Bill 26 — First Session, 24Th Legislature, 46 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 26 No Tax Increase Act the Provincial Treasurer (Legislature 24, Session 1)

L24 S1 1065

Alberta — Bills

1997 BILL First Session, 24th Legislature, 46 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL NO TAX INCREASE ACT THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent B ill BILL NO TAX INCREASE ACT (A ssented to , 1997) T able of C ontents Referendum required Exception Holding a referendum Question to be asked Procedure HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: R eferendum required 1(1) A Bill that proposes to increase a tax rate referred to in subsection (2) may not be introduced in the Legislative Assembly unless the increase in the tax rate is approved by a majority of the electors who vote in a referendum under this Act. (2) Subsection (1) applies to (

a) the tax rates set out in sections 3.02(3), 3.03(1) and 3.04(1) and (2) of the A lberta Incom e T ax A ct, and (

b) any tax rate prescribed under subsection (3).

(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe by regulation that subsection (1) applies to a specified tax rate established by or under any enactment. E xception Despite

section 1, a tax rate may be increased if, in the opinion of the Provincial Treasurer, the increase (

a) is necessary to give effect to a restructuring of taxation authority between the federal government and provincial governments, and Holding a referendum Question to be asked Procedure Title: 1997 (24th, 1st) Bill 26, No Tax Increase Act (

b) is not designed to generate an overall increase in provincial revenue. 3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may order the holding of a referendum under this Act. 4(1) The question or questions to be put to the electors at a referendum held under this Act are to be determined, (

a) if the Legislative Assembly is in session, by a resolution of the Legislative Assembly on the motion of a member of the Executive Council, and (

b) if the Legislative Assembly is not in session, by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the Legislative Assembly is adjourned for a period of more than 14 days, the Assembly is deemed not to be in session during the period of adjournment. 5(1) Sections to of the Constitutional Referendum Act apply to a referendum held under this Act.

(2) For the purposes of a referendum under this Act, the refe�nce in

section of the Constitutional Referendum Act to an order 1s to be read as a reference to an order under

section of this Act. 2

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L24 S1 1065
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L24 S1 1065
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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