Bill 44 (Legislature 7, Session 2)

L7 S2 8783

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 44 of 1932 A BILL TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS ACT, 1929 NOTE

Section 2 of the Bill provides that there be a uniform per diem fee for all hospital supporters, and does away with the differentiation now possible between extra-urban taxpayers and other taxpayers. ---Section 3 of the Bill provides for the calling of a meeting of the ratepayers of a hospital district upon the request in writing of twenty-five per centum of the ratepayers of the district or of one contributing council instead of upon the request in writing of a majority of the contributing councils.

Section 4 of the Bill empowers the board to pledge monies due to the board to secure the repayment of loans obtained in anticipation of such monies.

Section 5 of the Bill empowers a hospital board, with the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, to compromise with a contributory council in respect of any sums due from such contributory council in respect of levies which such contributory council made or ought to have made at any time prior to 1930. R. ANDREW SMITH, Leg'islativc Counsel. [~his note does not for'm any part of the Bill and is o!Jet'ed merely a8 a pa1'tial explanation of ."lome of its p1'ovisions.)

BILL No. 44 of 1932.

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act, 1929. (Assented to ,1932.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may he cited as "The Municipal Hospitals Act, 1.92.9, Amendment Act, 1.932." 2. The Municipal H08pita.ls Act, 1929, being

chapter 3;3 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1929, is hereby amended as to

section 11 thereof hy striking out clause (

c) of subsection (1) thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "(

c) a hospital supporter's per diem fee chargeable to ratepayers assessed in respect of property within the hospital district, and the wives, dependent fam ilies and domestic female help of such ratepayers who are resident with them, and prescribing the minimum tax to be paid by all such ratepayers." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 56 there of by striking out the words: "from the majority of the con tributing councils" where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words: "from twenty-five per centum of the ratepayers of the hospital dis trict or from one contributing council." 4. The said Act is further amended as to

section 58 there of by adding thereto, immediately after subsection (2) thereof, the following new subsection: "

(3) The board may pledge, charge or hypothecate any monies which are due and payable to the board on account of any current taxes, current requisitions, arrears of taxes or arrears of requisitions, payable to the board for the pur pose of securing the repayment of any monies borrowed by the board under the authority conferred by this section." . 5. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, Immediately after

section 69 thereof, the following new section: "69a. With the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, a hospital board may enter into an agree ment with any contributory council for the compromise, set tlement and payment, and as to the time and manner of pay-

2 ment, of any sums payable in respect of any hospital taxes 'which such contrihutory council, at any time prior to the year 1930 either levied or ought to have levied for and on account of the hospital district or in respect of requisitions made prior to the year 1930 by the hospital district upon the contributing council, which for the time being remain out standing and unpaid, and any agreement so made shall be binding upon all the other contributing councils and any sum payable by virtue of any such agreement shall be pay able as an addition to the requisitions made pursuant to the other provisions of this Act in the same way in all respects as if the same had been included in and formed part of such a requisition."

SECOND SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE 22 GEORGE V 1932 BILL

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act, 1929. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time ................... . Third time ..... , . " ........... . HON. MR. HOADLEY EDMO::-rTON: w. D. MeLEA", KI"G'S PmXTEP. 1932 Title: 1932 (7th, 2nd) Bill 44,

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act, 1929

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S2 8783
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