No. 65 1st Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 8 Elizabeth II BILL 65 A Bill to amend The Municipalities Assistance Act HON. MR. HOOKE Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Edmonton, Alberta, 11160

Explanatory Note 2. The prOVISIons of

section 4(5) (

c) were intended to apply generally to the section. The amendment sets out that provision as a separate subsection.

Section 4, subsection (5) presently reads: "

(5) Where a municipality has been incorporated after the distribu­ tion of the grants of the preceding year and before the calculation of the grants of the current year and the population figures for the municipality do not appear in the latest Dominion census, (

a) the population of the municipality shall be determined in 8.e­ cordance with clauses (

a) or (

b) of subsection (2) or, in the case of counties, municipal districts, improvement districts or special areas may be determined by the Minister in accordance with the township populations as listed in the latest Dominion census, (

b) the assessment applicable to the calculation of the grant in the first year for municipalities as provided for by this subsection shall be the assessment of lands, buildings and improvements as transferred to it and as shown on the assessment roll of the municipality or municipalities of which it formerly was a part, and (

c) at the discretion of the Minister, the population and assessment figures applicable to the calculation of the grant to any munici­ pality shall in all cases be subject to adjustment in accordance with the addition 01' withdrawal of lands.". 3. This proposed amendement strikes out the guarantee that each municipality will receive a grant at least equal to the grant re­ ceived in 1957 under the repealed The Municipal Assistance Act.

Section 5 as relevant presently reads: "

(3) The formula as prepared under subsection (2) shall be in a form that will assure to each municipality at least the amount of grant received by the municipality in the year 1957 under the terms of The Municipal Assistance Act.

(4) Where the appropriation for the fund is more or less than the appropriation for the previous year the amount assured under subsec­ tion (3) shall be adjusted in the same proportion as the appropriation differs from the appropriation of the preceding year, but in no case shall the amount ofa grant to a municipality assured of a minimum grant under subsection (3) be increased by reason merely of the adjustment.

(5) The assured amount provided for by subsections (3) and (4) shall be applicable to a municipality until such time as the grant, as determined by the formula, is equal to or in excess of the assured amount, wl}ereupon and thereafter the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to that munkipality.".

BILL No. 65 of 1960

An Act to amend The Municipalities Assistance 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 Municipalities Assistance Act, being

chapter 51 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1958, is hereby amended.

Section 4 is amended (

a) as to subsection (5) (

i) by adding at the end of clause (

a) the word "and", (ii) by striking out the word "and" at the end of clause (b), (iii) by striking out clause (c), (

b) by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following new subsection: (5a) At the discretion of the Minister, the pop­ ulation and assessment figures applicable to the calculation of the grant to any municipality shall in all cases be subject to adjustment in accordance with the addition or withdrawal of lands.

Section 5 is araended by striking out subsections (3), (4) and (5). 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 65 FIRST SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 8 ELIZABETH II 1960 BILL

An Act to amend The Municipalities Assistance Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ........... . HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1960 (14th, 1st) Bill 65,

An Act to amend The Municipalities Assistance Act