Den kommunala vatten- och avloppsverksamheten har i mindre skala bolagiserats sedan 1970-talet. I början var bolagisering inte så vanligt, men under 1990-talet skedde en ökning och många kommuner genomförde bolagiseringar. Idag har 76 av Sveriges 290 kommuner bolagiserat sin kommunala vatten- och avloppsverksamhet.När en kommunal verksamhet överförs till ett kommunalt bolag måste de ledningar som utgör fastighetstillbehör skiljas från fastigheterna de tillhör, för att överlåtelsen ska ha sakrättslig verkan enligt bestämmelser i jordabalken. De befintliga ledningsrätterna måste också överföras till bolaget i samband med överlåtelsen, annars blir överlåtelsen ogiltig enligt ledningsrättslagen. För att överlåtelserna och överlåtelseavtalen ska vara rättsligt hållbara måste överlåtelserna genomföras på rätt sätt enligt lag.Syftet med studien är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning överlåtelseavtalen som upprättas i samband med överlåtelserna är rättsligt hållbara. Frågor som kommer att besvaras i den här studien är: Hur bör en överlåtelse av vatten- och avloppsverksamhet gå till med avseende på ledningarna som tillhör verksamheten? Vad överlåts från kommunen till det kommunala bolaget? Är överlåtelserna rättsligt hållbara?Metoden som har använts i den här studien är att studera överlåtelseavtal som upprättats i samband med överlåtelser, samt att genomföra intervjuer och enkäter med kunniga personer på de kommunala bolagen. Genom att genomföra en analys av överlåtelseavtal och utvärdera resultat från intervjuer och enkäter, kunde författarna få en uppfattning om giltigheten i överlåtelserna.Resultatet visar att flera av överlåtelserna är ogiltiga och det finns en hel del ledningar inom kommunerna som saknar rättigheter. Vid överlåtelsen bör de ledningar som utgör fastighetstillbehör skiljas från fastigheterna för att ge överlåtelsen sakrättslig verkan. Även ledningsrätterna tillhörande ledningarna bör överlåtas i samband med överlåtelsen för att försäkra sig om att överlåtelsen är giltig enligt lag. Det bör göras så att rättigheterna till ledningarna och äganderätten innehas av samma ägare. / The Swedish municipality public water supply and sewerage work activity has been put into municipal companies in small extent since the 70s. Corporatizations were not so common in the beginning, but in the 90s it increased and several municipalities around the country started to put their public water supply and sewerage into municipal companies. Today have 76 of 290 municipalities corporatized their water supply and sewerage work.When a municipal activity are transferred to municipal companies the utilities that are property fixtures must be separated from the property, in order for the transfer to be legal according to the conditions in the Swedish Land Code. The utility easements that belong to the activity must be transferred together with the title of the facilities, otherwise the transfer is not valid according to the Swedish Utility Easements Act. In order for the transfer agreements to be legally sustainable and to avoid future problems, the transfer must be accurate according to the law.The aim of the study is to investigate in which extent the transfer agreements that are established during the transfer of public water supply and sewerage work activity to municipal companies are legally sustainable. Questions that will be answered in this study are: how should a transfer of water supply and sewerage work activity be proceeded with regard to the utility easements? What are transferred from the municipality to the municipal company? Are the transfers legally sustainable?The method that have been used are to study transfer agreements and do interviews and questionnaires with erudite people employed at the municipal companies. When the analysis of the transfer agreement were made and the result from the interviews and questionnaires were put together, it gave the authors an idea of the agreements validity.The result shows that several of the transfers aren’t valid and that there are plenty of utilities in the municipalities that don’t have any rights. During the transfer the utilities that are property fixtures should be separated from the property in order for the transfer to be legally valid. The utilities easements should also be transferred so that the title of the utilities and the rights of the utilities have the same owner.

The British North America Act, 1930 (the Natural Resources Transfer Agreements or NRTAs) marked the end of a lengthy battle between the provincial governments of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba and the federal government of Canada. Prior to 1930, the provincial governments did not have administrative control over their natural resources, which were managed by the federal Department of the Interior. As a result, the three prairie provinces did not share equal constitutional status with the other Canadian provinces that did control their own resources. Under the terms of the new constitutionalized intergovernmental agreements the provincial governments agreed to fulfil all of the federal government’s continuing obligations to third parties after the transfer. One of these obligations was the redemption of Métis scrip issued by the federal government to extinguish the Métis share of Aboriginal land title. After the transfer, however, the provinces resisted granting more land to satisfy what they considered to be a federal obligation. The provinces refused to redeem Métis scrip entitlements and the federal government did not enforce the terms of the NRTAs. Both the federal and provincial governments failed to live up to the terms of the constitutional agreement and the Métis scrip issue fell through the jurisdictional cracks of Canadian federalism. This dissertation examines the historical context and consequences surrounding the Alberta and Saskatchewan government’s failure to recognize Métis scripholders’ rights-based claims to land. Each provincial government pursued different avenues with respect to natural resources and Métis policies. The purpose of this study is to examine the different phases of policy development in each province in light of the general failure of recognition. The transfer of control and administration of the public domain from one level of government to another provides interesting insights into the history of government-Aboriginal relations in Canada. Aboriginal people (including Métis) were not consulted during the negotiations leading up to the NRTAs; nevertheless (or perhaps as a result), the transfer agreements were a catalyst for political organization in several Métis communities. Métis who had been living on federal crown land were concerned that the transfer of lands to the provinces would negatively impact their right to pursue traditional livelihoods such as hunting, fishing and trapping. In Alberta, the NRTAs sparked the formation of the Métis Association of Alberta, a political lobbying group that advocated recognition of historical claims to land. During this period, parallel Métis living in Saskatchewan and Manitoba created parallel organizations. These political groups represent some of the earliest attempts by Aboriginal people in the prairie provinces to voice their concerns and influence government policy. There are three recurrent themes in this study. First, land appears as a point of convergence for Métis claims and an alternative to the distribution of government social assistance due to high levels of unemployment. Second, Métis political organizing affects government policy-making. Third, the thesis notes the marked change in policy direction by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government in Saskatchewan after its election in 1944. The CCF introduced natural resources policies based on social democratic principles such as collective marketing. This approach was a marked departure from the liberal approaches introduced by previous provincial governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan. / Graduate / 0398 / nobyrne.ca@gmail.com