pass a resolution requesting the minister to appoint a returning officer for the purpose of electing a new area authority. (2) Upon receipt of a copy of the resolution mentioned in subsection (1), certified by the secretary of the municipality, the minister may, after making any inquiries that he considers expedient, appoint a returning officer for the purpose of electing a new area authority, and sections 20 and 21 apply to that election. (3) The members of the council of the municipality continue to constitute the area authority until their successors are elected. (4) Where an area described in subsection (1) has been extended by the addition of land in an adjacent rural municipality, the minister may, on the recommendation of the council of that municipality, appoint one or more members to the area authority to represent that municipality, and a member so appointed shall hold office for any term, and his successor shall be appointed or elected in any manner, that may be prescribed in the regulations. 1979, c 11, s 7. Qualifications of members 17 The members of an area authority shall be owners or occupants of land within the area and of the full age of eighteen years. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 17. ELECTION OF MEMBERS Appointment of returning officer 18(1) If upon the expiration of fourteen days from the date of publication of the notice under section 4 no substantial objection by an owner of land described in the notice has been received by the minister, the minister shall appoint a returning officer for the purpose of an election of members of the area authority. (2) The Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall be the sole and uncontrolled judge as to whether any objection received by the minister is or is not a substantial objection. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 18; 1979, c 11, s 8; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Persons entitled to vote 19 The persons entitled to vote at an election of members of the area authority shall be those designated by the regulations. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 19. 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Procedure 20 The proceedings for nomination of candidates for election as members of an area authority and the proceedings preliminary to, during and subsequent to an election, including proceedings in case of a recount, shall be as prescribed by the regulations, and the proceedings so prescribed shall follow, as nearly as may be, the provisions of The Local Government Election Act, 2015, omitting inapplicable provisions. RSS1978, c C-27, s 20; 2005, c M-36.1, s 420; 2015, c L-30.11, s 189. Errors not affecting result of election 21 No election shall be declared invalid by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the regulations as to the holding of the polls or the counting of the votes or by reason of any mistake in the use of any of the forms prescribed by the regulations or by reason of any other irregularity, if it appears to the minister that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the regulations and that such non-compliance, mistake or irregularity did not affect the result of the election. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 21. BODY CORPORATE Name of area authority 22 Every area authority shall be a body corporate under the name of “The ________________Conservation and Development Area Authority”,the blank being filled in to correspond with the name of the area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 22. POWERS AND DUTIES General 23 In addition to the powers conferred upon it by this Act the area authority shall have such further powers for the conduct of the affairs and business of the area as may be prescribed by the minister. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 23. Works 24(1) Subject to The Water Security Agency Act, an area authority shall construct all works authorized to be constructed and shall operate and maintain such works and all works continued pursuant to this Act. 14 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (2) For the purpose of constructing works authorized, the area authority shall have the powers conferred by The Expropriation Act insofar as they are applicable to the undertaking and are not inconsistent with this Act or with the authority given to the area authority. (3) Lands required for the works of an area authority, whether vested in the Crown or in any other person, or any interest in or right or privilege with regard to such land that is so required, may be taken and acquired by the area authority and all the provisions of The Expropriation Act shall apply as if they were included in this Act but the minister may impose such terms and conditions as he thinks proper in the public interest in connection with the acquisition under this subsection of any such lands or of any interest in or right or privilege affecting such lands. (4) Where an area authority considers it desirable to do so it may, instead of proceeding under subsection (3), and where the minister considers it desirable to do so he may on behalf of an area authority: (a) acquire land required for the works of the area authority, or an interest in such land, by agreement with the owner of the land; or (b) acquire a right or privilege with regard to land required for the works of the area authority by easement agreement with the owner of the land. (5) The Public Utilities Easements Act applies mutatis mutandis with respect to an easement agreement entered into under clause (b) of subsection (4). (6) Subject to subsection (7), any land, and any interest in or right or privilege with regard to land, acquired under subsection (3) or (4) shall, when no longer required for the purposes of the area, be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. (7) Where land or an interest in or a right or privilege with regard to land is to be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of pursuant to subsection (6) it shall if practicable be sold to the person from whom it was acquired. (8) The area authority may, for the purpose of maintaining and repairing works in the area, acquire any mechanical power by purchase or term contract or otherwise upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the minister. (9) In addition to the duties imposed upon it by this Act, the area authority shall perform such work on any or all of the lands within the area as may be required by the minister. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 24; 1983-84, c 63, s 3; 2002, c S-35.02, s 102; 2005, c S-35.03, s 105; 2013, c 32, s 8. Election of chairperson and appointment of officers 25(1) The area authority shall within sixty days after its election hold a meeting at which it shall elect a chairperson from its own number, who shall preside at meetings of the authority. (2) At the same meeting the area authority shall appoint a secretary treasurer and an auditor and fix the remuneration of the secretary treasurer. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 25; 2015, c 21, s 64. 15 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Security by secretary treasurer 26(1) The secretary treasurer shall before entering upon his duties give security to the area authority by a bond or policy of guarantee of a corporation empowered to grant securities, bonds or policies for the integrity and faithful accounting of public officers or servants occupying positions of trust; and such security shall be renewed yearly and may be changed when required by the area authority. (2) The bond may be in a form approved by the minister and a duplicate thereof shall be forthwith transmitted to the minister. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 26. Meetings 27(1) The area authority shall hold two regular meetings in each year, one before the first day of June and the other not later than the first day of December, and meetings shall be at least four months apart. (2) A special meeting of the area authority may be called at any time and place by the chairperson or by any two members, and due notice thereof shall be given by the secretary treasurer to each member. (3) A majority of the members of the area authority shall constitute a quorum. (4) In the absence of the chairperson from a meeting, the other members present shall elect one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting. (5) The chairperson of a meeting may vote on all questions and a question on which there is an equality of votes shall be deemed to be negatived. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 27; 2015, c 21, s 64. Remuneration of members 28(1) The area authority may by resolution authorize its members to attend conventions and meetings, other than area authority meetings, and to perform duties for the area authority. (2) Where members of the area authority attend meetings and conventions and perform duties authorized in accordance with subsection (1) or where they attend area authority meetings, the area authority may pass a resolution fixing the amount of: (a) the remuneration to be received by members for every day or part of a day; (b) the allowance to be received by members for every mile necessarily travelled and for sustenance and accommodation; while attending such area authority meetings, other meetings or conventions or while performing such duties. (3) Where the duties of an area authority are of an emergent nature, the payment or non-payment of remuneration and allowances to members of the area authority shall be at the discretion of the area authority and the payment shall be made in accordance with a resolution of the area authority. 16 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (4) No payment shall be made under this section until the member of the area authority claiming payment has filed with the secretary treasurer an itemized amount showing the work done, services performed, or meetings and conventions attended, the mileage travelled and sustenance and accommodation claimed and until either the chairperson or a resolution of the area authority authorizes payment. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 28; 2015, c 21, s 64. Fiscal year and audit 29(1) The fiscal year of the area authority shall end on the thirty-first day of December. (2) The area authority shall cause its books and records to be audited annually, at the expense of the area authority, by an auditor approved by the minister and, upon request, the area authority shall forward a copy of the report of the auditor to the minister. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 29. Claims against area for damages 30(1) An area shall be civilly liable for damages if any land, crop, live stock building or appurtenance is injuriously affected by the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon the area authority by this Act. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a written notice of a claim for damages mentioned in subsection (1) setting out particulars of the claim shall be served upon or sent by registered mail to the secretary treasurer of the area authority concerned within sixty days after the date the alleged injury occurred or within sixty days after the date the alleged injury became known to the claimant and, where this subsection has not been complied with, the claimant’s right to damages for the alleged injury shall be forever barred. (3) In the case of an infant or a person who lacks capacity, the notice of claim shall be served or mailed in accordance with subsection (2) within sixty days after he has ceased to be under the disability or, in case of his death while under disability, within sixty days after his death and, where this subsection has not been complied with, the claimant’s right to damages for the alleged injury shall be forever barred. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 30; 2015, c 21, s 13. Compensation determined by judge failing agreement 31(1) Where the claimant and the area authority concerned do not agree upon the amount of compensation for damages and the claim has not been barred under section 30, the compensation shall, subject to section 32, be determined by a judge of the Court of King’s Bench, upon application to him by either party. (2) Upon such application the judge shall appoint a time and place for a hearing and notice thereof shall be given by the applicant to the other party at such time and in such manner as the judge directs. 17 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 (3) The decision of the judge is final and binding upon all persons concerned, except where leave is granted to appeal from his decision, in which case the judgment of the Court of Appeal is final and binding upon all persons concerned. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 31; 1979-80, c 92, s 13; 2018, c 42, s 65; 2024, c 4, s 32. Arbitration in case of small claims 32(1) Where the amount claimed by the claimant is less than $500, the amount of compensation payable may, by agreement, be determined by the award of three arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed by the area authority, one by the claimant and the third by the arbitrators appointed by the area authority and the claimant. (2) The award of the arbitrators may be filed with the local registrar of the Court of King’s Bench and, when so filed, is final and binding on all parties and without appeal. (3) If within thirty days of agreement to arbitrate the arbitrators have not been appointed or if, upon appointment, within sixty days thereafter an award has not been made, section 31 shall govern. (4) The Arbitration Act, 1992 shall apply so far as applicable. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 32; 1979-80, c 92, s 13; 1992, c A-24.1, s 61; 2024, c 4, s 32. Annual meeting of owners and occupants 33(1) An annual meeting of the owners and occupants of land within the area shall be held on a day to be fixed each year by the area authority. (2) The secretary treasurer shall at least fourteen clear days before the day fixed for the annual meeting cause a notice of the meeting, in the following form, to be either: (a) published in a newspaper circulating in the area and posted in at least two conspicuous places in each rural municipality or portion thereof within the area; or (b) mailed by first class mail to all owners of land within the area: NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING The ____________________________________Conservation and Development Area. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of The _________________________ Conservation and Development Area will be held in ___________________________ (state location or description of the building in which the meeting is to be held) at __________________________________ on _____ day, the ____ day of ________, (state name of place) 19 ________, at ________o’clock in the ________noon. 18 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (3) At the time and place mentioned in the notice the chairperson and the secretary treasurer of the area authority shall attend and submit to the meeting their respective reports for the year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of December and the secretary treasurer shall also submit an auditor’s report for the year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of December and an interim financial statement for the current year. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 33; 1982-83, c 16, s 7; 2015, c 21, s 64. PART IV ASSESSMENTS Levy for costs of construction, etc. 34(1) In this Part “assessment roll” and “roll” mean the assessment and tax roll mentioned in section 58. (2) The costs of the construction of works constructed or to be constructed by the area authority, the costs of operating, maintaining and repairing all works constructed or continued in the area pursuant to this Act and the costs of conducting the affairs and business of the area shall be raised through a levy upon the assessed benefitted lands in the area. (3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2), an owner of land liable to a levy in respect of the costs of construction of works may, before the authorization pursuant to section 40 of a loan to meet those costs, pay to the area authority the whole or any portion of the amount of the tax that may be charged against the land in respect of the costs, and thereupon the land shall, where the whole of such amount is paid, not be liable to the levy in respect of the costs or, where a portion of such amount is paid, be liable to a levy to the extent only of the portion remaining unpaid. (4) Subject to subsection (5), a rate shall be levied equally on each assessed benefitted acre; but where there are, or may be, variations in the benefits, the benefitted acres may be placed in groups on the basis of the benefits derived and in such case the rate shall be the same for each acre in the same assessment group. (5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, if he considers that the lands to be taxed are not or will not be benefitted equally, prescribe the basis on which the lands shall be taxed so that each parcel of land will be taxed equitably in relation to the assessment of each other parcel having regard to the varying degrees to which the respective parcels of land are benefitted or to be benefitted, and thereupon the land shall be taxed on the basis so prescribed. (6) Where a municipality in which lands in respect of which the area authority proposes to levy a rate are situated agrees to make a grant to the area authority the area authority may accept the grant: (a) in lieu of levying the rate against those lands for the current year in which case the area authority shall make no levy for that year; or (b) as a reduction in the amount to be raised for the current year by levying a rate on those lands. 19 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 (7) Where, in the opinion of the area authority, it is in the interest of owners in the area to provide a fund for the payment of costs that may be incurred, by reason of flooding or other unforeseen conditions, in the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of works and in the conduct of the affairs and business of the area, the area authority may fix a rate to be levied annually against lands that may be benefitted through the incurring of such costs, and the moneys collected shall be deposited by the secretary treasurer in a separate account and shall be used only for the purpose of paying such costs. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 34. Works on public utility land 35(1) Where works are to be constructed, replaced, altered or maintained on, through, or over any land controlled by a public utility, the construction, replacement, alteration or maintenance of the works may be carried out in whole or in part by the public utility. (2) Where the public utility does not exercise its powers under subsection (1) or does not complete the construction, replacement, alteration or maintenance of the works within a reasonable time and without unnecessary delay, the area authority may, after notifying the public utility of its intentions to do so, construct, replace, alter or maintain the works. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 35. Assessment and payment of increased costs 36(1) Notwithstanding section 34, a public utility shall be assessed for and shall pay all the increase in cost of the construction, replacement, alteration or maintenance of works that is caused by the existence of the public utility. (2) Where the amount of increase in cost to be borne by a public utility under subsection (1) cannot be agreed upon between the public utility and the area authority, the Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall decide the matter, on application to it by either party, and its decision shall be final and binding on the public utility and the area authority. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 36; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Temporary loans 37(1) The area authority may by resolution authorize the chairperson and the secretary treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required to meet the current expenditures of the area authority until the taxes for the year can be collected; but the amount borrowed pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the estimated amount of the taxes receivable in the current year. (2) A bylaw or resolution providing for an expenditure not included in the current budget and providing for the creation of a debt not payable within the current year shall have no force or effect until it is approved by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board; and the Board before giving such approval may require the bylaw or resolution to be submitted to a vote in the manner prescribed for debenture loans. 20 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (3) The Saskatchewan Municipal Board may permit the area authority to secure a debt created by a bylaw or resolution under subsection (2) by promissory note or other form of security in favour of any person, institution or corporation and may set the maximum rate of interest payable and the period within which such debt shall be repaid. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 37; 1989-90, c 5, s 10; 2015, c 21, s 64. Power to raise money by debenture loan 38 Subject to sections 39 to 51, the area authority may from time to time raise by way of loan on debenture such amount as may be necessary to meet the costs of works to be constructed by the area authority or to meet the costs of maintaining or repairing or maintaining and repairing any works heretofore or hereafter constructed for the benefit of any of the lands in the area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 38. Estimate of costs and plan of works, etc. 39(1) Where the area authority is of the opinion that it is necessary to raise money by way of loan on debenture to meet any of the costs mentioned in section 38, the secretary treasurer shall, pursuant to the direction of the area authority and with the assistance of an engineer employed by the corporation, prepare an estimate of the costs and a plan showing the works, the character of the maintenance and repair deemed necessary and the lands to be benefitted. (2) The area authority shall transmit the estimate and the plan to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 39; 1983-84, c 63, s 3; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. Authorization by Saskatchewan Municipal Board 40 The Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall consider the estimate and the plan, the necessity for or expediency of the works, maintenance and repair, the financial position of the area authority and all such other matters as in its opinion may call for consideration, and shall fix the amount that may be raised by way of loan on debenture and the rate of interest that the debentures shall carry, and authorize the area authority to raise that amount. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 40; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. Bylaw and notice of authorization 41 Upon receipt of such authorization the area authority shall give two readings to a bylaw, in a form approved by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board, providing for raising by way of loan on debenture the amount authorized by the said board and repayment of the loan in such annual instalments, not exceeding thirty, and in such manner, as may be specified by the said board, and shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the authorization. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 41; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. 21 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Power of area authority to give notice of bylaw or hold vote 42(1) Within thirty days after the date of the second reading of the bylaw the area authority may pass a resolution providing for: (a) the giving of notice to the persons entitled to vote on the bylaw of its intention to borrow the amount specified in the bylaw on the conditions therein set forth; or (b) the holding of a vote on the bylaw. (2) A notice given pursuant to a resolution passed under subsection (1) shall be in the form prescribed by the regulations, and shall be given by publication in one issue of a newspaper circulating in the area and by posting a copy in at least two widely separated conspicuous places: (a) in each township in which any of the land to be assessed for repayment of the loan are situated; and (b) in a town or village that by reason of its proximity to such lands is, in the opinion of the area authority, suitable for the purpose. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 42. Demand for poll 43(1) Within twenty days from the date of the publication of the notice in a newspaper any five persons entitled to vote on the bylaw, or one-quarter of the total number of such persons, whichever is the lesser, but in any case not less than two, may demand that a poll be held for and against the bylaw. (2) A demand for a poll shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the secretary treasurer who shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 43; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. Duty of secretary treasurer where no poll demanded 44 If a poll is not demanded pursuant to section 43 the area authority shall give the bylaw third reading and finally pass it and the secretary treasurer shall forthwith transmit to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board: (a) a certified copy of the bylaw under the seal of the area authority; (b) a certified copy of the notice given pursuant to section 42 and a statutory declaration of the secretary treasurer proving that the notice was published and posted as required by that section and stating that a poll has not been demanded; (c) a statutory declaration showing the lands to be assessed for repayment of the loan. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 44; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. 22 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Poll 45(1) If a poll for and against the bylaw is to be held pursuant to a resolution passed under clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 42 or is demanded pursuant to section 43 the area authority shall fix a day and time for taking the poll and appoint a returning officer. (2) The returning officer shall: (a) name one or more polling places in the area, which place or places shall be as centrally situated as conveniently may be, or if he deems it advisable for the greater convenience of voters he may divide the area into two or more polling divisions and name one or more polling places for each; (b) appoint a deputy returning officer for each polling place and, if necessary, a poll clerk to assist him; and (c) appoint the time when and the place where he will sum up the votes given for and against the bylaw. (3) The area authority shall pay the returning officer, the deputy returning officers and clerks and all the expenses of the voting. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 45. Notice of poll and forms 46(1) The returning officer shall give notice to the persons entitled to vote of the day and time of polling and the situation of the polling place or places. (2) The notice shall be in the form prescribed by the regulations and shall be given, in the manner prescribed by subsection (2) of section 42, not less than seven nor more than fourteen days before the date of voting. (3) The ballot papers, the directions to voters, the poll book and all other documents, notices and forms required for use in connection with the poll shall be in such forms as may be prescribed by the regulations. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 46. Conduct of poll 47 The poll shall be taken at each polling place and all proceedings thereat and preliminary and subsequent thereto shall be in accordance with this Act and the regulations. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 47. Qualification of voters 48 The persons entitled to vote shall be: (a) the owners of the lands to be assessed for repayment of the loan who are of the full age of eighteen years; and (b) in the place of and on behalf of any such owner, his agent under a general power of attorney or under a power of attorney empowering him to deal with the land. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 48. 23 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Voters’ list 49 The secretary treasurer shall supply to each deputy returning officer before the opening of the poll a certified list of the names of the persons entitled to vote at his polling place and, subject to section 50, no person other than those named in the list or mentioned in clause (b) of section 48 shall be entitled to vote. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 49. Vote by person not on voters’ list 50 A person who is entitled to vote but whose name is not on the voters’ list may present himself to the deputy returning officer, and the deputy returning officer shall: (a) administer to the person an oath attesting to his eligibility, in any form that is prescribed in the regulations; (b) enter the name of the person on the voters’ list together with the word “sworn” or “affirmed”, as the case may be; and (c) allow the person to vote. 1979, c 11, s 9. One vote only 51 No person shall vote in more than one polling division.

RSS 1978, c C-27, s 51. Result 52 Immediately after summing up the number of votes for and against the bylaw in accordance with the regulations the returning officer shall certify to the area authority the result of the voting. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 52. Recount 53 If it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the minister within seven days of the date of the certificate that a recount should be held and if a deposit, sufficient in his opinion to cover the necessary expenses, is made by the applicant, the minister may direct a recount and the time, place and method of holding the recount shall be, as nearly as may be, such as are prescribed by the regulations for a recount in the case of an election of members of an area authority. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 53. Declaration that bylaw carried 54 Upon the expiration of fourteen days from the issue of the certificate under section 52 or, where a recount is held, from the date of the written statement of the person appointed under the regulations as to the result of the recount, the area authority shall, if two-thirds of the persons entitled to vote who voted on the bylaw have voted in favour thereof, give the bylaw third reading and declare it carried. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 54. 24 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Transmission of certified copy of bylaw, etc., to Saskatchewan Municipal Board 55 Forthwith after the bylaw is declared carried the secretary treasurer shall transmit to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board: (a) a certified copy of the bylaw; (b) a certified copy of the notice provided for in section 46 and one or more statutory declarations proving the posting of the notice; (c) a statutory declaration showing the lands to be benefitted; (d) a certified copy of the returning officer’s statement as to the result of the poll; and (e) where a recount has been held, a certified copy of the written statement of the person conducting the recount as to the result of the recount. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 55; 1989-90, c 50, s 10. Assent to bylaw and form of debentures 56 Upon receipt of the documents referred to in section 55 and if satisfied that the requirements of this Act have been substantially complied with, the Saskatchewan Municipal Board may assent to the bylaw, approve the form of the debentures and specify the manner in which the debentures shall be issued. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 56; 1979-80, c 96, s 4; 1980-81, c 83, s 51; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. Issue of debentures 57(1) Subject to subsection (2), when the bylaw is assented to by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board the area authority may issue a debenture or debentures, in the form approved and the manner specified by the said board, to secure the amount of the principal of the loan and the interest thereon as provided for in the bylaw, or of any less amount, upon the terms specified in the bylaw. (2) The debenture or debentures before being issued shall be sent for registration to the minister, who shall cause a proper record thereof to be kept. (3) The minister or deputy minister shall thereupon, if satisfied that the bylaw has been assented to by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board, register and countersign the debenture or debentures and such countersigning shall be conclusive evidence that the area has been legally constituted and that all the formalities in respect of the loan and the issue of the debenture or debentures have been complied with and the legality of the issue of the debenture or debentures shall be thereby conclusively established and their validity shall not be questioned by any court. (4) The debenture or debentures and the coupons thereto attached shall be sufficient to bind the area authority and create a charge or lien upon the benefitted lands and lands to be benefitted and the rates and taxes levied under this Act upon those lands. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 57; 1989-90, c 5, s 10. 25 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 ASSESSMENT AND TAX ROLL Preparation of roll 58(1) For the purpose of levying a rate to provide moneys required by the area authority in each year to pay the costs mentioned in section 36, to repay any money borrowed under the authority of section 37 and to pay the instalments of principal and interest payable in respect of debentures, the secretary treasurer shall as soon as possible in each year prepare an assessment and tax roll for the area. (2) The roll shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the regulations showing: (a) the number of assessed benefitted acres; (b) the rate to be levied against the assessments as set by resolution of the area authority; and (c) the tax payable in respect of each parcel of land. (3) If the secretary treasurer does not know and cannot, after reasonable inquiry, ascertain the name of any person whose name ought to be entered in the roll, the entry of the word “unknown” therein shall be sufficient for the assessment and taxation of that person. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 58. Notice of assessment 59(1) Immediately after the preparation of the assessment roll the secretary treasurer shall mail to each person whose name and address appear on the roll a notice setting forth the land in respect of which he is assessed and the number of acres shown upon the roll as acres to be benefitted, and every such notice shall contain a statement of the last date upon which complaints against the assessment may be lodged with the secretary treasurer. (2) The secretary treasurer shall enter upon the roll the date on which each notice of assessment was mailed, and such entry is prima facie evidence of the fact of mailing and the date thereof. (3) No assessment shall be invalidated by reason of any error, omission or misdescription in any assessment notice or by reason of the non-receipt of the notice by the person assessed. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the area authority may, on or before the thirty- first day of January in any year, pass a resolution dispensing with the mailing of assessment notices except in cases where the assessment of land is altered or is a new assessment since the previous assessment notice was mailed, but this shall not affect the right of appeal to the court of revision and to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board. 26 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (5) Where the mailing of assessment notices has been dispensed with the secretary treasurer shall immediately after the preparation of the assessment roll cause a notice in the following form to be posted in each post office in the area and to be published in a newspaper circulating in the area: The ______________________Conservation and Development Area Authority. Assessment Roll, 19 ________. Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of The ____________ Conservation and Development Area Authority has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the secretary treasurer, until the time for giving notice of complaints has expired, from 10 o’clock in the forenoon until 4 o’clock in the afternoon on every juridical day except Saturday. A person who desires to complain against an assessment or non-assessment may, within twenty days after the date of this notice, notify the secretary treasurer in writing of his complaint in accordance with section 62 of The Conservation and Development Act. Dated this ______________ day of ______________________, 19 ______. ___________________________________ (Secretary treasurer) ___________________________________ (Address) RSS 1978, c C-27, s 59; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Fraudulent assessment 60 If a secretary treasurer makes a fraudulent assessment or wilfully or fraudulently inserts in the assessment roll the name of a persons who should not be entered therein, or wilfully or fraudulently omits the name of a person who should be inserted therein, or wilfully neglects to perform any duty imposed on him by this Act, he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $100. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 60. 27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 COURT OF REVISION Constitution 61(1) The area authority shall form a court of revision for the trial of complaints of any person as to himself or any other person being wrongfully assessed on the roll or omitted therefrom or as to being assessed in respect of property of which he is not the owner or as to the number of acres stated on the roll to be contained in any parcel of land or as to the number of acres thereof to be benefitted. (2) The secretary treasurer shall be the clerk of the court of revision and shall record all the proceedings thereof. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 61. Complaints 62(1) A person desiring to complain may within twenty days from the date of the mailing of the assessment notice under section 59 notify the secretary treasurer in writing of the particulars and grounds of his complaint. (2) Every complaint shall be in the following form: To the Secretary Treasurer of The __________________________ Conservation and Development Area. Sir, – I hereby complain against the assessment (or non-assessment) of _________ on the following grounds ________________________________________________________________. (here state grounds of complaint) My address for service in connection with this complaint is _____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Dated this _______ day of _____________________________, 19 ______ ___________________________________ Complainant RSS 1978, c C-27, s 62. Time and place of hearing 63 The area authority shall fix the time and place when and where it will sit as a court of revision to hear complaints respecting the assessments. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 63. 28 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Notice 64(1) The secretary treasurer shall notify each complainant and every person whose assessment is affected by a complaint, of the time and place of the sitting of the area authority to hear complaints. (2) The notice shall be sent by registered letter to the post office address given in the complaint or, if no address is there given, to the address entered on the assessment roll, at least fifteen days before the sitting of the court of revision. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 64. List of complaints 65 Before the sittings of the court of revision, the secretary treasurer shall prepare a list of the complaints in a form prescribed in the regulations and the list shall be posted at his office and during the sittings at the place where the court of revision is being held. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 65. Witnesses 66 The secretary treasurer may, when required to do so, issue a summons to any person to attend as a witness at the court of revision; and if a person so summoned, having been tendered compensation for his time at the rate of $2 per day and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile, both ways, where a railway is not available, or actual railway fare, both ways, where a railway is available, fails to attend, or having attended or being present in court refuses to be sworn, if required to give evidence, he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50, but the court of revision may for good and sufficient reason excuse such person from attending and in that event no fine shall be incurred by reason of non-attendance. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 66. Conduct of hearing 67 The complaints shall be heard as far as possible in the order in which they stand upon the list, but the court of revision may adjourn or expedite the hearing of any complaint as it thinks fit. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 67. Non-appearance 68 If the complainant or any other person whose assessment is affected or may be affected by the decision of the court of revision fails to appear in person or by an agent the authority may proceed in his absence, and, unless the complainant or other person has submitted to the court of revision a statement in writing giving in detail his reasons for appealing, its decision shall be final and not subject to review. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 68. 29 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Evidence 69(1) It shall not be necessary to hear upon oath the complainant or secretary treasurer or any person complained against, except where the court of revision deems it necessary or proper or where the evidence of such person is tendered on his own behalf or is required by the opposite party. (2) All oaths necessary to be administered to witnesses may be administered by any member of the court of revision hearing the complaint. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 69. AMENDMENT OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Amendment of roll 70(1) Forthwith after the conclusion of the sitting the secretary treasurer shall amend the assessment roll in accordance with the decisions of the court of revision. (2) Every amendment shall be made in ink of a different colour from that of the original roll and shall be verified by the initials of the secretary treasurer. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 70. Additions to roll 71(1) If at any time not later than three weeks before the date fixed for holding the court of revision it is discovered that any property has been omitted from the assessment roll the secretary treasurer shall forthwith notify the owner thereof by registered letter that application will be made to the court of revision to add his name and the property to the roll and that he is required to attend the court of revision to show cause why he should not be assessed in respect of the property. (2) After notice has been given under subsection (1) and after the expiration of the time mentioned in the notice or if the person is not known then without notice the area authority may, unless good cause is shown to the contrary, assess the owner of the property, and direct the secretary treasurer to enter the property upon the assessment roll with the name of the owner, if known, together with particulars as to the area to be benefitted and any other necessary or proper particulars. (3) Upon the entry being made the owner shall be deemed to have been duly assessed. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 71. Roll valid and binding 72(1) The roll as finally passed by the court of revision shall be valid and bind all parties concerned notwithstanding any defect, error or mis-statement in or with regard to the roll, or any defect, error or mis-statement in any notice required by this Act or any omission to deliver or transmit such notice. 30 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (2) The assessment roll as revised under the foregoing provisions shall be the revised assessment roll of the area unless it is altered by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board under the provisions of this Act as to appeals, or otherwise altered pursuant to this Act. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 72; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Alteration or cancellation of tax 73(1) When it appears to the area authority that the assessment of any parcel of land in the area is erroneous, owing to some factor that ought to have been taken into consideration having been omitted from consideration at the time of the general assessment, or when the assessment then made has resulted in injustice owing to the fact that any parcel of land is not to be benefitted or any work thereon has been discontinued, or for any other reason, then the area authority may alter or cancel the amount of tax otherwise payable. (2) No alteration in or cancellation of an amount of tax under this section shall be subject to appeal. (3) In making any alteration in or cancellation of an amount of tax, the area authority may make any refund of taxes paid prior to the change that it considers equitable. (4) The area authority may at any time correct any gross and palpable errors in the roll, and any corrections so made shall be initialed by the secretary treasurer. (5) When it appears to the area authority that the payment of all or part of the tax and penalties, if any, on all or any portion of any parcel of land in the area would work an injustice or hardship on the owner, the area authority may cancel or refund all or part of the tax and penalties, if any, owing or paid. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 73; 1979, c 11, s 10. APPEAL FROM COURT OF REVISION TO SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD Right of appeal 74 Subject to section 68, an appeal lies to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board not only against a decision of the court of revision on a complaint but also against the omission, neglect or refusal of the court of revision to hear or decide a complaint. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 74; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. 31 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Proceedings on appeal 75 In all appeals under section 74 the proceedings shall be as follows: Notice of appeal 1 where the decision of the court of revision is given at the time of the hearing, the appellant shall in person or by agent serve upon the secretary treasurer within fourteen days after the decision of the court a written notice of his intention to appeal to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board; Same 2 where the decision of the court of revision is not given at the time of the hearing, the secretary treasurer shall forward a notice of the decision to the appellant by registered letter, and the appellant shall serve his notice of intention to appeal, within fourteen days after the date of the registration of the letter; Same 3 in case of the omission, neglect or refusal of the court of revision to hear or decide a complaint the appellant shall serve his notice of intention to appeal, within fourteen days after the completion of the sittings of the court; Same 4 the appellant shall in any case forward a copy of the notice to the Saskatchewan Municipal Board within the time limited by paragraph 1, 2 or 3 for serving the notice; List of appeals 5 the secretary treasurer shall, immediately after the time limited for service of the notice, forward a list of all appeals to the secretary of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board and the Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall fix a day and place for the hearing of the appeals; Notification of parties interested 6 the secretary treasurer shall, immediately upon being notified by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board of the day fixed for the hearing of the appeals, give notice in writing to all parties interested in the appeals respectively of the time and place fixed by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board for the hearing of the appeals; Time of notice 7 such notice shall be posted by registered mail to the post office address of the appellant