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A '''Regional Service Commission''' is an administrative in the province of [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. As the name implies, an RSC administers services on a regional level.<ref></ref>
Regional Service Commissions are not incorporated municipal entities and lack direct taxation powers.
==Functions==
RSCs are required to provide regional planning, local planning in [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service districts]] and participating municipalities and quasimunicipalities, solid waste management, policing collaboration, emergency measures planning, and facilitating cost-sharing agreements between member governance units.<ref></ref>
==History==
Before the creation of RSCs, regional planning and waste management were managed by two systems of planning commissions and solid waste commissions; these sets of commissions divided the province in different ways.
===Finn Report===
The concept of a regional administrative body that replaced existing regional commissions in a unified body was proposed by the Finn Report<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> in 2008 as part of a sweeping reform of the province's local governance bodies. Twelve Regional Service Districts would administer services in 53 municipalities with boundaries based on communities of interest rather than existing municipal and LSD boundaries.
The [[Shawn Graham|Graham]] government shelved the Finn Report shortly after it was released, citing the high cost of implementing the recommendations.
===Creation===
Regional Service Commissions were created by the [[David Alward|Alward]] government in 2012, taking effect on 1 January 2013. The initial boards consisted of mayors of the member municipalities and rural communities and local service district representatives appointed by the provincial government.
Instead of using the RSD boundaries proposed by Finn, the Alward government based RSC boundaries on existing governance units. The period between announcement and implementation allowed for municipalities and LSDs to request transfer to another RSC; [[Belledune, New Brunswick|Belledune]], [[Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin]], and [[Hampton, New Brunswick|Hampton]] all took advantage of this policy to successfully lobby for a change in which RSC they would belong to.
==Board==
Each RSC is governed by a board consisting of all mayors within the RSC and a number of LSD chairs based on a formula combining population and tax base, to a minimum of four and a maximum of ten LSD members; deputy mayors and two LSD chairs serve as alternates. LSD representatives and alternates are chosen by a meeting of all LSD chairs in the RSC; in theory, the Minister of Environment and Local Government may appoint LSD representatives if there are not sufficient chairs to fill the board positions but this has not happened in practice.
==Language==
The Official Languages Act<ref></ref> applies to all RSCs with a 20% linguistic minority, a city, or a municipality with a 20% linguist minority; in practice this means that all but one RSC requires English services.
==List of RSCs==
The twelve RSCs, in the order of their original numbering, are:
* Northwest RSC - [[Madawaska County, New Brunswick|Madawaska County]], northern [[Victoria County, New Brunswick|Victoria County]], and [[Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin Parish]]
* Restigouche RSC - [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche County]] excluding its eastern and western border areas.
* Chaleur RSC - western [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester County]] and Belledune.
* Acadian Peninsula RSC - eastern Gloucester County and [[Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick|Alnwick Parish]].
* Greater Miramichi RSC - most of [[Northumberland County, New Brunswick|Northumberland County]] plus the rural community of [[Upper Miramichi, New Brunswick|Upper Miramichi]].
* Kent RSC - [[Kent County, New Brunswick|Kent County]] and [[Rogersville Parish, New Brunswick|Rogersville Parish]].
* Southeast RSC - [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland]] and [[Albert County, New Brunswick|Albert]] Counties.
* RSC 8 - eastern [[Kings County, New Brunswick|Kings County]] plus three LSDs in [[Queens County, New Brunswick|Queens County]].
* Fundy RSC - [[Saint John County, New Brunswick|Saint John County]], western Kings County, and southwestern Queens County.
* Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission - most of [[Charlotte County, New Brunswick|Charlotte County]], [[Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick|Manners Sutton Parish]], and [[McAdam Parish, New Brunswick|McAdam Parish]].
* RSC 11 - [[Sunbury County, New Brunswick|Sunbury County]], most of [[York County, New Brunswick|York County]], most of Queens County, and [[Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick|Clarendon Parish]].
* Western Valley RSC - [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton County]], most of Victoria County, and [[Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick|Canterbury]] and [[North Lake Parish, New Brunswick|North Lake]] Parishes in York County.
