Alberta Regulation 282/99

Libraries Act

LIBRARIES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 16, 1999

Made by the Minister of Community Development pursuant to

section 44 of the

Libraries Act.

1 The Libraries Regulation (AR 141/98) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 34(2) is amended by striking out "Slave Lake" and substituting

"Swan Hills".

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Alberta Regulation 283/99

Government Organization Act

ALBERTA VOCATIONAL COLLEGES REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: December 20, 1999

Made by the Minister of Learning pursuant to

Schedule 1 of the Government

Organization Act.

1 The Alberta Vocational Colleges Regulation (AR 194/90) is repealed.

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Alberta Regulation 284/99

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

AUTO BODY TECHNICIAN TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Auto Body Technician Trade Regulation (AR 239/97) is amended by

this Regulation.

Schedule 1 is amended in

section 2 by repealing clause (l).

Schedule 2 is amended in

section 2 by repealing clause (k).

Schedule 3 is amended in

section 2 by repealing clause (l).

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Alberta Regulation 285/99

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

ELECTRICIAN TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Electrician Trade Regulation (AR 98/95) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 4 is amended by repealing clause (

a) and substituting the

following:

(

a) the attainment of an Alberta high school diploma with a pass

mark in Mathematics 20 or 23 and at least 10 credits in a science, or the

equivalent of those requirements, or

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Alberta Regulation 286/99

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

MILLWRIGHT TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Millwright Trade Regulation (AR 289/93) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The

Schedule is amended in

section 3(

k) by striking out "does include"

and substituting "does not include".

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Alberta Regulation 287/99

Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act

ROOFER TRADE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board pursuant to

section 33(2) of the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act.

1 The Roofer Trade Regulation (AR 290/93) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 7(2)(

d) is amended by striking out "90%" and substituting

"95%".

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Alberta Regulation 288/99

Regulations Act

REGULATIONS ACT REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 529/99) pursuant to

section 8 of the Regulations Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Filing Requirements

Filing 2

Regulation Impact Report 3

Requirement for approval 4

Information required 5

Revised Regulations

Authority to revise 6

Revision powers 7

Approval 8

Application of provisions 9

General

Citation 10

Availability for inspection 11

Publication 12

Corrections 13

Replacement by duplicate 14

Registrar's records 15

Discharge of filing 16

Exemptions from Act 17

Repeal 18

Expiry 19

Coming into force 20

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Regulations Act;

(b) "Minister" means, in sections 6, 8 and 16, the Minister of

Justice and Attorney General;

(d) "revised regulation" means a regulation that is consolidated

and revised in accordance with sections 6 to 8.

Filing Requirements

Filing

2(1) A regulation is filed under the Act when the registrar

(

a) has endorsed on the instrument making the regulation the number

assigned, the day, month and year of filing and the word "filed", and

(

b) has signed the instrument making the regulation.

(2) The registrar may determine the manner of assigning members under

subsection (1).

Regulation Impact Report

3(1) In this section,

(a) "regulation" means a regulation that is required to be filed

under the Act;

(b) "Regulation Impact Report" means the report approved by the

Chair of the Regulatory Reform Task Force for the purpose of this section.

(2) The registrar must refuse to file a regulation if a Regulation Impact

Report for that regulation has not been submitted to and approved by the

Chair of the Regulatory Reform Task Force or the Chair's designate, unless

(

a) the regulation is, in the opinion of the Chair or designate,

minor or non-regulatory in nature,

(

b) the Chair or designate is satisfied that there has been an

evaluation process similar to that contained in a Regulation Impact Report,

(

c) the regulation was consolidated and revised under

section 6,

(

d) the regulation was made under

section 10 of the Act, or

(

e) in any other case, the Chair or Acting Chair of the Executive

Council approves that the regulation may be filed without a Regulation

Impact Report being submitted and approved.

