Bill 117 (Legislature 11, Session 4)

L11 S4 7028

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Bill No. 117 of 1951. A BILL TO AMEND THE SCHOOL TAXATION ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends T.he School Taxation Act, being

chapter 176 of the Revised statutes of Alberta,

Section 28, subsection (3), clause (

b) is amended. The clause is amended to provide that the certificate of assessed value of property within the municipality shall show the total assessed value of all personal property other than stock-in-trade. The effect of the amendment is to exclude from the certificate of assessed value given by the secretary of the municipality "stock-in-trade".

Section 28a is struck out and a new

section is substituted. This is the

section which deals with an appeal by a muni cipality from a requisition by a school district. Under the new

section the app,eal wiM go to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners rather than to a commissioner to be ap pointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. No appeal can be taken by a municipality unless the requisition received by the municipality exceeds twenty per cent of the total sum requisitioned by the district upon all municipal ,ities to .which requisitions are submitted.

The new procedure of appealing to the Board .of Public Utility Commissioners is effective from the 1st of January, 1951, so it is applicable to the current year. 'The exclusion of stock-in-trade from the certificate of assessment does not come into force until the 1st of July, 1951, so it will not be applicable until next year. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Legislative Counsel. (This note doe,'; not f01'm any pa,rt of the Bill but i.') offered in exphi>nation of its provisions.}

Section 28 amended

Section 28a amended Application for examin ation of estimates Approval or reduction of estimates BILL. No. 117 of 1951.

An Act to amend The 8chool Taxation Act. (Assented to ,1951.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice. and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the ProVlnce of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The School Taxation Act, being

chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended.

Section 28, subsection (3), clause (

b) is amended by adding i,mmediately after the words "'personal property" the words ", other than stock-in-trade".

Section 28a is struck out and the following is sub stituted: "28a.

(1) The council of a municipality, or the Minister of Municipal Affairs in the case of an improvement district or special area, within thirty days of the receipt of the requisition upon it by a district, may apply to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for an exa.mination of the estimates of the district for the current year. "

(2) The district, forthwith upon request, shall supply to a municipality to which it submits a requisition a copy of its estimates. " (.3) No application may be made by a council or by the Minister unless the requisition received by the municipality exceeds twenty percent of the total sum requisitioned by the district upon all the municipalities to which requisitions are submitted. "

(4) The application shall be accompanied by a state ment setting forth the respects in whi,ch, in the opinion of the municipaJlity, the estimates of the district are e~cessive. "

(5) The Board of Public Utility Com,missioners, after due investig'ation, and the hearing of representations from the district and from the municipality, and from other municipalities included wholly or in pa.rt in the district if they desire to make representations, may,- "(

a) approve the estimates and requisitions; or " (

b) direct that the requisitions upon the various muni cipalities shall each be reduced by a percentage which it shall determine, and that the estimates be revised accordingly.

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(6) The Board of PubHc Utility Commissioners may require to be produced and may exa,mine suoh records and documents as it may deem pertinent to the ex~mination. "

(7) The Board of Public Utility Com!missioners shall f~~~Pf:c~~ion notify the district and the municipalities of its decision of Board which shall be binding on all parties affe1cted 'and there shall be no appeal therefrom.". 4. This Act shan come into force on the first day of July, 1951, e~cept for

section 3 which shaH be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of January, 1951. Coming into force

No. 117. FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 15 GEORGE VI 1951 BILL

An Act an amend The School Taxation Act. Received and read the First time ............. . Second time ........................ . Third time ........................ . HON. MR. CASEY. Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 117,

An Act to amend The School Taxation Act

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Citation	L11 S4 7028
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