Alberta Gazette, Part I — Saturday, March 14, 2020
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Alberta — Gazette
The Alberta Gazette
Part I
Vol. 116 Edmonton, Saturday, March 14, 2020 No. 05
APPOINTMENTS
Appointment of Part-time Provincial Court Judge
(Provincial Court Act)
March 1, 2020
Honourable Judge Lawrence Gerard Anderson
For a term to expire May 23, 2023.
Honourable Judge Gerald Sean Dunnigan
For a term to expire May 10, 2025.
RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS
Termination of Non-Presiding Justice of the Peace
(Justice of the Peace Act)
February 20, 2020
Blauel, Donna Jean
Flegg, Caitlain Joy
Ibrahim, Anar
Mehmeti-Ukshini, Majlinda
Ragot, Amy Yemotioker
Welke, Ferrol Anne
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
Agriculture and Forestry
Form 15
(Irrigation Districts Act)
(Section 88)
Notice to Irrigation Secretariat:
Change of Area of an Irrigation District
On behalf of the Bow River Irrigation District, I hereby request that the Irrigation
Secretariat forward a certified copy of this notice to the Registrar of Land Titles for
the purposes of registration under
section 22 of the Land Titles Act and arrange for
notice to be published in the Alberta Gazette.
The following parcels of land should be added to the irrigation district and the
appropriate notation added to the certificate of title:
LINC Number
Short Legal Description as shown on title
Title Number
0022 018 188
S.E. 27-20-23-W4M
141 345 073
0033 829 698
S.W. 27-20-23-W4M
141 345 073
0030 901 615
N.W. 27-20-23-W4M
141 345 073 +1
0030 899 322
N.E. 27-20-23-W4M
141 095 651 +4
I certify the procedures required under
part 4 of the Irrigation Districts Act have been
completed and the area of the Bow River Irrigation District should be changed
according to the above list.
Rebecca Fast, Office Administrator,
Irrigation Secretariat.
______________
On behalf of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, I hereby request that the
Irrigation Secretariat forward a certified copy of this notice to the Registrar of Land
Titles for the purposes of registration under
section 22 of the Land Titles Act and
arrange for notice to be published in the Alberta Gazette.
The following parcels of land should be added to the irrigation district and the
appropriate notation added to the certificate of title:
LINC Number
Short Legal Description as shown on title
Title Number
0035 654 110
4;23;11;17;SW
141 186 739
0019 995 910
4;25;11;16;SE
161 218 560 +1
0019 689 851
4;25;11;16;SW
161 216 926 +78
0021 185 229
4;25;11;16;NW
161 216 926 +76
0022 029 243
4;23;11;8;SE
071 186 848
0022 029 235
4;23;11;8;SW
071 186 848
0013 386 446
4;23;11;8;NW
071 186 838
0022 029 227
4;23;11;8;NE
071 186 838 +1
I certify the procedures required under
part 4 of the Irrigation Districts Act have been
completed and the area of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District should be
changed according to the above list.
Rebecca Fast, Office Administrator,
Irrigation Secretariat.
______________
On behalf of the St. Mary River Irrigation District, I hereby request that the
Irrigation Secretariat forward a certified copy of this notice to the Registrar of Land
Titles for the purposes of registration under
section 22 of the Land Titles Act and
arrange for notice to be published in the Alberta Gazette.
The following parcels of land should be added to the irrigation district and the
appropriate notation added to the certificate of title:
LINC Number
Short Legal Description as shown on title
Title Number
0017 286 535
4;15;08;29;SW
101 068 786
0034 162 370
4;15;08;29;SE
101 068 786
0022 953 863
4;08;12;02;SW
061 136 729
I certify the procedures required under
part 4 of the Irrigation Districts Act have been
completed and the area of the St. Mary River Irrigation District should be changed
according to the above list.
Rebecca Fast, Office Administrator,
Irrigation Secretariat.
______________
On behalf of the Western Irrigation District, I hereby request that the Irrigation
Secretariat forward a certified copy of this notice to the Registrar for Land Titles for
the purposes of registration under
section 22 of the Land Titles Act and arrange for
notice to be published in the Alberta Gazette.
The following parcels of land should be removed from the irrigation district and the
notation removed from the certificate of title:
LINC Number
Short Legal Description as shown on title
Title Number
0026 645 855
9610245;1
191 255 435
0017 820 283
7710634;3;12
201 014 344
I certify the procedures required under
part 4 of the Irrigation Districts Act have been
completed and the area of the Western Irrigation District should be changed
according to the above list.
Rebecca Fast, Office Administrator,
Irrigation Secretariat.
Hosting Expenses Exceeding $600.00
For the period January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Function: African Development Bank Ag Specialist Incoming Mission
Purpose: IRM coordinated with an agricultural specialist from the African
Development Bank (AfDB) on an advocacy mission. The agricultural specialist
travelled to Alberta for the Private Sector Liaison Officers Network's International
Financial Institution Boot Camp and Workshop, which was led by EDT.
Date: February 3-8, 2019
Amount: $4,653.97
Location: Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Olds, and surrounding
areas within Alberta
Function: AgroExpo Izmir and Gulfood 2019
Purpose: This mission combined Alberta's participation in two trade shows:
AgroExpo Izmir 2019 and Gulfood 2019 in Dubai. AgroExpo Izmir focused on
livestock genetics and related technologies, and Gulfood 2019 focused on pulses,
halal beef and lamb, honey, and other packaged food products.
Date: February 5-23, 2019
Amount: $1,232.71
Location: Turkey and the United Arab Emirates
Function: European Bison Buyers Incoming Mission
Purpose: Agriculture and Forestry (AF), in partnership with The Canadian Bison
Association, coordinated an incoming buyer's mission to Alberta for meat importers,
retailers, wholesalers, and foodservice professionals based in Switzerland and
Germany. This event enabled Alberta to showcase its agriculture and agri-food
sectors to international companies, with a specific focus on the bison and elk industry.
Date: May 4-7, 2019
Amount: $1,007.10
Location: Various locations within Alberta
Education
Ministerial Order No. 009/2020
(Education Act)
I, Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Education, pursuant to
Section 79 of the
Education Act, make the Order in the attached Appendix, being an Order to approve
a change in the corporate name of The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat School
Division.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, February 3, 2020.
Adriana LaGrange, Minister.
APPENDIX
An Order to approve a change in the corporate name of
The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat School Division
WHEREAS pursuant to
Section 260(10) of the Education Act, which came into
force on September 1, 2019, a school district, school division or regional division
established or continued under the former School Act is continued and deemed to be
a school division under the Education Act with the same boundaries.
AND
WHEREAS pursuant to
Section 260(10.1) of the Education Act, a board of
trustees of a school district, school division or regional division established or
continued under the former School Act is deemed to be a board of trustees of a school
division under the Education Act.
AND
WHEREAS Ministerial Order No. 034/2019 dated August 15, 2019 and
effective September 1, 2019, continued the "Medicine Hat Public School District No.
76" as "The Medicine Hat School Division" and "The Medicine Hat Public Board of
Education" as "The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat School Division".
AND
WHEREAS on December 10, 2019, The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat
School Division passed a resolution, under
Section 79 of the Education Act, to
change the corporate name of "The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat School
Division" to "The Medicine Hat Public Board of Education".
