Bill 42 — Fourth Session, 19Th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 42 Metis Betterment Act Restoration Act (Legislature 19, Session 4)

L19 S4 3832

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1982 BILL Fourth Session, 19th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL METIS BETTERMENT ACT RESTORATION ACT THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS First Reading ........................................................ . Second Reading .................................................... . Committee of the Whole ........................................... . Third Reading ........................ '.' ............................ . Royal Assent ....................................................... .

Grant to Metis senlements Bill BILL 42 METIS BETTERMENT ACT RESTORATION ACT (Assented to , 1982) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Metis Betterment Act, being

chapter M-14 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980, is repealed effective January 1, 1982 as ifit had never come into force or had effect as law. 2 The Metis Betterment Act, being

chapter of the Revised Stat utes of Alberta 1970, as it read, with all amendments, immediately prior to the coming into force of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980, is revived effective January I, 1982 with the same force and effect as if it had never been consolidated and revised in the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 3 It is hereby declared that no person lost or gained any rights, benefits or other interest under the Act named in

section and all such rights, benefits and interests shall be determined under the Act named in

section 2. 4 A reference in any Act, regulation, form, order, judgment or other instrument to the Act named in

section shall be deemed to be and to have always been a reference to the Act named in

section 2. 5 The Department of Municipal Affairs Act is amended by adding the following after

section 16: 17(1) There is hereby established a fund to be known as the "Metis Settlements Trust Fund" which shall be held and administered by the Minister.

(2) The Minister shall (

a) keep and maintain a separate accounting record of the Metis Settlements Trust Fund, and 1 (

b) maintain a separate account in the Fund in respect of each Metis settlement to which the payment under

section of the Municipal Debt Reduction Act in respect of that settlement is credited.

(3) The Minister may expend money in the account in the Metis Settlements Trust Fund in respect of a Metis settlement for any purpose that is a direct benefit to the Metis settlement and its residents.

(4) The income of the Metis Settlements Trust Fund accrues to that Fund.

(5) The Minister shall apportion the income or losses of the Metis Settlements Trust Fund among the accounts in the Fund in pro portion to the net credits of those accounts, and the amounts so apportioned shall be added to or deducted from the respective amounts previously credited to those accounts.

(6) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the Crown, prepare a report summarizing the oper ation of the Metis Settlements Trust Fund in the preceding fiscal year and containing financial statements showing, in respect of that fiscal year, the financial position, the results of operations and changes in the financial position of the Fund.

(7) On preparing a report under subsection (6), the Minister shall lay a copy of it before the Legislative Assembly if it is then sitting and, if not, within 15 days after the commencement of the next sitting.

(8) In this section, "Metis settlement" means an area of public land set aside under

section of The Metis Betterment Act for the settlement of or occupation by members of a settlement associa tion. 6 This Act shall be deemed to have come into force when the Re vised Statutes of Alberta came into force. 2 Title: 1982 (19th, 4th) Bill 42, Metis Betterment Act Restoration Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L19 S4 3832
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