as stated in his or her complaint, at least 21 days before the day fixed for the hearing of the appeals; provided that if the secretary treasurer fails to have the required service of the notice made or to have it made in proper time, the Saskatchewan Municipal Board may direct the service to be made for a subsequent day then to be fixed by it for the hearing of the appeal; Posting of notice 8 the secretary treasurer shall also, immediately upon being notified by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board of the day fixed for the hearing of the appeals, cause a conspicuous notice to be posted in his or her office containing the names of all the appellants and persons against whose assessments appeals have been taken, brief statements of the grounds or causes of the appeals and the time and place fixed by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board for the hearing of the appeals; 32 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Secretary treasurer to be clerk of commission 9 the secretary treasurer shall be the clerk of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board at its sittings for hearing the appeals and may issue notices to parties and witnesses to attend and to produce documents; Persons served with notice required to attend 10 every person served with notice shall attend pursuant to the notice, and the notice shall be of the same force and effect as a subpoena; 11 Repealed. 1989-90, c 5, s 3. Production of roll 12 the person having charge of the assessment roll passed by the court of revision shall appear at the hearing and produce the roll and all papers and writings in his or her custody connected with the matter of appeal, and the roll shall be confirmed, altered or amended in accordance with the decision of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board if then given, and the chairperson or, in his or her absence, another member of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall write his or her initials opposite any part of the roll in which a mistake, error or omission is corrected or supplied; and if the Saskatchewan Municipal Board reserves its decision the secretary treasurer shall after the decision is given forthwith alter and amend the roll in accordance with the decision and write his or her name or initials opposite every alteration or correction; 13 Repealed. 1989-90, c 5, s 3. Inspection of property 14 the Saskatchewan Municipal Board may inspect any property that is the subject of an appeal and may base its decision wholly or in part upon such an inspection; 15 to 17 Repealed. 1989-90, c 5, s 3. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 75; 1982-83, c 16, s 7; 1989-90, c 5, s 3 and 14; 1996, c 32, s 5; 2015, c 21, s 64. Filing of decisions 76 The local registrar of the Court of King’s Bench at any judicial centre shall, at the request of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board or any party interested, file the orders and decisions of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board in the same manner as if they were orders or decisions of the court. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 76; 1979-80, c 92, s 13; 1989-90, c 5, s 15; 2024, c 4, s 32. 33 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 STATED CASES FROM SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD TO COURT OF APPEAL Stated case for opinion of Court of Appeal 77(1) Any party to the proceedings before the Saskatchewan Municipal Board may, within thirty days after the decision of the commission, by writing addressed to the secretary of the commission, request the commission to submit a case for the opinion of the Court of Appeal on a question of law only, and a party making such request shall at the same time deposit with the secretary of the commission the sum of $10 as security for costs. (2) A judge of the Court of Appeal may, before or after the expiration of the time allowed by subsection (1) for requesting a stated case, enlarge the time for making such request. (3) Within fifteen days after the receipt of such request and deposit, the commission shall submit in writing a stated case for the opinion of the court. (4) The costs of and incidental to a stated case shall be in the discretion of the court. (5) Where a case is stated, the secretary of the commission shall forthwith file the case with the registrar of the court, who shall enter the case for argument before the court. (6) The court shall hear and determine the question and within thirty days give its opinion and cause it to be forwarded to the commission, but the court may, if it thinks fit, cause any case to be remitted to the commission for amendment, and thereupon the commission shall amend the case accordingly and the opinion of the court shall be delivered after the amendment. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 77; 1989-90, c 5, s 14. Correction of roll 78 After receipt of the opinion of the court on a stated case, the Saskatchewan Municipal Board shall, if the opinion is at variance with the conclusion at which it had arrived, direct the secretary treasurer of the area authority to make the necessary amendment to the assessment roll in accordance with the opinion, and the secretary treasurer shall forthwith do so. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 78; 1989-90, c 5, s 15. 34 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BINDING EFFECT OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Binding effect of amended roll 79 When the roll is finally completed the secretary treasurer shall over his signature enter at the foot of the last page of the roll the following certificate, filling in the date of the entry: “Roll finally completed this _______________________ day of _______________,19 ________”,and the roll as thus finally completed and certified shall be valid and bind all parties affected, notwithstanding any defect, error or mis-statement in or with regard to the roll, or any defect, error or mis-statement in any notice required by this Act or any omission to deliver or transmit such notice. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 79. Evidence of roll 80 A copy of the roll or of any portion thereof written or printed without any erasure or interlineation and certified to be a true copy by the secretary treasurer, shall be received as prima facie evidence in any court of justice without the production of the original assessment roll. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 80. COLLECTION OF RATES Copy of portion of roll or statement respecting roll to be forwarded to municipalities 81 Subject to section 83, the secretary treasurer shall, not later than the thirty- first day of May, forward to the secretary treasurer of each municipality in which land to be taxed is situated: (a) a copy of the relative portion of the roll certified by him to be a true copy; or (b) where the rate to be levied in respect of a municipality remains the same as for the year immediately preceding, a statement to that effect; or (c) where the rate to be levied in respect of a municipality remains substantially the same, a statement to that effect with a list of any additions or changes. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 81; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8. Entries in municipal tax rolls 82 Upon receipt of the portion of the assessment roll, or the statement, or the statement and list, mentioned in section 81, the secretary treasurer of the municipality shall: (a) enter upon the tax roll of the municipality opposite the description of each parcel of land assessed, the amount to be levied thereon as shown in the portion of the last assessment roll and in the list or lists, if any, received by him; and (b) notify each owner of land affected of the amount so entered. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 82; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8. 