(3) A regulation that is filed in accordance with an approval under

subsection (2)(

e) expires 6 months after it is filed unless a Regulation

Impact Report for that regulation is subsequently submitted to and approved

by the Chair of the Regulatory Reform Task Force or the Chair's designate

prior to the expiry.

Requirement for approval

4(1) If a regulation is required by law to be approved by a person or body

other than the person or body that made it, the registrar must refuse to

file the regulation if the registrar does not receive both the regulation

and the approval.

(2) The approval must be endorsed on or attached to the regulation.

Information required

5(1) The registrar may refuse to file a regulation

(

a) if the following is not shown on the face of the regulation,

the instrument making the regulation or the certificate referred to in

clause (b)(ii), or (iii):

(

i) the provision of the enactment authorizing the

making of the regulation;

(ii) the name of the person or body by whom the

regulation was made;

(iii) the date on which the regulation was made;

(

b) if the regulation is not accompanied with

(

i) the original instrument that made the regulation,

(ii) a copy of that instrument certified by a person

referred to in subsection (2), or

(iii) a certificate completed by a person referred to in

subsection (2) that states that the regulation was made by the person or

body named in the certificate on the date specified in the certificate;

(

c) if the regulation has not been reviewed by the registrar or a

person designated by the registrar before it has been made;

(

d) if the registrar is of the opinion that the regulation or any

part of it does not conform to the drafting practices of the Legislative

Counsel Office;

(

e) if the regulation contains a map, form or illustration

(

i) that is in any colour other than white, black or

grey, or

(ii) that cannot be legibly reproduced in The Alberta

Gazette.

(2) The persons who may give a certificate for the purposes of subsection

(1)(b)(ii) or (iii) are

(

a) in the case of a regulation made by the Lieutenant Governor in

Council, the Clerk of the Executive Council or a person designated by the

Clerk,

(

b) in the case of a regulation made by a Minister, the Minister

or the Minister's Deputy Minister or Assistant Deputy Minister,

(

c) in the case of a regulation made by a corporation, board,

commission, association or other similar body, its chair, presiding officer

or secretary or the officer of that body who has charge of the records of

the body, and

(

d) in any other case, a person who, in the opinion of the

registrar, is competent to give the certificate.

Revised Regulations

Authority to revise

6 In accordance with this Regulation, the Chief Legislative Counsel,

under the general supervision of the Minister, may consolidate and revise

regulations.

Revision powers

7(1) In this section, "enactment" means a regulation or part of a

regulation.

(2) In consolidating and revising regulations, the Chief Legislative

Counsel may

(

a) omit and provide for the repeal of any enactment that is

inoperative, obsolete, expired or otherwise ineffective or that the Chief

Legislative Counsel considers is superseded by or inconsistent with any

subsequent enactment;

(

b) consolidate 2 or more enactments into one, divide an enactment

into 2 or more enactments and transfer provisions from one enactment to

another;

(

c) make any minor amendments that are necessary to bring out more

clearly what is considered to be the intention of the regulation making

authority or to reconcile seemingly inconsistent enactments;

(

d) revise and alter language so as to give better expression to

the meaning of an enactment but not so as to change the meaning of the

enactment;

(

e) alter the numbering and arrangement of any enactment, add,

change or omit any heading in or title of any enactment and make any

alterations in language and punctuation that are desirable to obtain a

uniform mode of expression.

Approval

8(1) When the consolidation and revision of a regulation is completed, the

Chief Legislative Counsel must submit it to the Minister for ratification.

(2) When ratified by the Minister, a revised regulation forms part of a

Revised Regulations Roll to be maintained by the Chief Legislative Counsel

as the originals of the revised regulations.

(3) A copy of each regulation forming part of the Revised Regulations

Roll, certified to be a true copy by the Chief Legislative Counsel, must be

filed under the Act with the registrar and, for the purpose of

section 2 of

this Regulation, the instrument making the regulation is the Chief

Legislative Counsel's certificate.

Application of provisions

9(1) Sections 3 to 5 and 12(1) do not apply to revised regulations.