==Notes==
==References==
Regional Service Commissions are not incorporated municipal entities and lack direct taxation powers.
==Functions==
RSCs are required to provide regional planning, local planning in [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service districts]] and participating municipalities and quasimunicipalities, solid waste management, policing collaboration, emergency measures planning, and facilitating cost-sharing agreements between member governance units.<ref></ref>
==History==
Before the creation of RSCs, regional planning and waste management were managed by two systems of planning commissions and solid waste commissions; these sets of commissions divided the province in different ways.
===Finn Report===
The concept of a regional administrative body that replaced existing regional commissions in a unified body was proposed by the Finn Report<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> in 2008 as part of a sweeping reform of the province's local governance bodies. Twelve Regional Service Districts would administer services in 53 municipalities with boundaries based on communities of interest rather than existing municipal and LSD boundaries.
The [[Shawn Graham|Graham]] government shelved the Finn Report shortly after it was released, citing the high cost of implementing the recommendations.
===Creation===
Regional Service Commissions were created by the [[David Alward|Alward]] government in 2012, taking effect on 1 January 2013. The initial boards consisted of mayors of the member municipalities and rural communities and local service district representatives appointed by the provincial government.
Instead of using the RSD boundaries proposed by Finn, the Alward government based RSC boundaries on existing governance units. The period between announcement and implementation allowed for municipalities and LSDs to request transfer to another RSC; [[Belledune, New Brunswick|Belledune]], [[Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin]], and [[Hampton, New Brunswick|Hampton]] all took advantage of this policy to successfully lobby for a change in which RSC they would belong to.
==Board==
Each RSC is governed by a board consisting of all mayors within the RSC and a number of LSD chairs based on a formula combining population and tax base, to a minimum of four and a maximum of ten LSD members; deputy mayors and two LSD chairs serve as alternates. LSD representatives and alternates are chosen by a meeting of all LSD chairs in the RSC; in theory, the Minister of Environment and Local Government may appoint LSD representatives if there are not sufficient chairs to fill the board positions but this has not happened in practice.
==Language==
The Official Languages Act<ref></ref> applies to all RSCs with a 20% linguistic minority, a city, or a municipality with a 20% linguist minority; in practice this means that all but one RSC requires English services.
==List of RSCs==
The twelve RSCs, in the order of their original numbering, are:
* Northwest RSC - [[Madawaska County, New Brunswick|Madawaska County]], northern [[Victoria County, New Brunswick|Victoria County]], and [[Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Quentin Parish]]
* Restigouche RSC - [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche County]] excluding its eastern and western border areas.
* Chaleur RSC - western [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester County]] and Belledune.
* Acadian Peninsula RSC - eastern Gloucester County and [[Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick|Alnwick Parish]].
* Greater Miramichi RSC - most of [[Northumberland County, New Brunswick|Northumberland County]] plus the rural community of [[Upper Miramichi, New Brunswick|Upper Miramichi]].
* Kent RSC - [[Kent County, New Brunswick|Kent County]] and [[Rogersville Parish, New Brunswick|Rogersville Parish]].
* Southeast RSC - [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland]] and [[Albert County, New Brunswick|Albert]] Counties.
* RSC 8 - eastern [[Kings County, New Brunswick|Kings County]] plus three LSDs in [[Queens County, New Brunswick|Queens County]].
* Fundy RSC - [[Saint John County, New Brunswick|Saint John County]], western Kings County, and southwestern Queens County.
* Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission - most of [[Charlotte County, New Brunswick|Charlotte County]], [[Manners Sutton Parish, New Brunswick|Manners Sutton Parish]], and [[McAdam Parish, New Brunswick|McAdam Parish]].
* RSC 11 - [[Sunbury County, New Brunswick|Sunbury County]], most of [[York County, New Brunswick|York County]], most of Queens County, and [[Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick|Clarendon Parish]].
* Western Valley RSC - [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton County]], most of Victoria County, and [[Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick|Canterbury]] and [[North Lake Parish, New Brunswick|North Lake]] Parishes in York County.
==Notes==
==References==
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