Bill 113 (Legislature 12, Session 1)

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Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 113 O'f 1953 A BILL TO AMEND THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ASSISTANCE ACT NOTE This Bill amends The School Buildings Assistance Act, heing ;chapter 81 of the Statutes O'f Alberta,

Section 2 is amended for the purpose of excluding frO'm the definition of "s,chool building" the site and equipment fO'r the sehoO'I building as in some sections that expression will now mean the building alone. SectiO'n 5 is amended. This amendment is made neces sary by the change in the definition of "gchool building".

Section 6 is struck out and substituted.

Section 6 is made the sectiO'n authorizing approval for assistance by way of ,grant and is pla,ced in

Part II of the Act dealing with grants.

Section 7 is amended by substituting new subsections (1), (la) and (lb). Subsection (1) authorizes a grant to school divisions based upon standard classrooms and other in structional roO'ms in the s'chool building approved for as sistance. The board approves types O'f classroO'ms as standard 'Classrooms and prepares a s,chedule of instruc tional roO'ms in which such rooms are equated to standard 'Classrooms. The

schedule is approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and will form a guide for grants for instructiO'nal rooms. The grant will be not more than four thousand dollars for each standard classroom and instruc tional room as equated to' standard classrooms.

Section 8 is amended. Subsection (1) is amended because of the change in the definition of "school building". Sub section (2) is struck out and substituted. The new subsec tiO'ns (2) and (3) provide fO'r approval of assistance by way of a IO'an and authorize a loan up to forty per cent of the estimated cost O'f the school building, site and equipment.

Section 12 is amended. The amendment to' subsection (1) is made necessary by the changes made in the Act by the preceding amendments in this Bill. Subsection (2) is amended to provide that the guarantee by the Province O'f the interest on certain school borrowings continues on the interest a,c,cruing after the maturity date of the school de benture.

Section 13 is struck out and a new

section substituted. The new

section authorizes an additional loan O'r grant if there is a subsequent modifi'catiO'n of plan or cost. This Bill comes into force on the 1st day of January, 1954, except for certain provisions which come into force on the 1st day of April, 1953. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

Section 2 amended

Section 5 amended

Section 6 amended BILL No. 113 of 1953

An Act to amend The School Buildings Assistance Act ( Assented to ,1953) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.. The School Buildings Assistance Act, being

chapter 81 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1952, is hereby amended.

Section 2, clause (

c) is amended by striking out the words "and the site and equipment of abuilding".

Section 5 is amended (a) !by adding at the end of subsection (1) the words "and the purchase of a site and equipment for a school building"; (

b) by adding immediately after the word "building", where it oc'curs in subsection (2), the words "and the site and equipment thereof".

Section 6 and the headings "Part II" and "Assistance By Grant" are struck out and the following are substituted: "PART n "ASSISTANCE BY GRANT Approval for "6. The board may approve for assistance by way of assistance grant all or any portion of the construction or purchase of a school building.".

Section 7 amend4!jd Authoriza. tion of grant

Section 7 is am.ended (

a) by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: "7.

(1) From funds, appropriated for that pur pose by the Legislative Assembly, the board may authorize the payment of a grant to a school divi sion, subject to subsection (lb), "(

a) for each classroom of a type approved by the board as a standard classroom, and " (

b) for each room used for instructional purposes, other than a standard classroom, of the school building approved for assistance under

section 6.

2 "(Ia) The board shall " (

a) approve types of classroO'ms as standard class rooms, and " (

b) prepare a schedule, subj ect to' the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, setting out "(

i) the types of room used for instructional pur poses, other than standard ,classrooms, and (~(ii) the extent to which and the considerations by whi,ch eaeh type shall be deemed to be the equivalent of a standard <Classroom. "(lb) The grant shall not exceed four thousand dollars :-r~~~nt of for each standard classroon1 or its equivalent."; (

b) by striking out subsection (4) ; (

c) by renmnbering subsection (5) as subsection (4). '6.

(1) Section 8 is amended by adding immediately after

Section 8 the word "building", where it O'ccurs in subsection (1), the amended words ", including the site and equipment thereof,".

(2) Section 8 is am.ended by striking out subsection (2) and by substituting the following: "

(2) The board may approve for purposes of assistance hy way of loan all or any portion of the estimated cost of the construction or purehase of a s'chool building and the purehase of the site and equipment thereof. "

(3) The board may authorize a loan not in ex'cess of ~~~unt of forty per cent of the estimated ICOst approvied for assist- ance.". 7.

(1) Section 12 is amended by striking out the word ~:!~O:J2 and figure "section 6", where they occur in subse:ction (1), and by substituting the words and figures "subsection (2) of se·ction 8".

(2) Section 12 is amended by adding at the end of subsec tiO'n (2) the words ", both before and after the maturity date of the debentures".

Section 13 is struck out and the following is sub-

Section 13 t 't t d amended S I U e : "13. If, after an application for assistance has been ap- Applica~iC!n th d t t t · b t' (2) for addltlOn-proved by e boar pursuan 0 sec IOn 6 or su sec IOn al assistance of

section 8, or both, a s'chool division, as a result of modification of the plans of the school building, or other cause, makes an application for additional assistance, the board may consider the application and may authorize an additional grant or loan to the extent and under the terms and conditions applicable to the original application for assistance." . 9. This Act comes into force on the first day of Janu- fOming ary, 1954, e~cept for subsection (2) of

section 6 and sub- orce section (2) of

section 7 whi:ch come into for'ce on the first day of April, 1953. into

No. 113 FIRST SESSION TWELFfH LEGISLATURE 2 ELIZABETH II 1953 BILL

An Act to amend The School Build ings Assistance Act Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. AALBORG. Title: 1953 (12th, 1st) Bill 113,

An Act to amend The School Buildings Assistance Act

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Citation	L12 S1 6781
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