1 Pursuant to
Section 79 of the Education Act, I approve a change in the corporate
name of "The Board of Trustees of Medicine Hat School Division" to "The
Medicine Hat Public Board of Education".
2 This Order shall come into effect upon signing.
Ministerial Order No. 010/2020
(Education Act)
I, Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Education, pursuant to
Section 79 of the
Education Act, make the Order in the attached Appendix, being an Order to approve
a change in the corporate name of The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School
Division.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, February 3, 2020.
Adriana LaGrange, Minister.
APPENDIX
An Order to approve a change in the corporate name of
The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School Division
WHEREAS pursuant to
Section 260(10) of the Education Act, which came into
force on September 1, 2019, a school district, school division or regional division
established or continued under the former School Act is continued and deemed to be
a school division under the Education Act with the same boundaries.
AND
WHEREAS pursuant to
Section 260(10.1) of the Education Act, a board of
trustees of a school district, school division or regional division established or
continued under the former School Act is deemed to be a board of trustees of a school
division under the Education Act.
AND
WHEREAS Ministerial Order No. 034/2019 dated August 15, 2019, and
effective September 1, 2019, continued the "Sturgeon School Division No. 24" as
"The Sturgeon School Division" and "The Board of Trustees of the Sturgeon School
Division No. 24" as "The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School Division".
AND
WHEREAS on December 11, 2019, The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School
Division passed a resolution, under
Section 79 of the Education Act, to change the
corporate name of "The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School Division" to "The
Sturgeon Public School Division".
1 Pursuant to
Section 79 of the Education Act, I approve a change in the corporate
name of "The Board of Trustees of Sturgeon School Division" to "The Sturgeon
Public School Division".
2 This Order shall come into effect upon signing.
Energy
Production Allocation Unit Agreement
(Mines and Minerals Act)
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
section 102 of the Mines and Minerals Act, that
the Minister of Energy on behalf of the Crown has executed counterparts of the
agreement entitled "Production Allocation Unit Agreement - Gilby Duvernay
Agreement No. 3" and that the Unit became effective on August 1, 2019.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
section 102 of the Mines and Minerals Act, that
the Minister of Energy on behalf of the Crown has executed counterparts of the
agreement entitled "Production Allocation Unit Agreement - Herronton Glauconitic
Agreement No. 2" and that the Unit became effective on August 1, 2019.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
section 102 of the Mines and Minerals Act, that
the Minister of Energy on behalf of the Crown has executed counterparts of the
agreement entitled "Production Allocation Unit Agreement - Leduc-Woodbend Rex
Agreement No. 7" and that the Unit became effective on July 1, 2019.
Infrastructure
Sale or Disposition of Land
(Government Organization Act)
Name of Purchaser: Lac La Biche County
Consideration: $44,400.00
Land Description: Plan 1220056 Block 1 Lot 1
Justice and Solicitor General
Office of the Public Trustee
Money transferred to the General Revenue Fund by the Public Trustee
(Public Trustee Act)
Section 11(4)
Name of person
entitled to money
(if known)
Amount
transferred
to General
Revenue
Fund
If property was
part of deceased
person's estate:
Deceased's name
Judicial District
Court file number
If property was
held under Court
order:
Judicial District
Court file number
Additional
Information
(if any)
Transfer Date:
Missing
beneficiaries of
Robert William
Penner
$4,793.01
Robert William
Penner
February 20,
E152067
Office of the Public Trustee
Property being held by the Public Trustee for a period of Ten
(10) Years
(Public Trustee Act)
Section 11(2)(
b) Name of Person Entitled
to Property
Description of
Property held
and its value or
estimated value
Property part of
deceased person's
Estate or held under
Court Order:
Deceased's Name
Judicial District
Court file number
Public Trustee
Office
Additional
Information
Logan Vernon Hagen
$2,108.06
E129000
Missing beneficiaries of
Michael Jacob Hjorth
$13,756.55
Michael Jacob Hjorth
E172508
Metis Settlements General Council
Property Assessment Policy (Amended)
GCP 2020/21
WHEREAS
A. Pursuant to
section 166 of the Metis Settlements Act, if there is a General Council
Policy that allows for a settlement council to make bylaws to tax land, interests in
land or improvements on land in the settlement area, a settlement council may make
such bylaws in accordance with that policy;
B. The General Council deems it to be in the best interests of the settlements of
Alberta to make such a policy to authorize settlements to assess and tax business
property located within settlement areas for the purposes of raising revenue for the
cost of settlement expenditures and community services; and
C. The General Council has given notice of this Policy and has considered any
representations received by the General Council, in accordance with the requirements
of the Metis Settlements Act;
NOW THEREFORE the Metis Settlements General Council duly enacts as
follows:
PART I - CITATION
Citation
1. This Policy may be cited as the Metis Settlements General Council Property
Assessment Policy 2018.
PART II -
DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES
Definitions and References
(1) In this Policy:
"Act" means the Metis Settlements Act, RSA 2000, c M-14, as may be amended
or replaced from time to time, and the regulations and policies enacted under
that Act;
"Appeal Tribunal" means the Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal as established
under the Act;
"assessable property" means property in respect of which an assessment has been
or may be prepared under this Policy;
"assessed person" means a person who is named on an assessment roll prepared
pursuant to this Policy;
"assessed value" means the value of a property, as determined under this Policy;
"assessing settlement" means the particular settlement that has assessed property;
"assessment" means a value of property determined in accordance with this
Policy;
"assessment class" means those categories of property established in
section 6
for the purposes of assessment and taxation;
"Assessment Notice" means a notice prepared pursuant to
section 16 of this
Policy;
"assessment roll" means a roll prepared pursuant to this Policy and includes a
supplementary assessment roll, an amended assessment roll, and an
assessment roll referenced under
section 9(3);
"assessment year" means the year prior to the taxation year;
"assessor" means a person appointed by settlement council under
section 3(1);
"business property" means property used to carry on a business other than a
settlement member owned farm;
"Business Property Contributions Policy" means the Metis Settlements General
Council Business Property Contributions Policy, Policy GC-P9602, 1996;
"complainant" means a person who commences a complaint pursuant to
Part
VIII of this Policy;
"designated industrial property" means
(
a) facilities regulated by the Alberta Energy Regulator, the Alberta
Utilities Commission or the National Energy Board,
(
b) linear property,
(
c) property designated as a major plant by Provincial property assessment
regulations,
(
d) land and improvements in respect of a parcel of land where that parcel
of land contains property described in subclause (
a) or (c), and
(
e) land and improvements in respect of land in which a leasehold interest
is held where the land is not registered in a land titles office and
contains property described in subclause (
a) or (c);
"electric power system" means an electric distribution system, an electric
generation system or an electric transmission system;
"electric transmission system" means a system or arrangement of lines of wire or
other conductors and transformation equipment situated wholly in Alberta
whereby electric energy, however produced, for which rates are regulated by
the Alberta Utilities Commission is transmitted in bulk, and includes
(
a) transmission circuits composed of the conductors that form the
minimum set required to transmit electric energy,
(
b) insulating and supporting structures,
(
c) substations, and
(
d) operational and control devices,
but does not include land, buildings, an electric generation system or an
electric distribution system;
"General Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act;
"General Council Policy" has the meaning given to that term in the Act;
"improvement" means
(
a) a structure,
(
b) anything attached or secured to a structure that would be transferred
without special mention by transfer or sale of the structure,
(
c) a manufactured home, mobile home, modular home or travel trailer
mobile unit, and
(
d) machinery and equipment;
"linear property" means
(
a) electric power systems,
(
b) street lighting systems,
(
c) telecommunication systems,
(
d) pipelines,
(
e) railway property, and
(
f) wells;
"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 General Council resolution that forms an integral part of an
operational unit intended for or used in
(
a) manufacturing,
(
b) processing,
(
c) the production or transmission by pipeline of natural resources or
products or byproducts of that production,
(
d) the excavation or transportation of coal or oil sands, as defined in the
Oil Sands Conservation Act,
(
e) a telecommunication system, or
(
f) an electric power system;
"manufactured home" means any structure, whether ordinarily equipped with
wheels or not, that is manufactured to meet or exceed the Canadian
Standards Association standard CSA Z240 and that is used as a residence or
for any other purpose;
"mobile home" means a structure that is designed to be towed or carried from
place to place and that is used as a residence or for any other purpose, but
that does not meet Canadian Standards Association standard CSA Z240;
"modular home" means a home that is constructed from a number of pre
assembled units that are intended for delivery to and assembly at a
residential site;
"person" includes a partnership, syndicate, association, corporation and the
personal or other legal representatives of a person;
"pipeline" means any continuous string of pipe, including loops, bypasses,
cleanouts, distribution meters, distribution regulators, remote telemetry
units, valves, fittings and improvements for the protection of pipelines used
or intended for use in gathering, conveying, transporting, distributing or
disposal of any substance or combination of substances, but does not include
(
a) a pipe used or intended for use to convey water, other than in
connection with
(
i) a facility, scheme or other matter authorized under the Oil and Gas
Conservation Act or the Oil Sands Conservation Act, or
(ii) a coal processing plant or other matter authorized under the Coal
Conservation Act,
(
b) a regulating or metering station or the inlet valve or outlet valve in any
processing, refining, manufacturing, marketing, transmission line
pumping, heating, treating, separating or storage facility or any
installation, material, device, fitting, apparatus, appliance, machinery or
equipment between those valves,
(
c) a pipe, installation, material, device, fitting, apparatus, appliance,
machinery or equipment between valves referred to in subclause (b), or
(
d) land or buildings;
"property" means
(
a) a parcel of land,
(
b) an improvement, or
(
c) a parcel of land and the improvements to it;
"Province" or "Provincial" means or refers to the province of Alberta;
"provincial assessor" means the provincial assessor designated pursuant to the
Municipal Government Act of Alberta;
"railway property" means
(
a) the continuous strip of land owned or occupied by a person as a right of
way for trains leading from place to place in Alberta, but does not
include
(
i) land outside the right of way, or
(ii) land used by the person for purposes other than the operation of
trains,
(
b) grading, ballasts or improvements located within or outside a right of
way for trains and used in the operation of trains, and
(
c) the improvements that form part of a telecommunications system used
or intended for use in the operation of trains,
but does not include any part of an amusement railway, heritage railway or
urban rail transit system as defined in the Railway (Alberta) Act;
"request for information" means a written request for information prepared by an
assessor pursuant to
section 7 of this Policy;
"resolution" means a motion passed and approved by a majority of settlement
council present at a duly convened meeting;
"settlement" has the meaning given to that term in the Act;
"settlement area" has the meaning given to that term in the Act;
"settlement member" means an individual who is a member of a settlement;
"settlement council" means the council of a settlement;
"street lighting systems" includes structures, installations, fittings and equipment
used to supply light, but does not include land or buildings;
"structure" means a building or other thing erected or placed in, on, over or under
land, whether or not it is so affixed to the land as to become transferred
without special mention by a transfer or sale of the land;
"supplementary Assessment Notice" means a notice containing the information
required under subsection 18(10);
"supplementary assessment roll" means an assessment roll prepared pursuant to
sections 18(5) and 18(6);
"tax administrator" means the person appointed by a settlement council to that
position under the Taxation Policy;
"Taxation Policy" means the Metis Settlements General Council Property
Taxation Policy 2018;
"taxation year" means the calendar year to which an assessment roll applies for
the purposes of taxation;
"taxes" includes
(
a) all taxes imposed, levied, assessed or assessable under the Taxation
Policy, and all interest added to taxes under the Taxation Policy, and
(
b) for the purposes of collection and enforcement, all taxes imposed,
levied, assessed or assessable under any other local revenue bylaw of a
settlement, and all penalties, interest and costs added to taxes under
such a bylaw;
"telecommunications systems" includes
(
a) a system used or intended to be used for the transmission, emission,
reception, switching, compilation or transformation by cable
distribution undertakings and telecommunication carriers that are
subject to the regulatory authority of the Canadian Radio television and
Telecommunications Commission or any successor of the Commission,
and
(
b) the items listed in the Minister's guidelines under
section 322(2) of the
Municipal Government Act as components of a system referred to in
subclause (a),
but does not include a private system to which the public is not intended to
have access, a radio communications system intended for direct reception by
the public or any land or buildings; and
"wells" includes
(
a) any pipe in a well that is used or intended for use in
(
i) obtaining gas or oil, or both, or any other mineral,
(ii) injecting or disposing of water, steam, salt water, glycol, gas or
any other substance to an underground formation,
(iii) supplying water for injection to an underground formation, or
(iv) monitoring or observing performance of a pool, aquifer or an oil
sands deposit,
(
b) well head installations or other improvements, with the exception of
machinery and equipment, located at a well site used or intended for
use for any of the purposes described in subclause (
a) or for the
protection of the well head installations,
(
c) the land that forms the site of a well used for any of the purposes
described in subclause (
a) if it is by way of a lease, licence or permit,
(
d) a building at a well site that contains machinery and equipment related
to the well;
(2) In this Policy, references to a Part (e.g.
Part I),
section (e.g.
section 3,
Section
3(1)), subsection (e.g. subsection (1), subsection (a)) or
Schedule (e.g.
Schedule
I) is a
reference to the specified Part, section, subsection, or
Schedule of this Policy, except
where otherwise stated
PART III - ADMINISTRATION
Assessor
(1) A settlement council must, by resolution, appoint one or more assessors
annually to undertake assessments of property located within the settlement area in
the resolution.
(2) An assessor appointed by settlement council must be qualified to conduct
assessments of property in the Province.
Application of Policy
4. This Policy applies to all property located within settlement areas.
PART IV - ASSESSED VALUE
Assessment and Valuation
(1) The assessor must assess each property in the settlement area that is subject to
taxation under the Taxation Policy and each property for which payments-in-lieu may
be accepted by a settlement council.
(2) For the purposes of assessing interests in property, the assessor must, in a fair and
equitable manner, use
(
a) the valuation methods, standards, rates, rules, and formulas established
under Provincial assessment legislation and regulations existing at the time
of assessment; and
(
b) the assessment rules, practices, procedures and guidelines used by assessors
in the Province for preparing assessments.
(3) Each assessment must reflect the
(
a) characteristics and specifications of the property on October 31 of the year
prior to the year in which a tax is imposed pursuant to the Taxation Policy;
and
(
b) valuation and other standards used under the Provincial legislation and
regulations as of July 1st of the assessment year for that property as if it
were located off the settlement.
(4) Unless subsection (5) applies, an assessment must be prepared for an
improvement whether or not it is complete or capable of being used for its intended
purpose.
