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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FORM 3
(Section 32
SOCIETY ACT
CONSTITUTION
1
The name of the society is the KOOTENAY LAND TRUST
SOCIETY
2
The purposes of the society are as follows
(1) to preserve, protect, restore, and/or enhance natural
environment as a vital part of human habitat for
biological, ecological, psychological, recreational, spiritual
and/or aesthetic purposes, with the intent of benefiting the
community as a whole including, but not limiting the
generality of the foregoing:
(a) to preserve, protect, monitor, conserve, establish,
restore, rehabilitate, and enhance:
(i) natural and/or wilderness areas,
(ii) environmentally sensitive or significant areas
of forest, wetland, watershed, and/or riparian
habitat;
(iii) wildlife and wildlife habitat;
(iv) unusual or otherwise significant plant or wildlife
species or habitat,
(v) green and/or open spaces;
(b) to assist, aid, or undertake stewardship of natural
areas with a view towards their preservation or
restoration;
(2) for the attainment of the aforementioned objectives, to
acquire, accept, solicit or receive by purchase, lease,
contract, donation legacy, gift, grant, bequest, or
otherwise any kind of real or personal property or interest
therein; and
(3) without limiting the generality of subsection (7) above, to
hold, monitor, manage and enforce conservation
covenants or similar interests on private and/or other
property
3
The purpose of the Society shall be carried out without purpose of gain
for its members and any income, profit or other accretion to the Society
shall be used for promoting the purposes of the Society:
4
Upon the winding-up or dissolution of the Society, any funds
and property of the Society remaining after the satisfaction of
its debts, liabilities, and any costs properly incurred in such
winding up or dissolution, shall be given or transferred to such
organization or organizations having objectives similar to the
Society’s purposes; or in the case of property originally
received for a specific purpose, similar to that purpose; as may
be determined by the members of the Society at the time of
winding-up or dissolution, and, if, and so far as. effect cannot be
given to the aforesaid provisions then such funds shall be given
or transferred to some other organization or organizations,
provided however that any such organization shall be a
charitable organization, charitable corporation or charitable
trust or other qualified donee recognized by the Department of
National Revenue of Canada under the provisions of the
Income Tax Act of Canada or its successor legislation from time
to time in effect
5
Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Constitution are unalterable in
accordance with the Society Act: