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BETWEEN: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, as represented by the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities ("Canada")

AND: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN, as represented by the Minister of Government Relations ("Saskatchewan")

WHEREAS Canada and Saskatchewan entered into an Administrative Agreement on the Federal Gas Tax Fund dated May 29, 2014, in relation to the transfer of Federal Gas Tax Fund revenues under the Gas Tax Program (Administrative Agreement);

AND WHEREAS the Parties wish to amend the Administrative Agreement;

THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

1. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT

• 1.1. Section 13 is amended by deleting “keith.comstock@gov.sk.ca” and replacing it with “sheldon.green@gov.sk.ca”.
• 1.2. The preamble to Annex B, Section 1.1 is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “1.1 Any GTF funding that may be received by Saskatchewan from Canada will be distributed in accordance with the following formula:”
• 1.3. Annex B, Section 1.2 is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “1.2 Any Unspent Funds held by Saskatchewan, any interest earned on Unspent Funds held by Saskatchewan, or any interest earned on GTF funding that Saskatchewan may receive from Canada shall be used only for the purposes of Eligible Projects or for capacity building efforts of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association and/or the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities and/or New North-Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities Services Inc. as approved by Saskatchewan.”
• 1.4. Annex B, Section 10 is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “Saskatchewan will ensure that Municipalities make progress towards developing and/or implementing an Asset Management Plan, prior to March 31, 2018 and continue to work towards achieving the asset management goals as approved by the Oversight Committee Co-Chairs pursuant to Schedule F. Schedule F (Asset Management) provides more details on the approach agreed upon by Canada and Saskatchewan.”
• 1.5. Schedule A, Section 3 is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “3. Make progress towards developing and/or implementing an Asset Management Plan prior to March 31, 2018 and continue to work towards achieving the asset management goals as approved by the Oversight Committee Co-Chairs pursuant to Schedule F.”
• 1.6. Schedule A, Section 5 is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “5. With respect to Contracts, award and manage all Contracts in accordance with their relevant policies and procedures and, if applicable, in accordance with applicable international and interprovincial trade agreements, and all other applicable laws.”
• 1.7. Schedule C is amended by adding the following section after Section 1.3:
• “1.4 Expenses of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association and/or the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities and/or New North-Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities Services Inc. related to capacity building efforts, in accordance with the terms and conditions as approved by Saskatchewan and set out by agreement with said associations.”
• 1.8. The last sentence in Schedule F is repealed and replaced with the following:
• “Canada and Saskatchewan agree that the asset management goals and amendments thereto will be finalized and approved by the Oversight Committee Co-Chairs.”

2. EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS

• 2.1 All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
• 2.2 Except for the amendments provided for in this Amending Agreement No. 1, the obligations, covenants, and terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement will continue to remain in full force and effect.

COUNTERPART SIGNATURE

This Amending Agreement may be signed in counterpart and the signed copies will, when attached, constitute an original Amending Agreement.

SIGNATURES

THIS AMENDING AGREEMENT has been executed by the above mentioned Parties, each by their duly authorized officers on the respective dates shown below. This Amending Agreement becomes effective on the latter of the two dates shown below.