Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus Act, 2008 Sorbara, Greg — Private Bill PR20 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

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Bill PR20, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus Act, 2008

Sorbara, Greg

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As Amended by Standing Committee

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Bill PR20 2008

An Act respecting

the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus

Preamble

The

board of directors of the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus (the

Lebovic Campus) has applied for special legislation to exempt certain land from

taxation for municipal and school purposes, other than local improvement rates,

beginning in 2008, while the land is used for a specified purpose. The

applicant represents that the Lebovic Campus was incorporated under the Corporations Act

by letters patent dated July 21, 1948 as the Jewish Community Centre of

Toronto, that it has obtained several supplementary letters patent, including

supplementary letters patent changing its name, and the most recent

supplementary letters patent, in which it changed its name to its current name,

is dated October 6, 2006. The applicant represents that it is a registered

charity within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada). The applicant also represents

that the Lebovic Campus has a freehold interest in the land and will be

operating a not-for-profit community campus offering a variety of community

services on the land.

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 the land, as defined in the Assessment Act , comprising

approximately 50 acres on the west side of Bathurst Street, north of Rutherford

Road, and municipally known as 9600 Bathurst Street in the City of Vaughan and

as may be more particularly described in a by-law passed under

section 2.

Definition

1. In this Act,

"specified property" means

the land, as defined in the Assessment

Act , comprising approximately 50 acres on the west side of

Bathurst Street, north of Rutherford Road, being composed of Part of Lots 17

and 18, Concession 2, Vaughan, more particularly identified as P.I.N.s

03341-2301(LT), 03341-2302(LT) and 03341-2303(LT) within the records of the

Land Registry Office, York Region (No. 65).

Tax

exemption by-law

2. The council of the City of Vaughan

may pass a by-law exempting the specified property from taxes for municipal

purposes, other than local improvement rates, beginning January 1, 2008, if,

(

a) the specified property is occupied and used

solely for the purposes of the Lebovic Campus;

(

b) the Lebovic Campus is the registered owner

of the specified property; and

(

c) the Lebovic Campus is a registered charity

within the meaning of the Income

Tax Act (Canada).

Tax exemption by-law

2. The council of the City of Vaughan

may pass a by-law exempting the specified property, or any portion of it, from

taxes for municipal purposes, other than local improvement rates, beginning

January 1, 2008, if,

(

a) the specified

property, or the portion of it that is subject to the by-law, is occupied and

used solely for the purposes of the Lebovic Campus;

(

b) the Lebovic Campus is

the registered owner of the specified property, or the portion of it that is

subject to the by-law; and

(

c) the Lebovic Campus is

a registered charity within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Property exempt from school taxes

(1) If

the council of the City of Vaughan passes a by-law under

section 2, the

specified property the specified property, or the portion of it that

is subject to the by-law , is

also exempt from taxes for school purposes for so long as the by-law remains in

effect.

Chargeback

(2) Section 353 (taxes collected on behalf of other

bodies) of the Municipal

Act, 2001 applies, with necessary modifications, to taxes

cancelled by subsection (1).

Commencement

4. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

5. The

short title of this Act is the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish

Community Campus Act, 2008 .

This reprint of the Bill is marked

to indicate the changes that were made in Committee.

The changes are indicated by underlines

for new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

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Explanatory Note

The purpose of the Bill is set out

in the

Preamble.

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