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Volume 63, No. 18

265/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

September 22, 2020

B.C. Reg. 265/2020 , deposited September 20, 2020, under the LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS ACT [section 7]. Order in Council 564/2020, approved and ordered September 20, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Local Government

Grants Regulations, B.C. Reg. 221/95, are amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. ROBINSON, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing ; D. EBY, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Local Government Grants Regulations, B.C. Reg. 221/95, are amended by adding

the following Part:

Part 6 – COVID-19 Safe Restart Grants

Eligibility

35 A municipality or regional district is eligible for a conditional grant under this

Part to assist with costs in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic, as defined in the COVID-19 Related Measures Act , including, without limitation, the following:

(

a) facility reopening and operating costs;

(

b) emergency planning and response costs;

(

c) bylaw enforcement costs;

(

d) costs of policing, fire protection and other protective services;

(

e) costs of programs and services for persons living with disabilities, mental illness or addictions, or persons experiencing homelessness or other vulnerable persons;

(

f) computer and other electronic technology costs;

(

g) budgeted revenues that have not been collected.

Amount of grants

(1) The payment of any grant under this

Part is subject to an appropriation.

(2) A grant may be made by the minister for the purpose referred to in

section 35

and the amount of a grant is in the discretion of the minister and may be made on

the basis of a fixed amount.

Conditions of grants

to subsection (2), a grant under this Part may be made on one or more of the following

conditions:

(

a) that a municipality or regional district provide annual reports, in accordance

with the direction of the minister, respecting the use of the grant funds until the

balance of those funds is nil;

(

b) that a municipality or regional district provide to the minister additional

information and reports respecting the use of the grant as requested by the minister.

(2) A grant may not be made under this Part after March 31, 2021.

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