An Act respecting the Luso Canadian Charitable Society — Private Bill PR34 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill PR34, 39-2

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2ND SESSION, 39TH LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2010 Bill Pr34

An Act respecting the Luso Canadian Charitable Society Mrs. Albanese Private Bill 1st Reading May 19, 2010 2n d Reading 3r d Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Bill Pr34

An Act respecting the Luso Canadian Charitable Society

Preamble The board of directors of th e Luso Canadian Charitable Society, a corporation referre d to in this Act as the Society, has applied for speci al legislation to exempt certain land from taxation for municipal and school purposes, other than local improvement rates, beginning in 2010, while the land is used for a specified purpose and to cancel the taxes for municipal and school purposes, other than local improvement rates, that were payable from to 2009.

The app licant represents that the Society was incorp orated under the Corporations Act by letters patent dated July 5, 2002 under the name Society of Portuguese Disabled Persons Building Fund, that it changed its name to Luso Canadian Charitable Society by supplementary letters patent dated September 29, 2009 and that it is a registered charity within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

The applicant also represents that the Society has a freehold interest in the land and has operated a not-for-profit charitable centre on the land for people living with physical or developmental disabilities since June 7, 2007. It is appropriate to grant the application. Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: Definition 1. In this Act, “specified property” means th e land, as defined in the Assessment Act, municipally known as St. Clair Avenue West in the City of Toronto. Tax exemption by-law 2.

The council of the City of Toronto may pass by-laws exempting the specified property from taxes for municipal purposes, other than local improvement rates, beginning January 1, 2010, if, (

a) the specified property is occupied and used solely for the purposes of a centre for people living with physical or developmental disabilities operated by the Society; (

b) the Society is the regist ered owner of the specified property; and (

c) the Society is a registered charity within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada). Tax cancellation by-law 3. The council of the City of Toronto may pass by-laws cancelling the taxes for municipal purposes, other than local improvement rates, on th e specified property for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Property exempt from school taxes 4.

(1) If the council of the City of Toronto passes a by- law under

section 2, the specified property is also exempt from taxes for school purposes for so long as the by-law remains in effect. Same

(2) If the council of the City of Toronto passes a by- law under

section 3, the taxes for school purposes on the specified property are also cancelled for the years for which the taxes for municipal purposes, other than local improvement rates, are cancelled. Chargeback

(3) Section 353 (taxes collected on behalf of other bodies) of the Municipal Act, 2001 and

section 318 (taxes collected on behalf of other bodies) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 apply, with necessary modifications, to taxes exempted or cancelled by subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be. Commencement 5. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title 6. The

short title of this Act is the Luso Canadian Charitable Society Act (Tax Relief), 2010. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The purpose of the Bill is set out in the

Preamble.

Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill PR34, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill pr34 bill text 39 2 en pr34.pdf
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	088152747e83073c660955a40233614aafafbf60

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