Bill 68 (Legislature 13, Session 3)

L13 S3 6304

Alberta — Bills

No. 68 3rd Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 5 Elizabeth II, 1957 BILL 68 A Bill to amend The Legislative Assembly Act, 1955

(1) HON. MR. HINMAN EDMONTON,ALBERTA Printed by A. SHNITKA, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1957

Explanatory Note

Section 54, subsection (5) reads: "

(5) The annual compensation to be paid "(

a) to the President of the Executive Council shall be eleven thousand dollars, and "(

b) to each other member of the Executive Council who is the head of a public department shall be eight thousand five hundred dollars.". This amendment will be effective as of April 1st. 3.(1) -Effective the 14th- February, a subsistence allowance of $15.00 per day is provided for out of town members while in Edmonton during and for a session.

(2) The subsistence allowance is not payable f'Or any days over five in number that the member does not attend.

(3) Where non-attendance is due to illness the allowance is payable on production of a doctor's certificate.

BILL No. 68 of 1957

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act, 1955 (1) (Assented to , 1957) HER MAJ~ST~, by and with the advice and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the Province of Alberta enacts as follows: '

PART I 1. The Legislative Assembly Act, 1955, being

chapter 62 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 54, subsection (5) is amended (

a) as to clause (

a) by striking out the word "eleven" and by substituting the word "thirteen", (

b) as to clause (

b) by striking out the words "eight thousand five hundred" and by substituting the words "ten thousand". 3. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 54: "54a.

(1) A member of the Legislative Assembly who for the purpose of attending a session of the Legislative As sembly leaves his ordinary place of residence and acquires a temporary residence in Edmonton is allowed and shall be paid a subsistence allowance of fifteen dollars a day during the session that the member is absent from his ordinary place of residence. "

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) a subsistence allowance shall not be paid for any day in excess of five days on which "(

a) a sitting of the Legislative Assembly is held, and H (

b) the member does not attend the sitting or a meeting of some committee thereof, except where illness which shall be certified by a qualified medical practitioner is the cause of the absence. "

(3) Where illness is the cause of the absence of a member from a sitting of the Legislative Asse~bly or .a meeting of some committee thereof and the Illness IS certified by a qualified medical practitioner then for the purposes of subsection (2) the member s~al.I be d~emed to have been present during each day of hIS Illness ..

Section 58 presently reads: "58. The sum due to every member of the Legislative Assembly at the close of a session shall be calculated and paid to him on his making and signing- before the Clerk o.f the L~gislative Assembly or a justice of the peace a solemn declaratIOn, WhICh shall be kept by the Provincial Treasurer, showing "(

a) the number of days the member attended the session, "(

b) the number of days, if any, for which a deduction from the amount of the allowance of the member has to be made under any preceding

section of this Act and "(

d) the amount of the actual travelling expenses of the member as determined and certified by the Speaker.".

Section 58 is amended (

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

b) by adding immediately at the end of clause (

c) the word "and", (

c) by adding immediately after clause (

c) the fol lowing new clause: " (

d) the numbe~ of. days during the session the member maIntaIned a temporary residence in Edmonton.".

PART II 5. T~e Legislative Assemby Act, being

chapter 174 of the RevIsed Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended. G.

Section 52, subsection (5) is amended (

a) by striking out the word "eleven" and by sub stituting the word "thirteen", (

b) by striking out the words "eight thousand five hundred" and by substituting the words "ten thousand" . 7. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 52: "52a.

(1) A member of the Legislative Assembly who for the purpose of attending a session of the Legislative Assembly leaves his ordinary place of residence and ac quires a temporary residence in Edmonton is allowed and shall be paid a subsistence allowance of fifteen dollars a day for each day during the session that the member is absent from his ordinary place of residence. "

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) a subsistence allowance shall not be paid for any day in excess of five days on which "(

a) a sitting of the Legislative Assembly is held, and " (

b) the member does not attend the sitting or a meeting of some committee thereof, except where illness which shall be certified by a qualified medical practitioner is the cause of the absence. "

(3) Where illness is the cause of the absence of a member from a sitting of the Legislative Assembly or a meeting of some committee thereof and the illness is cer tified by a qualified medical practitioner then for the purposes of subsection (2) the member shall be deemed to have been present during each day of his illness.".

Section 56 is amended (

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

b) by adding in1mediately at the end of clause (

c) the word "and", (

c) by adding immediately after clause (

c) the fol lowing new clause: " (

d) the number of days during the session the member maintained a temporary residence in Edmonton.". 9.

(1) Part I and this

section come into force on the day upon which this Act is assented to and upon so com ing into force

section 2 shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of April, 1957, and

section 3 shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the fourteenth day of February, 1957.

(2) Part II, except this section, comes into force and

Part I is repealed on the day upon which the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, come into force.

THIRD SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 5 ELIZABETH II 1957 BILL

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act, 1955

(1) Received and read the First time ....... . Second time .... Third time ............ . HON. MR. HINMAN Title: 1957 (13th, 3rd) Bill 68,

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act, 1955 (1)

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