Local service district
A local service district (LSD) is a unit of rural municipal government in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador which cover areas outside incorporated cities, towns and villages for provision of municipal services such as fire protection, garbage disposal and sewage.
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[edit] New Brunswick
There are more than 250 Local Service Districts (LSDs) in New Brunswick, covering most unincorporated areas; Indian reserves, lands within CFB Gagetown, and Huskisson Parish are not part of any LSD. LSD boundaries often (but not always) coincide with parishes.
LSDs have elected advisory committees that have little legal or tax power, but work with the New Brunswick Department of Local Government to administer services usually provided by incorporated municipalities. The particular services provided vary with the particular LSD; sometimes one or more areas within a LSD will have additional services.
Individual LSDs are not described in the Municipalities Act; instead, they are defined in Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act, the Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act, which was filed July 16, 1984, and has been amended many times since.
LSDs and are being encouraged by the provincial government to adopt a form of local government known as a rural community. Rural Communities have more power than LSDs, but less than other municipalities; several parishes and incorporated villages have been part of these amalgamations. There are currently four Rural Communities: Beaubassin East, Campobello Island, Saint-André, and Upper Miramichi; the Village of Kedgwick and the LSD of Grimmer voted in 2011 to form a new Rural Community.
See: List of local service districts in New Brunswick
See: List of Rural Communities in New Brunswick
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[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador
In Newfoundland and Labrador, LSDs cover only areas where residents petition to create one. If one is formed, an advisory committee of five to seven members. All proposals put forth by LSD committees must be approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