(5) No assessment is to be prepared for
(
a) new linear property that is not operational on or before October 31 of the
assessment year;
(
b) new improvements, other than designated industrial property improvements,
that are intended to be used for or in connection with a manufacturing or
processing operation and that are not operational on or before December 31
of the assessment year;
(
c) for new designated industrial property improvements, other than linear
property, that are intended to be used for or in connection with a
manufacturing or processing operation and that are not operational on or
before October 31;
(
d) new improvements, other than designated industrial property improvements,
that are intended to be used for the storage of materials manufactured or
processed by the improvements referred to in subsection (b), if the
improvements referred to in subsection (
b) are not operational on or before
December 31 of the assessment year.
(6) Assessments for designated industrial property must be prepared in accordance
with Provincial legislation and regulations and be consistent with the practices of the
provincial assessor.
Assessment Classes
(1) For the purposes of this Policy and for the Taxation Policy, General Council
hereby adopts the assessment classes established by the Province for property
assessment purposes.
(2) The assessment classes established under subsection (1) are set out in
Schedule I
to this Policy.
(3) When preparing an assessment of property, the assessor must assign one or more
of the assessment classes to the property using the Provincial classification rules for
each assessment class.
(4) Where a property falls into two or more assessment classes, the assessor must
determine the share of the assessed value of the property attributable to each class and
assess the property according to the proportion each share constitutes of the total
assessed value.
PART V - REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND INSPECTIONS
Requests for Information
(1) The assessor may, for any purpose related to the administration and
implementation of this Policy, deliver a request for information, which includes a
response deadline date, regarding the property to any person regarding a property.
(2) An assessor may request information or documents under subsection (1) only in
respect of a property within the settlement area of the assessing settlement.
(3) If the person who received a request for information does not provide the
requested information, the assessor must prepare the assessment using whatever
information is available.
(4) The assessor may in all cases assess the property based on the information
available to him or her and is not bound by the information provided.
Inspections
(1) After giving reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of any property, an
assessor may at any reasonable time, for the purpose of carrying out the duties and
responsibilities of the assessor under this Policy or determining if the property is to be
assessed,
(
a) enter on and inspect the property,
(
b) request anything to be produced to assist the assessor in preparing the
assessment or determining if the property is to be assessed; and
(
c) make copies of anything necessary to the inspection.
(2) When carrying out duties under subsection (1), an assessor must produce
identification on request.
(3) An assessor must, in accordance with this Policy, inform the owner or occupier of
any property of the purpose for which information is being collected.
PART VI - ASSESSMENT ROLL AND ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Recording Assessed Persons
(1) The name of the person described in column 2 must be recorded on the
assessment roll as the assessed person in respect of the assessed property described in
column 1.
Column 1 - Assessed Property
Column 2 - Assessed Person
(
a) a parcel of land, unless otherwise
dealt with in this subsection
the owner of the parcel of land
(
b) a parcel of land and the
improvements to it, unless
otherwise dealt with in this
subsection
the owner of the parcel of land
(
c) a parcel of land, an improvement
or a parcel of land and the
improvements to it held under a
lease, licence or permit from the
Crown in right of Alberta or
Canada or a municipality
the holder of the lease, licence or
permit or, in the case of a parcel of
land or a parcel of land and the
improvements to it, the person
who occupies the land with the
consent of that holder or, if the
land that was the subject of a
lease, licence or permit has been
sold under an agreement for sale,
the purchaser under that
agreement
(
d) a parcel of land forming part of
the station grounds of, or of a right
of way for, a railway other than
railway property, or a right of way
for, irrigation works as defined in
the Irrigation Districts Act or
drainage works as defined in the
Drainage Districts Act, that is held
under a lease, licence or permit
from the person who operates the
railway, or from the irrigation
district or the board of trustees of
the drainage district
the holder of the lease, licence or
permit or the person who occupies
the land with the consent of that
holder
(
e) railway property
the owner of the railway property
(
f) a parcel of land and the
improvements to it held under a
lease, licence or permit from a
regional airports authority, where
the land and improvements are
used in connection with the
operation of an airport
the holder of the lease, licence or
permit or the person who occupies
the land with the consent of that
holder
(
g) a parcel of land, or a part of a
parcel of land, and the
improvements to it held under a
lease, licence or permit from the
owner of the land where the land
and the improvements are used for
(
i) drilling, treating, separating,
refining or processing of natural
gas, oil, coal, salt, brine or any
combination, product or
by-product of any of them,
(ii) pipeline pumping or
compressing, or
(iii) working, excavating,
transporting or storing any
minerals in or under the land
referred to in the lease, licence or
permit or under land in the vicinity
of that land.
the holder of the lease, licence or
permit
(
h) machinery and equipment used in
the excavation or transportation of
coal or oil sands as defined in the
Oil Sands Conservation Act
the owner of the machinery and
equipment
(
i) improvements to a parcel of land
listed in
section 5(5) for which no
assessment is to be prepared
the person who owns or has
exclusive use of the improvements
(
j) linear property
the operator of the linear property
(
k) a designated manufactured home
on a site in a manufactured home
community and any other
improvements located on the site
and owned or occupied by the
person occupying the designated
manufactured home
the owner of
(
i) the designated manufactured
home, or
(ii) the manufactured home
community if the settlement
council passes a bylaw to that
effect
(
l) a designated manufactured home
located on a parcel of land that is
not owned by the owner of the
designated manufactured home
together with any other
improvements located on the site
that are owned or occupied by the
person occupying the designated
manufactured home
the owner of the designated
manufactured home if the
settlement council passes a bylaw
to that effect
(2) When land is occupied under the authority of a right of entry order as defined in
the Act or an order made under any other act, it is, for the purposes of subsection (1),
considered to be occupied under a lease or licence from the owner of the land.
(3) A person who purchases property or in any other manner becomes liable to be
shown on the assessment roll as an assessed person must provide to the settlement by
way of attention to the tax administrator written notice of a mailing address to which
notices under this Policy may be sent.
(4) Despite subsection (1)(c), no individual who occupies housing accommodation
under a lease, licence or permit from a management body under the Alberta Housing
Act is to be recorded as an assessed person if the sole purpose of the lease, licence or
permit is to provide housing accommodation for that individual.
Assessment Roll
(1) On or before March 31 of each taxation year, the assessor must complete a
new assessment roll containing a list of every property that is liable to assessment
under this Policy.
(2) The assessment roll must be in paper or electronic form and must contain the
following information for every assessed property:
(
a) the name and last known address of the assessed person;
(
b) a short description of the property;
(
c) the assessment class or classes for the property;
(
d) the assessed value by classification of the property;
(
e) the total assessed value of the property;
(
f) any other information the assessor considers necessary or desirable.
(3) For greater certainty, an assessment roll prepared under the enactment repealed
section 30 is and continues to be an assessment roll under this Policy and must be
used until such time as the next assessment roll is prepared and certified in
accordance with this Policy.
Certification by Assessor
11. On completion of an assessment roll, the assessor must
(
a) certify in writing in substantially the same form as set out in
Schedule V that
the assessment roll was completed in accordance with the requirements of
this Policy; and
(
b) deliver a copy of the certified assessment roll to the assessing settlement.
