The Bowser Waterworks District is an improvement district which is a local authority responsible for providing services for the benefit of the residents in the community. Improvement districts vary considerably in size, from small subdivisions to larger communities, and are usually located in rural areas of British Columbia.
Improvement districts are empowered to provide local services such as water, fire protection or street lighting rather than general governance or land use planning that municipalities and regional districts provide to residents. Typically an improvement district provides one or two services and these services are generally financed by taxation and/or user fees. In the case of the Bowser Waterworks District, water is the service provided and this service is financed by taxation and user fees.
Every improvement district is governed by a board of elected trustees (elected by area property owners) one of whom acts as the board chair. The powers exercised by the trustees (to enact and enforce its regulations and charges, to assess and collect taxes, to acquire, hold and dispose of lands, to borrow money and to expropriate lands) flow from the improvement district's bylaws, the Local Government Act and other applicable provincial statutes. Information on these topics can be found in the Improvement District Manual.
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Improvement districts are empowered to provide local services such as water, fire protection or street lighting rather than general governance or land use planning that municipalities and regional districts provide to residents. Typically an improvement district provides one or two services and these services are generally financed by taxation and/or user fees. In the case of the Bowser Waterworks District, water is the service provided and this service is financed by taxation and user fees.
Every improvement district is governed by a board of elected trustees (elected by area property owners) one of whom acts as the board chair. The powers exercised by the trustees (to enact and enforce its regulations and charges, to assess and collect taxes, to acquire, hold and dispose of lands, to borrow money and to expropriate lands) flow from the improvement district's bylaws, the Local Government Act and other applicable provincial statutes. Information on these topics can be found in the Improvement District Manual.
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