(2) Except as provided in

section 9 of the Act and this section, the Act

and this Regulation apply to each revised regulation in the same manner as

they apply to other regulations.

General

Citation

10 A regulation may be cited by either or both of the following:

(

a) its title;

(b) "AR" followed by its number.

Availability for inspection

11 Each regulation must be made available during normal business hours

for inspection after it has been filed.

Publication

12(1) When publishing a regulation in The Alberta Gazette, the registrar

is not required to publish the instrument making the regulation but the

registrar must indicate

(

a) the authority under which the regulation purports to be made,

(

b) the person or body who made the regulation, and

(

c) the date and identifying number, if any, of the instrument

making the regulation.

(2) When publishing a regulation that is required by law to be approved by

a person or body other than the person or body that made it, the registrar

need not publish the approval, but the registrar must publish with the

regulation a statement that indicates

(

a) that the regulation was approved,

(

b) the person who approved the regulation, and

(

c) the date on which the regulation was approved.

(3) In the case of a revised regulation, the registrar must publish with

the regulation a statement that indicates that the regulation is a revised

regulation and the name and citation of the regulation it replaces.

Corrections

13(1) If it appears to the registrar

(

a) that the instrument making a regulation that is filed with the

registrar or is presented to the registrar for filing contains an error, or

(

b) that an endorsement referred to in

section 2 or 15(2) has been

omitted or has been improperly made,

the registrar may make any necessary corrections, alterations or

cancellations so that the error is corrected, or so that the endorsement

will be in accordance with the facts, as the case may be.

(2) In making a correction, alteration or cancellation, the registrar

(

a) must not erase or render illegible the original wording or

endorsement,

(

b) must make a memorandum indicating the date on which the

correction, alteration or cancellation was made, and

(

c) must initial a correction, alteration, or cancellation so made.

Replacement by duplicate

14(1) The registrar may replace a regulation, or a document filed with a

regulation, that is worn or damaged beyond repair.

(2) When a regulation or document is replaced, the registrar must attach

to, or endorse on, the replacement copy an affidavit made by the registrar

and stating that the replacement copy is a true copy of the original of

which it purports to be a true copy.

(3) The registrar must preserve the original of every regulation, document

or replacement copy so replaced.

Registrar's records

15(1) The registrar must keep on file a copy of every report made by the

registrar under

section 5(2) of the Act and of every approval or order

given or made pursuant to

section 5(4) or (5) of the Act.

(2) When, pursuant to

section 5(4) or (5) of the Act, a regulation is

filed on the order or with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council, the registrar must endorse on the instrument making the regulation

a memorandum of the circumstances and the date and must sign it.

Discharge of filing

16 The registrar may, on the authorization of the Minister, discharge the

filing of any instrument filed with the registrar where

(

a) the instrument is not a regulation within the meaning of the

Act,

(

b) the Act does not apply to the instrument by reason of an

exemption or other statement to that effect in an enactment,

(

c) there is no longer any statutory authority for the instrument,

(

d) the instrument is inoperative, obsolete or expired or otherwise

has no effect.

Exemptions from Act

17(1) The following are exempt from the application of the Act:

(

a) by-laws made under the Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta

Act;

(

b) all regulations and orders made under the Oil and Gas

Conservation Act, other than regulations made under sections 10(1), 22.1,

47 and 48 of that Act;

(

c) all regulations and orders of the Energy Resources Conservation

Board made pursuant to a regulation under a provision of the Oil and Gas

Conservation Act set out in clause (b);

(

d) all orders of the Energy Resources Conservation Board made

under the Turner Valley Unit Operations Act;

(

e) all orders of the Public Utilities Board made under the Oil

and Gas Conservation Act;

(

f) all regulations made under the Financial Administration Act,

other than regulations made under sections 2 and 74 of that Act;

(

g) all regulations made by a producer board constituted under the

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act that relate to the determination,

fixing, alteration or cancellation of prices respecting any product

regulated by the producer board;

(

h) all orders of the Alberta Dairy Control Board under the Dairy

Board Regulation (AR 207/96);

(

i) all regulations made under the Public Service Act;

(

j) all rules of the Registrar of the Metis Settlements Land

Registry made under

section 60 of the Metis Settlements Land Registry

Regulation (AR 361/91);

(

k) all regulations made under

section 229(1) of the Metis

Settlements Act;

(

l) all by-laws made under the Medical Profession Act, except

section 32, by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the

Province of Alberta;

(

m) all orders made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under

section 7 of the Provincial Parks Act;

(

n) all regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council

under sections 3.1 and 12.1 of the Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves

and Natural Areas Act;

(

o) all orders of the Minister under sections 3(1), 7, 14(1) and

28(1) of the Public Highways Development Act;

(

p) all orders of the Lieutenant Governor in Council under

section

25(1) of the Public Works Act;

(

q) all orders of a Minister prescribing a maximum speed under the

Highway Traffic Act;

(

r) all orders of the Minister under

section 6 of the Natural Gas

Royalty Regulation, 1994 (AR 351/93);

(

s) all orders of the Minister under

section 1.1 of the Petroleum

Royalty Regulation (AR 248/90);

(

t) all orders of the Minister under

section 5.2(3) of the Alberta

Corporate Tax Regulation (AR 105/81);

(

u) all by-laws made under the Teaching Profession Act, except

by-laws referred to in

section 27(1);

(

v) all rules and resolutions made under the Legal Profession Act;

(

w) all regulations made under

section 18(1)(

b) of the Court of

Queen's Bench Act.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to the Energy Resources Conservation

Board or the Public Utilities Board is to be interpreted as including the

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board where the relevant power or duty is

being exercised under that name.

(3) An order or regulation referred to in subsection (1)(

m) or (

n) must be

published in

Part I of The Alberta Gazette.

(4) An order or regulation referred to in subsection (1)(

m) or (

n) that

was made before the coming into force of this subsection and was published

Part II of The Alberta Gazette is considered to have been published

within the meaning of subsection (3).

Repeal

18 The Regulations Act Regulation (AR 282/89) is repealed.

Expiry

19 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on June 30, 2005.

Coming into force

20 This Regulation comes into force on January 1, 2000.

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Alberta Regulation 289/99

Municipal Government Act

MATTERS RELATING TO ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION REGULATION

Filed: December 22, 1999

Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O. L:243/99) pursuant to

sections 322 and 370 of the Municipal Government Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Part 1

Standards of Assessment

Definitions 2

Valuation standard for a parcel of land 3

Valuation standard for improvements 4

Valuation standard for railway 5

Valuation standard for linear property 6

Valuation standard for machinery and equipment 7

Valuation standard for a parcel and improvements 8

Actions under the Municipal Government Act 9

Assessment based on July 1 value of property 10

Quality standards 11

Mass appraisal 12

Duty to record information 13

Duty to provide information to Minister 14

Assessable property 15

Part 2

Assessment Equalization

Definitions 16

Information provided by municipality under

section 319(1) of the Act 17

Preparation of equalized assessment 18

Limit on increases in equalized assessments 19

City of Lloydminster 20

Part 3

Property Tax Exemption

Definitions 21

Exemptions from property tax 22

Part 4

Repeals and Expiry

Repeals 23

Expiry 24

Schedule

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Municipal Government Act;

(b) "agricultural use value" means the value of a parcel of land

based exclusively on its use for farming operations;

(c) "farm building" means any improvement other than a residence,

to the extent it is used for farming operations;

(d) "farming operations" means the raising, production and sale of

agricultural products and includes

(

i) horticulture, aviculture, apiculture and

aquaculture,

(ii) the production of livestock as defined in the

Livestock and Livestock Products Act, and

(iii) the planting, growing and sale of sod.