Validity of Assessment Roll
12. An assessment roll is effective on certification and, unless amended in
accordance with this Policy, by a decision of the Appeal Tribunal or by an order of a
court of competent jurisdiction, is
(
a) valid and binding on all parties concerned, despite any
(
i) omission, defect or error committed in, or with respect to, the
assessment roll,
(ii) defect, error or misstatement in any notice required, or
(iii) omission to give any notice required; and
(
b) for all purposes, the assessment roll of the settlement until the next certified
assessment roll.
Inspection and Use of Assessment Roll
(1) On receipt by a settlement council, the assessment roll is open to inspection in
the settlement council office by any person during regular business hours.
(2) A person must not, directly or indirectly, use the assessment roll or information
contained in the assessment roll to
(
a) obtain names, addresses or telephone numbers for solicitation purposes,
whether the solicitations are made by telephone, mail or any other means; or
(
b) harass an individual.
(3) The tax administrator may require a person who wishes to inspect the assessment
roll to complete a declaration in substantially the form set out in
Schedule II
(
a) specifying the purpose for which the information is to be used; and
(
b) certifying that the information contained in the assessment roll will not be
used in a manner prohibited under this section.
Protection of Privacy in Assessment Roll
(1) On application by an assessed person, the tax administrator may omit or
obscure the assessed person's name, address or other information about the assessed
person that would ordinarily be included in an assessment roll if, in the tax
administrator's opinion, the inclusion of the name, address or other information could
reasonably be expected to threaten the safety or mental or physical health of the
assessed person or a member of the assessed person's household.
(2) Where the tax administrator omits or obscures information under subsection (1),
such information must be obscured from all assessment rolls that are available for
public inspection under
section 13 or are otherwise accessible to the public.
Chargeholders
(1) Any person holding a charge on property may, at any time, give notice, with
full particulars of the nature, extent and duration of the charge, to the assessor and
request that his or her name be added to the assessment roll in respect of that
assessable property, for the duration of the charge.
(2) On receipt of a notice and request under this section, the assessor must enter the
person's name and address on the assessment roll and provide copies of all
assessment notices issued in respect of the assessable property.
Assessment Notices
(1) The tax administrator must, on or before May 31 of each taxation year, mail
an Assessment Notice which shows the date of mailing and is in substantially the
same form as shown in
Schedule III to every assessed person named in the assessment
roll in respect of property, to the assessed person's address recorded in the assessment
roll. The Assessment Notice is deemed to have been received on the seventh day after
the day it is mailed.
(2) A person whose name appears in the assessment roll must give written notice to
the tax administrator of any change of address.
(3) Any number of properties assessed in the name of the same assessed person may
be included in one Assessment Notice.
(4) If several properties are assessed in the name of the same assessed person at the
same value, the Assessment Notice may clearly identify the property assessed,
without giving the full description of each property as it appears in the assessment
roll.
(5) If there is an error, omission or misdescription in any of the information shown
on an Assessment Notice, the tax administrator may prepare and send an amended
Assessment Notice to all assessed persons named on the assessment roll in respect of
that property.
(6) Subject to
section 13 and subsection (7), the tax administrator must provide to
any person upon request the information contained in the current Assessment Notice.
(7) Where information has been omitted or obscured under
section 14(1), the assessor
must omit that information from a notice provided under subsection (6).
(8) The Assessment Notice and the Tax Notice required under the Taxation Policy
relating to the same property may be mailed together or combined into one notice.
PART VII - CORRECTIONS TO ASSESSMENT ROLL
Corrections and Amendments to Assessment Roll
(1) Where the assessor determines that
(
a) there is an error, omission or misdescription in any of the information shown
on the assessment roll,
(
b) no assessment has been prepared for an assessable property, or
(
c) property that was exempt from taxation under the Taxation Policy has
become taxable or taxable property has become exempt from taxation,
the assessor must make the necessary correction or amendment to the assessment
roll and notify the settlement council.
(2) Upon receiving notice from the assessor of any correction or amendment to the
assessment roll, the tax administrator must mail an amended Assessment Notice to
every person named in the assessment roll in respect of the property affected.
(3) Where the assessor amends the assessment roll to correct errors and omissions or
reflect decisions of the settlement council or Appeal Tribunal, the assessor must
(
a) date and initial amendments made to the assessment roll; and
(
b) report the change or correction to settlement.
(4) Where the assessment roll is amended under this Policy, the amendments are an
integral part of the assessment roll and are deemed to be effective as of the date the
assessment roll was certified under
section 10.
(5) The assessor must not amend the assessment roll contrary to an order or direction
of the Appeal Tribunal or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Supplementary Assessments
(1) A settlement council may by bylaw direct, the assessor to prepare
supplementary assessments for machinery and equipment if those improvements are
completed or begin to operate during the taxation year.
(2) A settlement council may by bylaw direct the assessor to prepare supplementary
assessments for other improvements, including designated industrial property, if
(
a) they are completed in the taxation year;
(
b) they are occupied during all or any part of the taxation year; or
(
c) they are moved onto the settlement during the taxation year.
(3) A supplementary assessment must reflect the
(
a) value of an improvement that has not been previously assessed; or
(
b) increase in the value of an improvement since it was last assessed.
(4) Supplementary assessments must be prepared in the same manner as assessments
prepared under this Policy, but must be prorated to reflect only the number of months
during which the improvement is complete, occupied, in operation or located on the
settlement, including the whole of the first month in which the improvement was
completed, occupied, began to operate or was moved onto the settlement.
(5) The assessor must prepare a supplementary assessment roll on or before
December 31 in the taxation year in which supplementary assessments are prepared.
(6) A supplementary assessment roll must include the same information required to
be shown on the assessment roll, and the date that the improvement
(
a) was completed, occupied, or moved onto the settlement, or
(
b) began to operate.
(7) The duties imposed on the assessor with respect to the assessment roll and the
provisions of this Policy relating to assessments and assessment rolls, so far as they
are applicable, apply to supplementary assessments and supplementary assessment
rolls.
(8) The assessor must, no later than December 31 in the taxation year in which a
supplementary assessment roll is prepared, deliver a certified copy of the
supplementary assessment roll to the settlement council.
(9) The tax administrator must, no later than December 31 in the taxation year in
which a supplementary assessment roll is prepared,
(
a) prepare a supplementary Assessment Notice for every assessed
improvement shown on the supplementary assessment roll; and
(
b) mail a supplementary Assessment Notice to every person named on the
supplementary assessment roll in respect of each assessed improvement
affected.
(10) A supplementary Assessment Notice must contain the information
(
a) set out in
Schedule III; and
(
b) required under subsection (6).
PART VIII - COMPLAINTS
Review by Settlement Council
(1) An assessed person may submit a complaint to the settlement council of the
assessing settlement regarding the particulars of an Assessment Notice received by
that assessed person. A complaint regarding an Assessment Notice must be based on
one or more of the following grounds:
(
a) The description of the property;
(
b) the assessed value of the property;
(
c) the complainant's status as an assessed person for the property; or
(
d) the assessment class of the property.
(2) A complaint based on one or more of the grounds identified in subsection (1)
must:
(
a) be made in writing by the complainant and include all of the information set
out in
Schedule IV;
(
b) include reasons in support of the complaint;
(
c) include the supporting documentation, if any, that the complainant wishes
to rely on; and
(
d) be delivered to the settlement council within thirty (30) days from the date
of when the Assessment Notice subject to the complaint was deemed to
have been received pursuant to
section 16(1).
