MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT
Chapter M‑26
Table of Contents
1 Interpretation
2 Application
of Act
Part 1
Purposes, Powers and Capacity of Municipalities
3 Municipal
purposes
4 Corporation
5 Powers,
duties and functions
6 Natural
person powers
Part 2
Bylaws
Division 1
General Jurisdiction
7 General
jurisdiction to pass bylaws
8 Powers
under bylaws
9 Guides
to interpreting power to pass bylaws
10 Bylaw
passing powers in other enactments
11 Relationship
to natural person powers
Division 2
Scope of Bylaws
12 Geographic
area of bylaws
13 Relationship
to Provincial law
Part 3
Special Municipal Powers and Limits
on Municipal Powers
Division 1
Expropriation
14 Expropriation
powers
15 Expropriating
part of a parcel
Division 2
Roads
16 Title
to roads
17 Disposal
of estate or interest in roads
18 Control
of roads
19 Rocky
Mountains Forest Reserve
20 Specialized
municipalities
21 Land
abutting roads
22 Road
closure
23 Compensation
24 Closure
of unnecessary road
25 Temporary
road closure
26 Temporary
roads and rights of way
27 Leases
27.1 Forestry
roads
27.2 Forestry
road agreement
27.3 Fees
charged to other users
27.4 Failure
to maintain road
27.5 Unauthorized
commercial or industrial use
27.6 Existing
agreements
Division 3
Public Utilities
General
28 Definitions
28.1 Interpretation
29 Composition
of system or works
30 Long‑term
supply agreements to public utilities
31 Regulation
of gas supply obtained from direct sellers
32 Other
authorizations and approvals
Municipal Public
Utilities
33 Prohibiting
other public utilities
33.1 Exception
34 Duty
to supply utility service
35 Parcels
adjacent to roads and easements
36 Right
of entry - main lines
37 Service
connections - owner
38 Service
connections - municipality
39 Restoration
and costs
40 Buildings
41 Discontinue
providing public utility
42 Liability
for public utilities charges
43 Appeal
44 Dispute
with other municipalities
Non‑municipal
Public Utilities
45 Granting
rights to provide utility service
45.1 Exception
46 Prohibiting
other non‑municipal public utilities
46.1 Exception
47 Renewals
47.1 EPCOR
Water Services Inc.
Division 4
Ambulance Services
48 Municipally
operated ambulance services
49 Non-municipal
ambulance services
Division 5
Business Revitalization Zones
50 Purpose
51 Board
52 Civil
liability of board members
53 Regulations
Division 6
Miscellaneous Powers
54 Providing
services in other areas
55 Sharing
taxes and grants
56 Civic
holidays
57 Census
58 Road
names
59 Hamlets
60 Water
bodies
61 Granting
rights over property
62 Acquiring
land for roads
Division 7
Revision and Consolidation of Bylaws
63 Revision
authorized
64 Bylaw
adopting revised bylaws
65 Requirements
relating to substituted bylaws
66 Effects
of revised bylaws
67 References
to repealed bylaws
68 Mistakes
made during revision
69 Consolidation
of bylaws
Division 8
Limits on Municipal Powers
70 Disposal
of land
71 Mines
and minerals
72 Acquisition
of land outside municipal boundaries
73 Control
of profit corporations
74 Firearms
75 Forest
and Prairie Protection Act
Part 4
Formation, Fundamental Changes and Dissolution
Division 1
General Criteria
76 Principles,
standards and criteria
Division 2
Formation
77 Types
of municipality that may be formed
78 Municipal
district
80 Village
81 Town
82 City
83 Specialized
municipality
84 Modification
of requirements
85 Initiating
formation
86 Factors
to be considered
87 Public
input
88 Formation
order
89 Contents
of order
89.1 Summer
village
90 Official
administrator
Division 3
Change of Status
91 Meaning
of change of status
91.1 Summer
village
92 Application
of formation rules
93 Initiation
of change of status
94 Public
input
95 Consideration
of principles
96 Change
of status order
97 Contents
of order
97.2 Effect
of change of status
Division 4
Change of Name
98 Change
of name order
99 Effect
of change of name
Division 5
Amalgamation
100 Application
101 Restriction
on amalgamation
102 Initiation
of amalgamation proceedings
103 Initiation
by municipal authority
104 Direct
negotiations
105 Report
on negotiations
106 Disposition
of report
107 Initiation
by Minister
108 Notice
by Minister
109 Consideration
of principles
110 Amalgamation
order
111 Contents
of order
112 Official
administrator
Division 6
Annexation
112.1 Mediation
113 Application
114 Restriction
on annexation
115 Annexations
of same land
116 Initiation
of annexation
117 Direct
negotiations
118 Report
on negotiations
119 Disposition
of report
120 General
agreement on proposed annexation
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