Bill 22 — A Bill To Amend the Agricultural Service Board Act (Legislature 14, Session 1)

L14 S1 5912

Alberta — Bills

No. 22 1st Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 8 Elizabeth II BILL 22 A Bill to amend The Agricultural Service Board Act HON. MR. HALMRAST Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1960

Expllnatory Note General. Upon the recommendation of an agricultural service board the council of a county or municipal district or the Minister of Municipal Affairs in the case of an improvement district! are authorized to take remedial action where farm land is impovenshed and may become a menace to the community. Under

section 12 the land may be made subject to supervision and under

section 14 the possession and control of the land may be vested in the council or the Minister, as the ease may be. As the Act presently reads either of these steps may be taken without any prior notice being given to the owner or occupier or any person interested in the land and without giving such persons an opportunity to be heard. This proposed new

section will make it mandatory for a hearing to be ,given before the powers are exercised.

BILL No. 22 of 1960

An Act to amend The Agricultural Service Board Act (Assented to , 1960) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 .• The Agricultural Service Board Act, being

chapter 9 of the Revised Statutes, is her~by amended. 2. The following new

section is added after

section 12,· 12a.

(1) Before making a declaration under subsection (2) of

section 12 or a by-law or order under subsection (2) of

section 14, the council or the Minister of Municipal Affairs, as the case may be, shall fix a date for a hearing to consider the report or recommendation of the board.

(2) A notice of the hearing shall be sent by registered mail at least fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing to all persons shown by the records of the land titles office to have an interest in the land, at the latest address of such persons on file at the land titles office.

(3) The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and shall state that all persons having an interest in the land may appear and be heard at the hearing either in person or by an agent. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 22 FIRST SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 8 ELIZABETH II 1960 BILL

An Act to amend The Agricultural Service Board Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. HALMRAST Title: 1960 (14th, 1st) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Agricultural Service Board Act

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