(3) Delivery of a complaint to a settlement council must be made personally or by
mail. Personal delivery must be made by leaving the document with the individual
apparently in charge, at the time of delivery, of the main administrative office of the
assessing settlement. The complaint is considered to have been delivered to a
settlement council on the date of personal delivery, or if sent by mail on the seventh
day after the day it is mailed.
(4) All rights to a review hearing and appeal respecting a complaint under this Policy
are extinguished in the event that a complainant does not fulfill all of the criteria
listed in subsection (2).
(5) Provided that a complainant has fulfilled all of the criteria listed in subsection (2),
a settlement council shall refer the complaint to the assessor with instructions to
review the matter with the complainant and to provide a written report back to
settlement council by a certain date.
(6) Complaints that comply with all of the criteria in subsection (2) shall be
scheduled for a review hearing by a settlement council after the assessor has provided
a written report. Notice of the date and time of the review hearing shall be sent to the
complainant at his or her address for service at least 14 days prior to the date of the
review hearing. A person or an agent authorized in writing by the complainant is
entitled to attend the review hearing and may make oral submissions regarding the
complaint.
(7) After considering the report of the assessor and after a review hearing has
occurred, a settlement council shall render a decision regarding the complaint within
90 days of the review hearing date. A notice of the decision must be sent to the
complainant at his or her address for service.
(8) In the event that a settlement council has decided to modify the assessment in
relation to a complaint, the settlement council shall:
(
a) give notice to the assessor to amend the assessment roll as necessary to
reflect the modified assessment;
(
b) give notice of the amended assessment to the tax administrator and to all
other persons who received the Assessment Notice in respect of the
assessable property; and
(
c) where a notice of appeal has been delivered in respect of the assessable
property, advise the Appeal Tribunal of the modification.
(9) A complainant who has received a notice of decision from a settlement council
pursuant to a complaint made under this
section 19 may appeal the decision to the
Appeal Tribunal.
PART IX - APPEALS TO APPEAL TRIBUNAL
Appeals
20. An appeal of a settlement council's decision made pursuant to
section 19
regarding a complaint must be made to the Appeal Tribunal.
21. In such an appeal, the Appeal Tribunal is bound by the terms of this Policy.
Notice of Appeal
(1) An appeal to the Appeal Tribunal must be based on one or more grounds
raised in the original complaint and limited to one or more of the following grounds:
(
a) the description of the property;
(
b) the assessed value of the property;
(
c) the complainant's status as an assessed person for the property; or
(
d) the assessment class of the property.
(2) The notice of appeal to the Appeal Tribunal must:
(
a) be made in writing by the complainant;
(
b) contain the complainant's address for service;
(
c) explain the details of the appeal and the reasons for it;
(
d) include the supporting documentation, if any, that the complainant wishes to
rely on; and
(
e) be filed within 30 days of the date of delivery to the complainant of the
settlement council's notice of decision.
(3) Where an appeal is commenced with respect to an assessment amended under
section 17, the appeal must be confined to the amendment.
(4) Where an appeal is commenced with respect to a supplementary assessment
under
section 18, the appeal must be confined to the supplementary assessment.
Effect of Decision
(1) Where the Appeal Tribunal orders a change to an assessment roll or
Assessment Notice, the tax administrator shall make the change immediately and the
tax for the year shall be adjusted accordingly if required.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a settlement council appeals the Appeal
Tribunal's decision, then no changes shall be made to the assessment roll or
Assessment Notice until final determination of the matter.
(3) In the event that the tax paid by a complainant was more or less than what would
have been payable at the revised assessment roll or Assessment Notice, interest is
payable on the difference at the Bank of Canada prime rate in place at the time of the
Appeal Tribunal's decision.
PART X - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Disclosure of Information
(1) The tax administrator, the assessor, a member of the Appeal Tribunal, the
settlement council or any other person who has custody or control of information or
records obtained or created under this Policy must not disclose the information or
records except
(
a) in the course of administering this Policy or performing functions under it;
(
b) in proceedings before the Appeal Tribunal, a court of law or pursuant to a
court order; or
(
c) in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The assessor may disclose to the agent of an assessed person confidential
information relating to the property if the disclosure has been authorized in writing by
the assessed person.
(3) An agent must not use information disclosed under subsection (2) except for the
purposes authorized by the assessed person in writing referred to in that subsection.
Disclosure for Research Purposes
25. Notwithstanding
section 24,
(
a) the tax administrator may disclose information and records to a third party
for research purposes, including statistical research, provided the
information and records do not contain information in an individually
identifiable form or business information in an identifiable form; and
(
b) a settlement council may disclose information and records to a third party
for research purposes, including statistical research, in an identifiable form,
where
(
i) the research cannot reasonably be accomplished unless the information
is provided in an identifiable form, and
(ii) the third party has signed an agreement with a settlement council to
comply with a settlement council's requirements respecting the use,
confidentiality and security of the information.
Validity
26. Nothing done under this Policy shall be deemed void or invalid, nor must the
liability of any person to pay taxes or amounts levied under the Taxation Policy be
affected by
(
a) an error or omission in a valuation or a valuation based solely on
information in the hands of an assessor or the tax administrator;
(
b) an error or omission in an assessment roll, Assessment Notice, or any notice
given under this Policy; or
(
c) a failure of the settlement council, tax administrator or the assessor to do
something within the required time.
Notices
(1) Where in this Policy a notice is required to be given by mail or where the
method of giving the notice is not otherwise specified, it must be given
(
a) by mail to the recipient's ordinary mailing address or the address for the
recipient shown on the assessment roll;
(
b) where the recipient's address is unknown, by posting a copy of the notice in
a conspicuous place on the recipient's property; or
(
c) by personal delivery or courier to the recipient or to the recipient's ordinary
mailing address or the address for the recipient shown on the assessment
roll.
(2) Except where otherwise provided in this Policy, a notice
(
a) given by mail is deemed received on the seventh day after the day it is
posted;
(
b) posted on property is deemed received on the second day after it is posted;
and
(
c) given by personal delivery is deemed received upon delivery.
Electronic Delivery of Notices
(1) Where this Policy or a bylaw made under this Policy requires a notice to be
given by mail, the notice may be sent by electronic means if:
(
a) the recipient has consented to receive documents from the sender by those
electronic means and has provided an e mail address, website or other
electronic address to the sender for that purpose, and
(
b) it is possible to make a copy of the document from the electronic
transmission.
(2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a document sent by electronic means
in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed received on the date that it is sent.
(3) For greater certainty, a reference in this Policy to a mailing address is to be
interpreted as including an electronic address referred to in subsection (1)(
a) if the
requirements of subsection (1) are met.
Interpretation
(1) The provisions of this Policy are severable, and where any provision of this
Policy is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction, the invalid portion must be severed from the remainder of this Policy and
the decision that it is invalid must not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Policy.
(2) Where a provision in this Policy is expressed in the present tense, the provision
applies to the circumstances as they arise.
(3) Words in this Policy that are in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular.
(4) This Policy must be construed as being remedial and must be given such fair,
large and liberal construction and
interpretation as best ensures the attainment of its
objectives.
(5) Unless specified to the contrary, reference in this Policy to a law, statute or
enactment is a reference to the law, statute or enactment of the Province as it exists
from time to time and includes any regulations made under the law, statute or
enactment.
