Bill 47 — A Bill To Amend the Jmprovement Districts Act (Legislature 14, Session 4)

L14 S4 1879

Alberta — Bills

No. 47 4th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 10 Elizabeth II BILL 47 A Bill to amend The Jmprovement Districts Act HON. MR. HOOKE PrInted by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excel1t'nt :'tlaJesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1962

Explana~ ory Note

Section 8, subsection (2), clause (

c) and subsection (4), clause (

d) presently read: "

(2) The Minister sbaU, as soon as practicable in each year, pre pare a detailed estimate of the probable expenditures of each improve ment district for the year, and the estimate shall include the following: (

c) such sums as may be required to meet the requisitions of any municipal hospital district, school district or schoal division, pursuant to The Alberta Hospitals Act, or The School Act, as the case may be;", "

(4) TlJe Minister shall, by order, authorize a tax to be levied upon the assessed value of aH lands and improvements shown on the assessment roll, at such uniform rate on the dollar as the Minister deems sufficient to produce the amount of the expenditures as are estimated for each improvement district by the Minister or as are annually requisitioned upon the Minister, to produce the sums necessary to meet (

d) the requisition by the board of any municipal hospital district,".

Section 10, subsection (1) presently reads: "10.

(1) On or before the first day of November in each year, the Deputy Minister shaH cause to be entered in the assessment and tax roll of each improvement district for the year a statement of all taxes against each parcel and against the businesses assessed upon the roll.".

Section 11 presently reads: "11. A person who is the owner, purchaser or conditional owner of any assessed land or improvements or any person carrying on business shall pay taxes upon the assessed value thereof at the rates lawfully imposed thereon irrespective of the nature or amount of his interest in such land, improvements or business.".

BILL No. 47 of 1962

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act (Assented to , 1962) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Improvement Districts Act, being

chapter 150 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 8 is amended (

a) as to subsection (2), clause (

c) by striking out the word "municipal", (

b) as to subsection (4) (

i) by striking out the words "lands and improve ments" and by substituting the words "assessed property" , (ii) by striking out the word "municipal" in clause (d) , (

c) by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following: (4a) Notwithstanding subsections (4) and (4b), property assessed under The Electric Power and Pipe Line Assessment Act is not liable to any tax levied to meet a requisition pursuant to cla.uses (

c) and (

d) of subsection (4). (4b) Notwithstanding subsection (4), where a requisition applies to only part of an improvement district, the tax to be levied to meet the requisition, shall only be levied upon assessed property in that part of the improvement district to which the requisition applies.

Section 10, subsection (1) is amended by adding im mediately after the words "each parcel" the words "of land or other property".

Section 11 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 11. A person who is the owner, purchaser or conditional owner of any nssessect land, improvements, or property assessed under The Electric Pozeer and P.ipe Line Ass/'ss-

Section 13a which provides for the licensing of mobile homes is amended.

Section 18 reads: "18. If the tax payable on a parcel (

a) for general improvement diistrict purposes, (

b) for school purposes, or (

c) for hospital purposes, is less than twenty-five cents, the tax to be entered on the tax roll as payable for the purpose in question shall be twenty-five cents.". 7. Self-explanatory.

2 ment Act, or any person carrying on business shall pay taxes upon the assessed value thereof at the rates lawfully imposed thereon irrespective of the nature or amount of his interest in such land, improvements, business or pro perty assessed under The Electric Power and Pipe Line Assessment Act.

Section 13a is amended by adding the following new subsection:

(7) A licence fee payable pursuant to this

section is collectible in the same manner as taxes levied by the im provement district.

Section 18 is repealed. 7. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 43a: 43b.

(1) If, in the opInIOn of the Minister, an unoccu pied building, structure or erection is, by reason of its ruinous or dilapidated condition, dangerous to the public safety or health, the Minister may issue an order respect ing such building, structure or erection.

(2) Any such order ma.y require the owner, within a period of time which shall not be less than three months from the date of the making of the order (

a) to remedy the condition in the manner and to the extent directed in the order, or (

b) to demolish and remove the unoccupied building, structure or erection and clear the site thereof.

(3) If the owner does not remedy the condition within the period specified in the order or the unoccupied building, structure or erection has not been demolished and removed at the expiration of the period specified in the order, the IVIinister shall remedy the condition to the extent directed in the order or cause the unoccupied building, structure or erection to be demolished or removed and the site thereof cleared.

(4) The removal may be done by way of selling the un occupied building, structure or erection, in which case the net proceeds realized by the Minister from such sale shall be paid to the owner, mortgagee or other person entitled thereto unless there are any taxes owing in respect of the unoccupied building, structure or erection or the land on which the same is situate, in which case the amount of such taxes shall be set off against the net proceeds of the sale of the unoccupied building, structure or erection and any amount in excess thereof shall be paid to the owner, mortgagee or other person entitled thereto.

(5) The l\[ini~ter shall cause not less than one month's notice to be sent b~' reg'i~tered mail to the regi~tered and assessed owner of the land upon which the unoccupied

Section 44a, subsection (2) presently reads: "

(2) Where the Minister has directed a new general assessment in an improvement district and the assessment is made by an assessor or assessors appointed pursuant to subection (1). fifty per cent of the cost of the assessment may be borne by the Provincial Treasurer from such funds as may be appropriated therefor by the Legislature .... 9. Commencement of Act.

3 building, structure or erection stands, specifying the date, time and place at which the making of such order will be considered and that such owner will be given an opportunity of appearing and being heard by the JVlinister at such meeting before the making of the order.

Section 44a is amended by striking out subsection (2) and by substituting the following:

(2) Where the Minister has directed a new general assessment in an improvement district and the assessment is made by an assessor or assessors appointed pursuant to subsection (1), the cost of the assessment shall be computed in a manner approved by th9 Minister and an amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent of the computed cost shall be borne by the improvement district and the remaining percentage of the cost may be borne by the Provincial Treasurer from such funds as may be a.ppropriatBd therefor by the Legislature. 9.

This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to and upon so coming into force sections 2 and 4 shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of January, 1962.

No. 47 FOURTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 10 ELIZABETH II 1962 BILL

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act Received and read the Firs t time .. Second time Third time HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1962 (14th, 4th) Bill 47,

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act

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Citation	L14 S4 1879
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