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In an effort to ensure municipalities are ready for growth, the provincial government announced the Saskatchewan Infrastructure Growth Initiative in the 2008-09 budget. Through the program, municipalities will be able to access $300 million over four years for five-year, interest-free loans to assist with the cost of lot development to support housing, commercial and industrial construction.

Municipal Bylaws

Bylaws– Municipal Bylaws

The Municipalities Act (as well as The Cities Act) Section 6 broadly empowers Saskatchewan municipalities to pass bylaws to:

“…govern the municipality in whatever manner the council considers appropriate, within the jurisdiction provided to the council by law.”

Given that the scope of municipal jurisdiction is significant and that municipalities are newly empowered through the Acts, it is impossible to provide a definitive list of potential bylaws a municipality might have. Municipalities are required to have in place a bylaw on the issue of public notice, and there are some matters on which municipalities if they choose to act must do so by bylaw, but generally speaking the municipal council has discretionary use of their authority to pass bylaws to govern the municipality.

Below is a list of sample bylaws, dealing with a variety of issues, which are common to municipalities across Saskatchewan. The documents are provided in both PDF and MS Word formats.

Municipal Bylaws:
PDF	Microsoft Word
Administrative Bylaw Administrative Agreeement - Authorization Amend Repeal Animal Control Animal Ownership Assessment Appeal Fees Barbed Wire (Updated January 2008) Bylaw Enforcement Officer Cash Collections Checklist Regarding Road/Street Closure Closing and Leasing - Municipal Road or Street Closing and Selling - Municipal Road or Street Council Procedure Dispense with Assessment Notices Duties of Reeve/Mayor Election Procedures Expenditure Authorization Extending the Voting Hours (For Rural Municipalities) Extension - Completion of Assessment Roll Fire - Emergency Response Charges Fixed Assessment Agreement General Penalty Hydrocarbon Impacted Site Restoration (Updated August 2008) Increase (Decrease) Number of Councillors Lending Bylaw (Updated November 2008) Licensing - Gravel Extraction (Updated May 2008) Licensing - Well Drilling (April 2008) Nuisance Numbering of House and Other Buildings Open Outdoor Fires (Updated August, 2008) Parking - Disability Space (Updated February 2008) Protection of Public Water Supplies Public Notice Public Notice Obligations Record Retention Regulate the Dismantling and Removal of Railway Superstructure Road Restrictions Special Tax Supplementary Assessments Tax Certificates (Updated October 2007) Tax Exemption - Economic Development Tax Incentives and Penalties Tax Tools - Base Tax (Updated April 2007) Tax Tools - Mill Rate Factor Tax Tools - Minimum Tax (Updated April 2007) Traffic Traffic - Abandoned Vehicles Vehicle Weight Voluntary Payment Option	Administrative Bylaw Administrative Agreeement - Authorization Amend Repeal Animal Control Animal Ownership Assessment Appeal Fees Barbed Wire (Updated January 2008) Bylaw Enforcement Officer Cash Collections Checklist Regarding Road/Street Closure Closing and Leasing - Municipal Road or Street Closing and Selling - Municipal Road or Street Council Procedure Dispense with Assessment Notices Duties of Reeve/Mayor Election Procedures Expenditure Authorization Extending the Voting Hours (For Rural Municipalities) Extension - Completion of Assessment Roll Fire - Emergency Response Charges Fixed Assessment Agreement General Penalty Hydrocarbon Impacted Site Restoration (Updated August 2008) Increase (Decrease) Number of Councillors Lending Bylaw (Updated November 2008) Licensing - Gravel Extraction (Updated May 2008) Licensing - Well Drilling (April 2008) Nuisance Numbering of House and Other Buildings Open Outdoor Fires (Updated August 2008) Parking - Disability Space (Updated February 2008) Protection of Public Water Supplies Public Notice Public Notice Obligations Record Retention Regulate the Dismantling and Removal of Railway Superstructure Road Restrictions Special Tax Supplementary Assessments Tax Certificates (Updated October 2007) Tax Exemption - Economic Development Tax Incentives and Penalties Tax Tools - Base Tax (Updated April 2007) Tax Tools - Mill Rate Factor Tax Tools - Minimum Tax (Updated April 2007) Traffic Traffic - Abandoned Vehicles Vehicle Weight Voluntary Payment Option

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