PART 1

STANDARDS OF ASSESSMENT

Definitions

2 In this Part,

(a) "assessment year" means the year in which assessments are

prepared for property in a municipality to be used for taxation in the

following year;

(b) "machinery and equipment" means materials, devices, fittings,

installations, appliances, apparatus and tanks other than tanks used

exclusively for storage, including supporting foundations and footings and

any other thing prescribed by the Minister that forms an integral part of

an operational unit intended for or used in

(

i) manufacturing,

(ii) processing,

(iii) the production or transmission by pipeline of

natural resources or products or byproducts of that production, but not

including pipeline that fits within the definition of linear property in

section 284(1)(k)(iii) of the Act,

(iv) the excavation or transportation of coal or oil

sands, as defined in the Oil Sands Conservation Act,

(

v) a telecommunications system, or

(vi) an electric power system,

whether or not the materials, devices, fittings, installations,

appliances, apparatus, tanks, foundations, footings or other things are

affixed to land in such a manner that they would be transferred without

special mention by a transfer or sale of the land;

(c) "mass appraisal" means the process of preparing assessments for

a group of properties using standard methods and common data and allowing

for statistical testing.

Valuation standard for a parcel of land

3(1) The valuation standard for a parcel of land is

(

a) market value, or

(

b) if the parcel is used for farming operations, agricultural use

value.

(2) In preparing an assessment for a parcel of land based on agricultural

use value, the assessor must follow the procedures set out in the Alberta

Farm Land Assessment Minister's Guidelines established and maintained by

the Department of Municipal Affairs, as amended from time to time.

(3) Despite subsection (1)(b), the valuation standard for the following

property is market value:

(

a) a parcel of land containing less than one acre;

(

b) a parcel of land containing at least one acre but not more than

3 acres that is used but not necessarily occupied for residential purposes

or can be serviced by using water and sewer distribution lines located in

land that is adjacent to the parcel;

(

c) an area of 3 acres located within a larger parcel of land where

any part of the larger parcel is used but not necessarily occupied for

residential purposes;

(

d) an area of 3 acres that

(

i) is located within a parcel of land, and

(ii) can be serviced by using water and sewer

distribution lines located in land that is adjacent to the parcel;

(

e) any area that

(

i) is located within a parcel of land,

(ii) is used for commercial or industrial purposes, and

(iii) cannot be serviced by using water and sewer

distribution lines located in land that is adjacent to the parcel;

(

f) an area of 3 acres or more that

(

i) is located within a parcel of land,

(ii) is used for commercial or industrial purposes, and

(iii) can be serviced by using water and sewer

distribution lines located in land that is adjacent to the parcel.

(4) An area referred to in subsection (3)(c), (d), (

e) or (

f) must be

assessed as if it is a parcel of land.

(5) The valuation standard for strata space, as defined in

section 87 of

the Land Titles Act, is market value.

Valuation standard for improvements

4(1) The valuation standard for improvements is

(

a) the valuation standard set out in

section 5, 6 or 7, for the

improvements referred to in those sections, or

(

b) for other improvements, market value.

(2) In preparing an assessment for a farm building, the assessor must

determine its value based on its use for farming operations.

Valuation standard for railway

5(1) The valuation standard for railway is that calculated in accordance

with the procedures referred to in subsection (2).

(2) In preparing an assessment for railway, the assessor must follow the

procedures set out in the Alberta Railway Assessment Minister's Guidelines

established and maintained by the Department of Municipal Affairs, as

amended from time to time.

Valuation standard for linear property

6(1) The valuation standard for linear property is that calculated in

accordance with the procedures referred to in subsection (2).

(2) In preparing an assessment for linear property, the assessor must

follow the procedures set out in the Alberta Linear Property Assessment

Minister's Guidelines established and maintained by the Department of

Municipal Affairs, as amended from time to time.

Valuation standard for machinery and equipment

7(1) The valuation standard for machinery and equipment is that calculated

in accordance with the procedures referred to in subsection (2).