35 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Procedure where complaints, etc., pending 83 Where at the time of compliance with section 81 the assessment roll has not, by reason of pending complaints, appeals or stated cases, been finally completed and certified in accordance with section 79 the secretary treasurer shall: (a) where clause (a) of section 81 applies, omit from the relative portion of the assessment roll therein mentioned the parcels of land in respect of which the roll has not been finally completed; or (b) where clause (b) or (c) of section 81 applies, include in the statement therein mentioned a list of the parcels of land in respect of which the assessment roll has not been completed; and with respect to each such parcel of land section 82 shall be deemed to have been suspended until the secretary treasurer of the municipality receives from the secretary treasurer of the area authority a statement setting forth the particulars entered in the assessment roll with respect to that parcel of land in accordance with the decision following upon the complaint, appeal or stated case relating thereto. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 83; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8. Payment to area authority of amounts collected 84 The secretary treasurer of the municipality shall before the tenth day of each month remit the amounts collected to the secretary treasurer of the area. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 84; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8. Recovery of taxes 85 All taxes imposed upon lands under this Act shall upon the entry of the amounts upon the tax roll of a municipality be deemed to be a tax, not subject to appeal, payable to the municipality and except in the case of provincial lands shall be and constitute a lien upon the lands upon which they are respectively imposed; and the like proceedings, remedies and penalties for and in respect of the payment or non- payment of the taxes may be taken, acted upon and imposed in the like manner, within the same time and by the same persons and tribunals as if the taxes were in fact and in law taxes owing to the municipality. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 85; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8; 1980-81, c 83, s 8. 36 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION OF LANDS ADDED TO AREA Addition of lands to roll 86 When in any year lands are, after the roll for that year has been prepared, added to the area, the secretary treasurer shall forthwith add to the roll such of the said lands as are liable to be assessed and taxed for that year, and section 34, subsections (2) and (3) of section 58 and sections 59 to 85 shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to the assessment of the lands added to the roll and the collection of the taxes to be imposed on those lands. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 86. GENERAL Offences and penalties 87(1) Every person who interferes with, molests or hinders any person lawfully engaged in the construction or maintenance of works or in carrying out any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty days, or to both fine and imprisonment. (2) Every person who carelessly or wilfully or without authority tampers with any of the works in an area or without authority does anything that may interfere in any way with the operation of any works in an area is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both fine and imprisonment. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 87; 1979, c 11, s 11. Agreements respecting construction of works, etc. 88(1) The minister may direct that such agreements as appear to him advisable for the benefit of owners and occupants of land in any area be made, upon terms and conditions agreed to by such owners and occupants, in order to enable or facilitate the construction of any works or series of works or the undertaking of any other measure for the conservation and development of agricultural resources in the area. (2) The minister may delegate to the board the power conferred upon him by subsection (1). RSS 1978, c C-27, s 88. 37 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT c C-27 Official trustee 89(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an official trustee to conduct the affairs of any area. (2) For the purposes of this Act the trustee shall be deemed to be the area authority and shall have all the powers conferred by this Act upon or otherwise possessed by the authority or its officers. (3) The trustee shall be remunerated out of the funds of the authority or otherwise as the Lieutenant Governor in Council may decide. (4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may remove the official trustee and appoint in his place another official trustee or order an election of a new authority or in some other manner provide for the resumption of the conduct of the business of the authority by a board of trustees and give all necessary or proper directions consequent thereon. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 89. Disorganization of area 90(1) A petition for the disorganization of an area signed by at least two-thirds of the persons whose names appear upon the last assessment roll may be presented to the area authority. (2) Upon receipt of a petition the area authority shall make an application to the minister for an order disorganizing the area and shall at the same time file a statement of its assets and outstanding indebtedness, and the minister, if satisfied that the continuation of the area will not further the conservation and development of the agricultural resources therein, shall, subject to subsection (3), by order dissolve the area authority and disorganize the area, and thereupon the area shall for all purposes cease to exist. (3) No order shall be made under subsection (2) until all indebtedness of the area authority has been paid and the area authority has disposed of its assets in a manner approved by the minister. (4) Subject to subsection (5), where in respect of an area no area authority has been in office for a period of not less than three years the minister may by order, notice of which shall be published in the Gazette, disorganize the area and thereupon the area shall for all purposes cease to exist. (5) Before disorganizing any area under subsection (4) the minister may by order make such provision as he deems necessary for the adjustment, settlement and disposition of all matters that may arise out of the disorganization, including the disposition of the assets and settlement of the liabilities of the area authority formerly in office, and where any property of that area authority is to be transferred to another area authority or to a municipality the Minister of Agriculture may order that the title to and rights in respect of that property shall be vested in the other area authority or in the municipality and every decision of the Minister of Agriculture with respect to such adjustment, settlement and disposition shall be final and binding on all parties concerned. RSS 1978, c C-27, s 90; 1979-80, c M-32.01, s 8. 38 c C-27 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Regulations 91 For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act according to their intent, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations that are ancillary to and not inconsistent with this Act, and every regulation made under this section has the force of law and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations: (a) defining any word or expression used in this Act but not defined in this Act; (b) prescribing the form of a petition for the establishment or disorganization of an area; (c) prescribing the form of statutory declaration to accompany a petition for the establishment of an area; (d) prescribing the term of office of a member of an area authority appointed pursuant to subsection 16(4) and prescribing the manner in which his successor shall be elected or appointed; (e) subject to section 20, prescribing the procedure with respect to elections of members of area authorities; (f) prescribing a form of oath for the purposes of section 50; (g) respecting any other matter considered necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose and intent of this Act. 1979, c 11, s 12. 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