TC - Islands Trust Council Designation of Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Areas Bylaw No. 162

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ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL 
 
BYLAW NO. 162 
 
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A bylaw to designate the Bowen Island Municipality as an area for which Natural Area Protection 
Tax Exemptions may be provided. 
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WHEREAS pursuant to Section 49.2(1) of the Islands Trust Act the Islands Trust Council may, for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  object  of  the  Trust,  designate  all  or  part  of  a  local  trust  area or 
municipality as an area for which tax exemptions may be provided under Part 7.1 of the Act; and 
 
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 49.2(2) of the Islands Trust Act, the Greater Vancouver Regional 
District passed a resolution on April 3, 2013 consenting to implementation of the Natural Area 
Protection Tax Exemption Program on Islands Trust islands within the Greater Vancouver 
Regional District, and enabling the Council of Bowen Island Municipality to implement, at its 
discretion, the Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program on Bowen Island; and  
 
WHEREAS the Bowen Island Municipal Council on July 27, 2015 endorsed the concept of 
designating lands within the Bowen Island Municipality for natural area protection tax exemptions; 
 
NOW THEREFORE the Islands Trust Council, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 
 
Citation 
1. This  bylaw  may  be  cited  for  all  purposes  as  "Islands  Trust  Council Designation  of  Natural  Area 
Protection Tax Exemption Areas Bylaw No. 162, 2015". 
 
Area 
2. All  of  the Bowen  Island  Municipality is designated  as  an  area  for  which  tax  exemptions  may  be 
provided pursuant to Part 7.1 of the Islands Trust Act, provided that the property meets the criteria 
defined  in the  Letter  of  Understanding between  Bowen  Island  Municipality  and  the  Islands  Trust 
Council. 
 
Severability 
3. If  any  section,  subsection,  sentence,  clause  or  phrase  of  this  bylaw  is for  any reason held to be 
invalid by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of 
the remaining portions of the bylaw. 
 
 
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Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program   
Letter of Understanding between Bowen Island Municipality and Islands Trust Council 
 
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Amended Sept 14, 2015 
 
LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING 
between 
BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY 
and 
ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL 
concerning 
 
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATURAL AREA PROTECTION TAX EXEMPTION 
PROGRAM (NAPTEP)  
 
Further  to  the Prot

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