(6) Headings form no part of this Policy and must be construed as being inserted for
convenience of reference only.
Repeal and Transition
30. The Business Property Contributions Policy is hereby repealed in its entirety.
31. The repeal of the Business Property Contributions Policy does not affect
anything done, incurred or acquired under the authority of the Business Property
Contributions Policy before its repeal. For greater clarity, any right incurred or
proceeding commenced under the authority of the Business Property Contributions
Policy before its repeal remains valid and shall continue to be governed by the
provisions of the Business Property Contributions Policy.
Force and Effect
32. This Policy comes into force and effect on the later of the day it is approved by
the Minister of Indigenous Relations and the day after it is approved and passed by
the General Council.
AMENDMENTS TO THIS POLICY ARE HEREBY DULY ENACTED by the
General Council on the ____ day of ______________, 2020 at Edmonton, in the
Province of Alberta.
Metis Settlements General Council
Per:
______________________________
Herb Lehr, President
Per:
______________________________
Dorothy Anderson, Elected Secretary
SCHEDULE I - ASSESSMENT CLASSES
Class 1 - residential
Class 2 - non residential
Class 3 - farm land
Class 4 - machinery and equipment
SCHEDULE II - DECLARATION OF PURPOSE FOR THE USE OF
ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
I, ________________________ [name], of ___________________ [address],
_______________ [city], ________ [province], ________ [postal code], declare and
certify that I will not use the assessment roll or information contained in the
assessment roll to obtain names, addresses or telephone numbers for solicitation
purposes, whether the solicitations are made by telephone, mail or any other means,
or to harass an individual.
I further declare and certify that any assessment information I receive will be used for
the following purpose(s):
(1) a complaint or appeal under the Metis Settlements General Council Property
Assessment Policy 2018;
(2) a review of an assessment to determine whether to seek a reconsideration or
appeal of the assessment; or
(3) other: __________________________________________________ .
Signed: ____________________________
[please print name]
Dated: ____________________ , 20__ .
SCHEDULE III - ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Date of mailing: ________________
TO: ____________________________________________________
ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION OF INTEREST IN LAND: ___________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
TAKE NOTICE that the assessment roll has been certified by the assessor for the
__________________ Metis Settlement and delivered to the Settlement Council.
The following person(
s) is/are the assessed person of the property: [Name(s) &
addresses]
The property is classified as:
The assessed value by assessment class of the property is:
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE: ________________
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE LIABLE TO TAXATION: ________________
AND TAKE NOTICE that you may, within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing of
this notice, request a reconsideration of this assessment by delivering a written
request for reconsideration in the form specified in the Metis Settlements General
Council Property Assessment Policy 2018. Within ninety (90) days of receipt by the
Settlement Council of your request for reconsideration, the assessor will review the
assessment and provide you with the results of the reconsideration. If the assessor
determines that the property should have been assessed differently, Settlement
Council will offer to modify the assessment.
AND TAKE NOTICE that you may, within thirty (30) days of Settlement Council's
decision with respect to your request for reconsideration, appeal this assessment to the
Appeal Tribunal. The Notice of Appeal must be and writing and be delivered to the
Appeal Tribunal at the following address: [insert address].
________________________________________________________
Tax Administrator for the ____________________ Metis Settlement
Dated: __________________ , 20___ .
SCHEDULE IV - ASSESSMENT COMPLAINT
TO: Settlement Council for the ___________________ Metis Settlement
[address]
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Metis Settlements General Council Property
Assessment Policy 2018, I hereby request a review of the Assessment Notice of the
following property:
[description of the property as described in the Assessment Notice]
I am: ___ an assessed person of the property ___ named on the assessment roll
in respect of this property
This request to review the Assessment Notice is based on the following reasons:
(1) (2)
(3) (describe the reasons in support of the request in as much detail as possible)
Address and telephone number at which applicant can be contacted:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
______________________________ ____________________________
Name of Complainant (please print) Signature of Complainant
Dated: _____________________ , 20___ .
SCHEDULE V - CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL BY ASSESSOR
The assessor must certify the assessment roll in the following form:
I, ______________________ , being the assessor for the _____________ Metis
Settlement, hereby certify that this is the ________ Metis Settlement [supplementary]
assessment roll for the year 20__ and that this assessment roll is complete and has
been prepared and completed in accordance with all requirements of the Metis
Settlements General Council Property Assessment Policy 2018.
_________________________________
(Signature of Assessor)
Dated _____________ , 20__ at _____________________ , ______________ .
(City) (Province)
Municipal Affairs
Notice of the Mailing of the
2019 Assessment Year
2020 Tax Year
Designated Industrial Non-linear Property Assessment Notices
(Municipal Government Act)
Pursuant to Sections 311(3) and 311(4) of the Municipal Government Act Revised
Statutes of Alberta 2000
Chapter M-26 as amended, the 2019 assessment year for the
2020 tax year, designated industrial non-linear property assessment notices were
mailed to all assessed property owners with copies to the affected municipalities on
February 28, 2020. All assessed persons are deemed to have received their designated
industrial non-linear property assessment notices as a result of the publication of this
notice.
The designated industrial non-linear property assessment roll is open for viewing year
round. A copy can be found at the:
Assessment Services Branch
15th Floor Commerce Place
10155 - 102 Street, Edmonton, AB
T5J 4L4
Questions concerning non-linear property assessment notices can be directed to the
Assessment Services Branch of Municipal Affairs at (780) 422-1377 or toll free at
310-0000. Dial 310-0000 before dialing the office's area code and telephone number.
Calling by cell phone? Start with one of the toll-free codes, and then punch in the
office's area code and telephone number: *310 (Roger's Wireless) #310 (Bell and
Telus).
Safety Codes Council
Agency Accreditation - Suspension
(Safety Codes Act)
Pursuant to
Section 30 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
998046 Alberta Ltd, operating as Canadian Safety Consulting Services,
Accreditation No. A000838, Order No. 2685
Is to cease services under the Safety Codes Act for Building.
Consisting of all parts of the National Building Code - 2019 Alberta Edition, and the
National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2017 as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: May 1, 2009 Issued Date: February 26, 2020.
Corporate Accreditation
(Safety Codes Act)
Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Dow Chemical Canada ULC, Accreditation No. C000128, Order No. 827
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Electrical
Consisting of all parts of the Canadian Electrical Code
Part 1 and Alberta Electrical
Utility Code as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: June 7, 1996 Issued Date: February 21, 2020.
_______________
Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Dow Chemical Canada ULC, Accreditation No. C000128, Order No. 845
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Fire
Consisting of all parts of the National Fire Code - 2019 Alberta Edition, except for
those requirements pertaining to the installation, alteration, and removal of the storage
tank systems for flammable and combustible liquids, and Fire Investigation (cause
and circumstance).
Accredited Date: July 10, 1996 Issued Date: February 21, 2020.
_______________
Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Accreditation No. C000139, Order No. 2812
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Building
Consisting of all parts of the National Building Code - 2019 Alberta Edition, and the
National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2017 as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: May 12, 2011 Issued Date: February 27, 2020.
_______________
Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Accreditation No. C000139, Order No. 0384
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Electrical
Consisting of all parts of the Canadian Electrical Code
Part 1 and Alberta Electrical
Utility Code as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: March 7, 2016 Issued Date: February 27, 2020.
