3rd Session, 42nd Parliament

(2022) FIRST READING

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MR. JORDAN STURDY

BILL Pr 401 – 2022

SEA TO SKY UNIVERSITY

AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

WHEREAS the Sea to Sky University was established as a corporation by the Sea to Sky University Act , S.B.C. 2002, c. 54;

AND

WHEREAS in 2005 the Sea to Sky University was renamed Quest University Canada;

AND

WHEREAS the Sea to Sky University Act exempts property that is owned by the university, and used for educational purposes, from tax under the Local Government Act , the School Act and the Taxation (Rural Area) Act ;

AND

WHEREAS Quest University Canada sold its real property in 2020 and began leasing some of that property for educational purposes;

AND

WHEREAS the property leased by Quest University Canada does not qualify for the tax exemption under the Sea to Sky University Act ;

AND

WHEREAS Quest University Canada has by petition requested that it be enacted as follows, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition;

THEREFORE, HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 11 (1) of the Sea to Sky University Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 54, is amended by striking out " owned by the university " and substituting " owned or leased by the university ".

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2 This Act comes into force on December 31, 2021.

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