Bill 19 (Legislature 17, Session 4)

L17 S4 5420

Alberta — Bills

1975 Bill 19 '3h±fdia4 I,", Foal'~' Session, 17th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEl\IBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 19 THE CO·OPERA'nVE ASSOCIATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 1\IR. COOKSON First Reading ............................. . Second Reattlng ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 19 Afr. Cookson BILL 19 1975 THE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 (Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Co-operative Associations Act is hereby amended.

Section 12, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of clause (

v) and by adding the following clause after clause (v): (v1) the power to pass a special resolution author izing the association to el1ter into an et.malg'&. mation agreement with one or more associa tions for the purpose of amalgamation and continuation as an association to which the Canada Cooperative Associations Act applies, and 3. The following sections are added after

seCtion J,,1: 41.1

(1) Where an electrical line constructed by or on behalf of a rural electrification association is no longer used for the supply of electricity, the association or an agent or employee thereof may after giving notice enter at any reasonable time upon the lands on which the line is located and remove therefrom any fitting, apparatus, wire, conductor, transformer, pole or other thing constructed or placed on the lands by or on behalf of the association.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be given at least ten days before the intended removal and shall be served personally or by registered mail on the occupant of the lands, if any, and on the owner of the lands as shown in the records of the Land Titles Office.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), there shall be no removal where the owner of the lands agrees to pay for the cost of maintaining the line and any fitting, apparatus, wire, conductor, transformer, pole or other thing construc ted or placed on the lands by or on behalf of the association.

(4) A removal under this

section does not affect any indebtedness under a lien note created pursuant to The Rural Electrification Long Tenn Financing Act or The Rural Electrification Revolving Fund Act.

Explanatory Notes 1. This Bill will amend ohapter 67 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2. This amendment will permit an Alberta co-operative to amalgamate with a federal co-operative and operate under the Canada Cooperative Associations Act. 3. 41.1 Rural Electrification Associations are empowered to re move. electrical lines and facilities which are no longer needed.

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(1) Where the physical assets of a rural electrifi cation association have been acquired by a utility company, the association or the Director may by written notice direct that company to discontinue supplying electricity to any person who defaults in payment due to the association pur suant to a lien note under The Rural Electrification Long Ter-rn Financing A~t or The Rural Electrification Revolving Fund Act. (2) ¥lhere a notice is given to a utility company under subsection (1) (

a) the assoc!8.tion shall, \vithin five days of giving it to the company, serve a copy of that notice on the person in defau1t either personally or by registered mail addre:o;sed to the address of that person accord ing to the records of the association, and (

b) the utility company shall not discontinue supplying electricity to that person until the expiry of the period of 30 days after the date on which the com pany received the notice from the association.

(3) A utility company shall not resume supplying elec tricity to a person in respect of whom E. direction is giver.. under subsection (1) until the Director otherwise orders or the association advises that the default has been remedied.

Section 57 is amended by adding after the words "means an association" the words "registered or" 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

41.2 To enable rural electrification associations which now supply electricity throu~h a~ents to enforce pavrnent on lien notes. 4. This amendment will include extra-provincial ·associations.

Section 57 reads as follows: 57. In this Part "association" means an association incorporated lOnder this Act. or under The Co-operative Associations Act. bzing.

chapter 6 ot the Statute:; of Alberta. 1945. and having as its principal objccts the marketi."lg of agricl..1ltt.:ral produC'ts or fish on a non-profit basis and other objects neces sarily incident".l thcrpto and any association incorporated under The Co-operative Marketing Associations Act. being

chapter 5 of the Statutes of Alberta. 1924. or under The Co-opprative Marketing Associations Act, being

chapter 251 ot the ReVised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. 2 Title: 1975 (17th, 4th) Bill 19, The Co-operative Associations Amendment Act, 1975

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Citation	L17 S4 5420
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