_______________
Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Accreditation No. C000139, Order No. 2839
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Fire
Consisting of all parts of the National Fire Code - 2019 Alberta Edition, and Fire
Investigation (cause and circumstance) as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: January 17, 2012 Issued Date: February 27, 2020.
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Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Accreditation No. C000139, Order No. 2813
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Gas
Consisting of all parts of the Natural Gas and Propane Installations Code, Propane
Storage and Handling Code, and Compressed Natural Gas Fuelling Stations
Installation Code as amended from time to time. Excluding the Installation Code for
Propane Fuel Systems and Tanks on Highway Vehicles and the Natural Gas for
Vehicles Installation Code Compressed Natural Gas.
Accredited Date: May 12, 2011 Issued Date: February 27, 2020.
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Pursuant to
Section 28 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Accreditation No. C000139, Order No. 2814
provide services under the Safety Codes Act including applicable Alberta amendments
and regulations for Plumbing
Consisting of all parts of the National Plumbing Code of Canada, and Alberta Private
Sewage Systems Standard of Practice as amended from time to time.
Accredited Date: May 12, 2011 Issued Date: February 27, 2020.
Municipal Accreditation - Cancellation
(Safety Codes Act)
Pursuant to
Section 26 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that
Municipal District of Bighorn No.8, Accreditation No. M000151, Order No. 345
Due to the voluntary withdrawal from accreditation is to cease administration under
the Safety Codes Act within its jurisdiction for Building
Consisting of all parts of the National Building Code - 2019 Alberta Edition and the
National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2017 as amended from time to time.
Issued Date: March 1, 2020.
Service Alberta
Notice of Intent to Dissolve
(Cooperatives Act)
Canadian Trades' Services Co-operative
Notice is hereby given that a Notice of Intent to Dissolve was issued to Canadian
Trades' Services Co-operative on March 2, 2020.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, March 2, 2020.
Laurie Pitts, Director of Cooperatives.
Treasury Board and Finance
Insurance Notice
(Insurance Act)
Effective February 20, 2020, Liberty Specialty Markets Bermuda Limited
withdrew from the Province of Alberta and their licence was cancelled pursuant to
Section 53 of the Insurance Act.
David Sorensen, Deputy Superintendent of Insurance.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Irrigation District Notice
Enforcement Return
(Irrigation Districts Act)
Western Irrigation District
Notice is hereby given that a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has
fixed Wednesday, May 6, 2020 as the day on which, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., or so
soon thereafter as the application can be heard, the Court will sit in Chambers, at the
Court House, 601 - 5 Street S.W. in Calgary, Alberta, for the purpose of confirmation
of the Enforcement Return for the Western Irrigation District covering rates assessed
for the year 2018.
Dated at Strathmore, Alberta, February 12, 2020.
5-6 David McAllister, P. Eng, MSc, MBA, General Manager.
Notice of Certificate of Intent to Dissolve
(Business Corporations Act)
Notice is hereby given that a Certificate of Intent to Dissolve was issued to Core
Telecom & Wiring Ltd. on February 28, 2020.
Dated at Calgary, Alberta, March 2, 2020.
Ryan Hager, Barrister and Solicitor.
Public Sale of Land
(Municipal Government Act)
County of St. Paul No. 19
Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act,
the County of St. Paul No. 19 will offer for sale, by public auction, in the County
Office, St. Paul, Alberta, on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., the following
lands:
Pt. of Sec.
Sec.
Twp.
Rge.
Acres
C. of T.
160.00
77.56
159.00
78.99
159.00
159.00
154.50
3.01
Ashmont
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
1379CL
1379CL
1379CL
1379CL
18-20
1379CL
Floatingstone
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
Lac Sante
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
Laurier Lake
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
2104MC
Lottie Lake
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
Lower Mann Lake
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
6815MC
3909TR
Lower Therien
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
St. Lina
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
Upper Mann Lake
Lot
Block
Plan
C. of T.
Each parcel will be offered for sale, subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations
and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The land is being offered for sale on an "as is, where is" basis, and the County of St.
Paul No. 19 makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the
adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development
conditions, absence or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability
of the subject land for any intended use by the purchaser. All bidders or their agents
must be present at the public auction.
The County of St. Paul No. 19 may, after the public auction, become the owner of any
parcel of land not sold at the public auction.
Terms: Cash. The above properties may be subject to G.S.T.
Redemption may be effected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time
prior to the sale.
Dated at St. Paul, Alberta, February 24, 2020.
Sheila Kitz, Chief Administrative Officer.
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10
Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act,
the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 will offer for sale, by public auction, in the County
Office at Wetaskiwin, Alberta, on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., the
following lands:
Plan;Block;Lot
Pt. of
Sec.
Sec.
Twp.
Rge.
Acres
Roll
C. of T./
LINC
0526661; 1; 30
4.50
365MC; 4; 10
0022068; 2
5.56
0621183; 5; 7
0.99
1022081; 1; 1
45.22
8221749; ; 1
2.62
3838ET; 6; 1
0.96
8221308; 1; 3
1.16
Each parcel will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and
conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 may, after the public auction, become the owner of
any parcel of land not sold at the public auction.
Terms: 10% cash deposit and balance payable by cash or certified cheque within
48 hours.
Redemption may be effected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time
prior to the sale.
Dated at Wetaskiwin, Alberta, February 21, 2020.
Rod Hawken, County Administrator.
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Town of Morinville
Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act,
the Town of Morinville will offer for sale, by public auction, in the Council Chambers
at St. Germain Place, 10125 100 Avenue, Morinville, Alberta, on Wednesday,
April 29, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., the following land:
Lot
Block
Plan
LINC
This parcel will be offered for sale, subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and
conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The land is being offered for sale on an "as is, where is" basis, and the Town of
Morinville makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the
adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development
conditions, absence or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability
of the subject land for any intended use by the purchaser.
The Town of Morinville may, after the public auction, become the owner of any
parcel of land not sold at the public auction.
Terms: Cash, bank draft or certified cheque. 10% deposit and balance within 30 days
of the date of the public auction. GST may apply.
Redemption may be effected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time
prior to the sale.
Dated at Morinville, Alberta, March 2, 2020.
Tracy VanKoughnett, Finance Manager.
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Village of Forestburg
Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act,
the Village of Forestburg will offer for sale, by public auction, in the Village of
Forestburg Council Chambers, 4902 50 Street, Forestburg, Alberta, on Wednesday,
April 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands:
Lot
Block
Plan
Roll
C. of T.
903EO
2260.000
3811TR
3640.000
Each parcel will be offered for sale, subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations
and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The land is being offered for sale on an "as is, where is" basis, and the Village of
Forestburg makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the
adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development
conditions, absence or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability
of the subject land for any intended use by the purchaser.
No bid will be accepted where the bidder attempts to attach conditions precedent to
those specified by the Village of Forestburg. No further information is available at the
auction regarding the lands to be sold.
The Village of Forestburg may, after the public auction, become the owner of any
parcel of land not sold at the public auction.
Terms: Cash, certified cheque or bank draft. 10% non-refundable deposit on the day
of the sale and balance due within 24 hours of the public auction. GST will apply if
applicable.
Redemption may be effected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time
prior to the sale.
Dated at Forestburg, Alberta, February 18, 2020.
Debra A. Moffatt, Chief Administrative Officer.
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