(2) In preparing an assessment for machinery and equipment, the assessor

must follow the procedures set out in the Alberta Machinery and Equipment

Assessment Minister's Guidelines established and maintained by the

Department of Municipal Affairs, as amended from time to time.

Valuation standard for a parcel and improvements

8 When an assessor is preparing an assessment for a parcel of land and

the improvements to it, the valuation standard for the land and

improvements is market value

(

a) unless the land is a parcel used for farming operations, in

which case the valuation standard in

section 3(1)(

b) applies to the land,

and

(

b) unless the improvement is railway, linear property or machinery

and equipment, in which case the valuation standard in

section 5, 6 or 7,

as the case may be, applies to the improvement.

Actions under the Municipal Government Act

9 When a property is used for farming operations or residential purposes

and an action is taken under

Part 17 of the Act that has the effect of

permitting or prescribing for that property some other use, the assessor

must determine its value

(

a) in accordance with its residential use, for that part of the

property that is occupied by the owner or the purchaser, or the spouse or

dependant of the owner or purchaser, and is used exclusively for

residential purposes, or

(

b) based on agricultural use value, if the property is used for

farming operations, unless

section 3(3) applies.

Assessment based on July 1 value of property

10 Any assessment prepared in accordance with the Act must be an estimate

of the value of a property on July 1 of the assessment year.

Quality standards

11 Assessments for property other than

(

a) land, based on agricultural use value,

(

b) railway,

(

c) linear property, and

(

d) machinery and equipment

must be prepared having regard to the quality standards required by the

Schedule.

Mass appraisal

12 An assessment of property based on market value

(

a) must be prepared using mass appraisal,

(

b) must be an estimate of the value of the fee simple estate in

the property, and

(

c) must reflect typical market conditions for properties similar

to that property.

Duty to record information

13(1) In addition to the information that must be obtained for the purpose

of preparing an assessment roll under

section 303 of the Act, the assessor

must obtain the following information and maintain it in a record:

(

a) for each parcel of land where the assessment is based on a

valuation standard other than agricultural use value, the legal

description, parcel size, land use bylaw code and actual use;

(

b) for each improvement, the quality rating, classification, size,

effective year built and condition;

(

c) for each property that is sold, the sale price, adjustments and

date of sale, and where a parcel of land is sold, the certificate of title.

(2) No record is required to be kept under subsection (1) for the

following property:

(

a) railway;

(

b) linear property;

(

c) machinery and equipment.

Duty to provide information to Minister

14 A municipality must provide to the Minister, in the manner required by

the Minister, information and statistics about

(

a) the municipality, and

(

b) similar properties in the municipality.

Assessable property

15(1) For the purposes of

section 298(1)(

y) of the Act, an assessment must

be prepared for any farm building located in a city, town, village or

summer village.

(2) For the purposes of

section 298(1)(

z) of the Act an assessment must be

prepared

(

a) for machinery and equipment that is part of linear property as

described in

section 284(1)(

k) of the Act, and the assessment must reflect

100% of its value, and

(

b) for machinery and equipment that is not part of linear property

as described in

section 284(1)(

k) of the Act, and the assessment must

reflect 77% of its value.

PART 2

ASSESSMENT EQUALIZATION

Definitions

16 In this Part,

(a) "assessment level" has the meaning given to it in the Schedule;

(b) "assessment ratio" has the meaning given to it in the Schedule;

(c) "overall ratio" means the weighted ratio for a group of

properties, calculated using the median assessment ratios for subgroups of

properties within that group.

Information provided by municipality under

section 319(1) of the Act

17(1) On receiving information from a municipality pursuant to

section

319(1) of the Act, the Minister must assess the information and determine

if the information is acceptable.

(2) If the Minister determines that the information is acceptable, the

Minister may use and rely on the information when preparing the equalized

assessment for the municipality.

(3) If the Minister determines that the information is not acceptable, the

Minister must prepare the equalized assessment using whatever information

is available about the municipality.

