Municipally Controlled Corporations Regulation (Alta. Reg. 112/2018)

Alta. Reg. 112/2018

Alberta — Regulations

© Published by Alberta King’s Printer Alberta King’s Printer Suite 700, Park Plaza 10611 - 98 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2P7 Phone: 780-427-4952 E-mail: kings-printer@gov.ab.ca Shop on-line at kings-printer.alberta.ca Province of Alberta Office Consolidation Alberta Regulation 112/2018 With amendments up to and including Alberta Regulation 204/2022 Current as of October 7, 2022 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION

Copyright and Permission Statement The Government of Alberta, through the Alberta King’s Printer, holds copyright for all Alberta legislation. Alberta King’s Printer permits any person to reproduce Alberta’s statutes and regulations without seeking permission and without charge, provided due diligence is exercised to ensure the accuracy of the materials produced, and copyright is acknowledged in the following format: © Alberta King’s Printer, 20__.* *The year of first publication of the legal materials is to be completed.

Note All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction, that amendments have been embodied for convenience of reference only. The official Statutes and Regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law.

(Consolidated up to 204/2022) ALBERTA REGULATION 112/2018 Municipal Government Act MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION Table of Contents 1

Interpretation 2 Notification to Minister 3 Public hearing 4 Business plan 5 Unanimous shareholder agreement 6 Annual financial statements 7 Material change 8 Exemption 9 E x p i r y 10 Repeal 11 Coming into force

Interpretation 1(1) In this Regulation, (a) “Act” means the Municipal Government Act; (b) “controlled corporation” means a controlled corporation as defined in

section 75.1(1)(

a) of the Act; (c) “corporation” means a corp oration as defined in

section 75.1(1)(

b) of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of

section 75.4(1) of the Act, the definition of “public utility” in

section 1(1)(

y) of the Act is limited to subclause (

i) of that definition. Notification to Minister 2(1) A municipality must notify the Minister if the council of the municipality passes a resolution under

section 75.1(2) of the Act.

(2) The notification must include a copy of the resolution and be sent to the Minister within 60 days of the passing of the resolution.

Section 3 AR 112/2018 MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION 2 Public hearing 3(1) For the purposes of sections 75.1(3)(

b) of the Act, the municipality must disclose (

a) the services the corporation intends to provide, (

b) the names of the shareh olders of the corporation, (

c) the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services, (

d) in the case of a corporation that intends to provide utili ty services, a projected rate structure, and (

e) the market impact analysis contained in the business plan, if any.

(2) The information described in subsection (1) must be made available for public inspection no less than 30 days prior to the public hearing.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), notice of the public hearing must be given in accordance with

section 606 of the Act.

(4) The public hearing must be held pursuant to

section 230 of the Act. Business plan 4 For the purposes of

section 75.1(4)(

e) of the Act, a business plan must include the following information: (

a) the services the corporation intends to provide; (

b) the names of the shareh olders of the corporation; (

c) the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services; (

d) any potential environmenta l, financial, labour or other liability risk in controlling the corporation; (

e) information demonstrating that the corporation will not be dependent on the shareholders for its ongoing operations; (

f) the impact of controlling the corporation on each municipality’s financial viability; (

g) in the case of a corporation that intends to provide utili ty services, a projected rate structure;

Section 5 AR 112/2018 MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION 3 (

h) a market impact analysis if municipal control of the corporation would result in competition with similar services provided by the private sector. Unanimous shareholder agreement 5(1) If one or more municipalities propose to establish or acquire control of a corporation, the councils of the municipalities must, after passing resolutions under

section 75.1(2)(

a) of the Act adopt, by resolution, a unanimous shareholder agreement.

(2) The unanimous shareholder agreement must address the following matters: (

a) the matters referred to in

section 146(1) of the Business Corporations Act; (

b) the controlled corporation’s service delivery standards an d decision-making structure; (

c) a dispute resolution process in the event of disputes between shareholders; (

d) a method by which the shareholders must provide direction to the controlled corporation with respect to what action, if any, the controlled corporation is to take regarding a proposed material change in response to one or more reports received under

section 7(5). Annual financial statements 6 For the purposes of

section 75.2(1) of the Act, there must be included with the controlled corporation’s annual financial statements a supplementary disclosure of the nature and amount of any financial assistance, including transfers of money or other assets, loans and loan guarantees, provided to the controlled corporation by any shareholder, the province or the federal government. Material change 7(1) In this section, “material change”, in respect of a controlled corporation, means (

a) a change in the type of serv ices offered by the controlled corporation, (

b) the purchase, sale, transfe r or issuance of any shares in the controlled corporation that would result in a change to the controlling interest,

Section 8 AR 112/2018 MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION 4 (

c) a change in the geographic locations where the controlled corporation offers services, if that change was not contemplated in the business plan under

section 75.1(3)(

a) of the Act, or (

d) a change in the business, financing, operations or affairs of the controlled corporation that would be considered important by a reasonable person taking into account the circumstances of the controlled corporation in its entirety.

(2) When a municipality is required under

section 75.3 of the Act to notify their residents of a proposed material change, the following information, if relevant to the proposed material change, must be made available to them: (

a) the services the controlled corporation intends to provide ; (

b) the names of the shar eholders of the controlled corporation; (

c) the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the controlled corporation intends to provide services; (

d) in the case of a controlled corporation that intends to provide utility services, a projected rate structure; (

e) the market impact analysis contained in the business plan, if any.

(3) The information described in subsection (2) must be made available not less than 30 days prior to the engagement process.

(4) Subject to subsection (3), notice of any planned engagement must be given in accordance with

section 606 of the Act.

(5) After giving their residents the opportunity to make representations on the proposed material change, the council of each municipality that is a shareholder of the controlled corporation must provide a report to the controlled corporation summarizing the representations made during the engagement process. Exemption 8(1) EPCOR Utilities Inc. and ENMAX Corporation, and their subsidiaries, are exempt from (

a) sections 75.1(2) to (4), 7 5.2 and 75.3 of the Act, and (

b) sections 2 to 7 of this Regulation.

Section 9 AR 112/2018 MUNICIPALLY CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS REGULATION 5

(2) Section 75.4(3) is modified to the extent that

section 45(3)(

b) of the Act does apply to EPCOR Water Services Inc. and its subsidiaries. Expiry 9 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on June 30, 2028. AR 112/2018 s9;79/2021;204/2022 Repeal 10 The Control of Corporations Regulation (AR 284/2003) is repealed. Coming into force 11 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 13 of the Modernized Municipal Government Act.

Printed on Recycled Paper *9780779832972*

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Regulations
Citation	Alta. Reg. 112/2018
Type	regulation
Volume / chapter	2018 112
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	c2b55f81c45416e4f039c4923763510baacba097

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (pdf).