(4) The information provided pursuant to

section 319(1) of the Act must

include assessment levels.

Preparation of equalized assessment

18(1) In this section, "regulated property" means property in respect of

which an assessment is prepared using the valuation standard referred to in

section 3(1)(b), 5, 6 or 7.

(2) In preparing the equalized assessment for a municipality,

(

a) the assessments for regulated property, reported in accordance

with

section 319(1) of the Act or derived from information in accordance

with

section 319(2) of the Act or

section 17(3) of this Regulation, must be

adjusted to reflect a common year by applying factors that the Minister

considers appropriate, and

(

b) the assessments for property other than regulated property,

reported in accordance with

section 319(1) of the Act or derived from

information in accordance with

section 319(2) of the Act or

section 17(3)

of this Regulation, must be adjusted in the manner the Minister considers

appropriate

(

i) to reflect a common year, and

(ii) to reflect an assessment level of 1.00.

Limit on increases in equalized assessments

19 Pursuant to

section 325 of the Act, the Minister may by order limit

the amount by which equalized assessments for any class of property listed

section 297 of the Act may increase from one year to the next.

City of Lloydminster

20 The equalized assessment for the portion of the City of Lloydminster

that is in Alberta must reflect assessments as if they were prepared in

accordance with the Act.

PART 3

PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION

Definitions

21 In this Part,

(a) "farm unit" means any number of parcels of land or parts of

parcels, or both, that are

(

i) owned by a farm unit operator,

(ii) held by that farm unit operator under a lease,

licence or permit from the Crown or a municipality, or

(iii) occupied by that farm unit operator with the

consent of a person holding the parcel, or part of a parcel under a lease,

licence or permit from the Crown or a municipality

on December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the

exemption in

section 22 applies;

(b) "farm unit operator" means

(

i) the person who is registered under the Land Titles

Act as the owner of the fee simple estate in a farm unit, or the spouse of

that person,

(ii) a person who holds a farm unit under a lease,

licence or permit from the Crown or a municipality, or a person who

occupies the farm unit with the consent of that holder, and

(iii) a person who is purchasing a farm unit from the

person referred to in subclause (i).

Exemptions from property tax

22 The following are exempt from taxation under Division 2 of

Part 10 of

the Act:

(

a) one residence in a farm unit, if the residence is

(

i) situated in a county, municipal district,

improvement district or special area, and

(ii) situated on a parcel of not less than one acre,

to the extent of the assessment, based on agricultural use

value, for the land in the farm unit, to a maximum of $61 540;

(

b) each additional residence in the farm unit, if the residence is

(

i) situated in a county, municipal district,

improvement district or special area,

(ii) situated on a parcel of not less than one acre, and

(iii) used chiefly in connection with farming operations,

to the extent of the assessment, based on agricultural use

value, for the land in the farm unit that remains after the exemption is

made under clause (a), to a maximum of $30 770 for each additional

residence;

(

c) any farm building in a city, town, village or summer village,

to the extent of 50% of its assessment.

PART 4

REPEALS AND EXPIRY

Repeals

23 The following regulations are repealed:

(

a) Standards of Assessment Regulation (AR 365/94);

(

b) Assessment Equalization Regulation (AR 366/94);

(

c) Assessable Property Regulation (AR 367/94);

(

d) Property Tax Exemption Regulation (AR 368/94).

Expiry

24 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on November 30, 2004.

SCHEDULE

QUALITY STANDARDS

1 In this Schedule,

(a) "assessment level" for a specified group of properties means

the overall ratio of assessments to indicators of market value;

(b) "assessment ratio" means the ratio of the assessment to an

indicator of market value for a property;

(c) "coefficient of dispersion" means the average percentage

deviation of the assessment ratios from the median assessment ratio;

(d) "median assessment ratio" means the middle assessment ratio

when the assessment ratios for a group of properties are arranged in order

of magnitude;

(e) "property" means property other than

(

i) land, where the assessment is based on agricultural

use value,

(ii) railway,

(iii) linear property, and

(iv) machinery and equipment.

2 The following quality standards must be met in the preparation of

assessments of property:

PROPERTY MEDIAN COEFFICIENT

TYPE ASSESSMENT OF DISPERSION

RATIO

Residential .90 - 1.10 0 - 15.0

Income properties

Cities .90 - 1.10 0 - 20.0

Other municipalities .90 - 1.10 0 - 20.0

Vacant property .90 - 1.10 0 - 20.0

3 The median assessment ratio of any group must be within 5% of the

assessment level.

Alberta Regulation 290/99

Electric Utilities Act

BILLING REGULATION

Filed: December 23, 1999

Made by the Minister of Resource Development (M.O. 66/99) pursuant to

section 31.995(1) of the Electric Utilities Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions 1

Responsibility for billing after December 31, 2000 2

Direct charges by wire services provider 3

Contents of account 4

Expiry 5

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Electric Utilities Act;

(b) "distribution tariff" means a tariff approved by or filed with

the Board pursuant to the Distribution Regulation (AR 168/98).

Responsibility for billing after December 31, 2000

2(1) Unless subsection (2) or (4) applies, only retailers may carry out

billing after December 31, 2000.

(2) A retailer and a wire services provider may enter into a contract that

authorizes the wire services provider to carry out on behalf of the

retailer the services related to billing that are specified in the

contract.

(3) A wire services provider that carries out services related to billing

pursuant to a contract with a retailer must do so in accordance with the

terms of the contract.

(4) A retailer may authorize a wire services provider to charge customers

directly under the wire services provider's distribution tariff.

(5) An authorization under subsection (4) must not restrict the manner in

which the wire services provider charges customers under its distribution

tariff.

Direct charges by wire services provider

3(1) Notwithstanding

section 2(1), where a wire services provider

(

a) establishes a new line or connection for electricity services,

(

b) provides a customer, at the customer's request, with

electricity services and not all of the costs of the services are

recoverable from the customer's retailer under the wire services provider's

distribution tariff,

the wire services provider may charge a customer directly for the

difference between

(

c) the costs of establishing the line or connection or of

providing the services, and

(

d) the amount of those costs that is recoverable by the wire

services provider from the customer's retailer under the wire services

provider's distribution tariff.

(2) The wire services provider may send an account for the difference

referred to in subsection (1) directly to any of the following:

(

a) a customer purchasing electricity services through a new line

or connection or a retailer or other person purchasing those services on

behalf of the customer;

(

b) a developer of land on which a new line or connection is

established;

(

c) a retailer providing electricity services through a new line or

connection;

(

d) a person requesting

(

i) electricity services through a new line or

connection, or

(ii) electricity services where not all of the costs of

the services are recoverable from a retailer under the wire services

provider's distribution tariff.

Contents of account

4 An account prepared by a retailer or a wire services provider for a

customer

(

a) must indicate the following as separate charges:

(

i) the amount paid by the retailer to the wire

services provider under the wire service provider's distribution tariff for

the account of the customer, in dollars;

(ii) the franchise fee paid by the retailer to the wire

services provider for the account of the customer, in dollars;

(iii) the balancing pool credit or charge, in dollars,

allocated to the customer by the balancing pool administrator appointed

under the Balancing Pool Regulation (AR 169/99);

(

b) must indicate the name and telephone number of the customer's

wire services provider, and

(

c) must specify the period for which each of the amounts referred

to in clause (

a) is calculated.

Expiry

5 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on November 30, 2004.

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Alberta Regulation 291/99

Animal Protection Act

TARIFF OF EXPENSES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 31, 1999

Made by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (M.O.

42/99) pursuant to

section 15.1 of the Animal Protection Act.

1 The Tariff of Expenses Regulation (AR 307/96) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 3 is amended by striking out "December 31, 1999" and

substituting "March 31, 2005".