No. 53 3rd Session, 13th Legislature Alberta 5 Elizabeth II, 1957' BILL 53 A Bill to amend The Public Welfare Act HON. MR. JORGENSON ED:.\fO.':'l'(JX. ALBER1'A Printed by A. SHNITKA, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1957

Explanatory Note

Section 11, subsections (1) and (3) now read: "11.

(1) A municipality is responsible for the provision of material aid to a person "Ca) who while a resident of the municipality receives material aid therefrom, or "Cb) who while a resident of the municipality moves from the municipality into another municipality "0) while receiving material aid from the first mentioned municipality, or "Oi) within twelve months after he last received material aid from the first nH:·ntioned municipality, and the provision of material aid continues to be the responsibility of the first mentioned municipality until that person becomes a resident of another mUnicipality within the meaning' of this Part. "

(3) A person who rece!\,es any assistance, pension, allowance or compensation "Ca) under "(

i) the Old Age ~ecurity Act (Canada), "(ii) The Old Age Assistance A(,t, "(iii) The Blind Persons Act, "(iv) The Disabled Persons' Pensions Act, "(

v) The 'Widows' Pensions Act, "(vi) The ~lothers' Allowance Act, or "(viii) The ,"orkmen's Compensation Act, or "(

b) in recognition of services performed by him, shall be deemed to be a self-supporting person to the extent of such assistance, pension, allowance or compensation,", The intention is to have these persons always considered as residents of certain municipalities no matter where they may move to. The effect of this amendment is to remove from the category of persons deemed to be self-supporting (to some extent) those persons in receipt of, or who had at one time received pensions et.c. under The Old Age Assistance Act, The Blind Persons Act, The Disabled Persons' Pensions Act, The Widows' Pensions Act and The Mothers' Allowance Act.

BILL No. 53 of 1957

An Act to amend The Public Welfare Act (Assented to , 19{)7) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Welfare Act, being

chapter 268 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 11 is amended by striking out subsection (3) and by substituting the following new subsections: "

(3) A person who receives a pension or compensation " (

a) in recognition of services performed by him, "(

b) under The Workmen's Cmnpensation Act, or "(

c) under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) and who, within the year immediately preceding the granting of this pension, was not receiving any assistance or allowance under "(

i) The Old Age Assistance Act, or "(ii) The Blind Persons Act, shall be deemed a self-supporting person to the extent of such pension or compensation. "(3a) A person who receives a pension under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) and who, within the year im­ mediately preceding the granting of this pension, received any assistance or allowance under " (

a) The Old Age Assistance Act, or "(

b) The Blind Persons Act, shall be deemed a resident of the municipality of which he was a resident at the time the assistance or allowance was first granted. "(3b) A person who receives any assistance, pension or allowance under "(

a) The Old Age Assistance Act, " (

b) The Blind Persons Act, "(

c) The Disabled Persons' Pensions Act, "(

d) The Disabled Persons Act, "(

e) The Widows' Pensions Act, or

2 .f (

f) The Mothers' Allowance Act, shall be deemed a resident of the municipality of which he was a resident at the time the assistance, pension or allow­ ance was first granted.". 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, come into force.

THIRD SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 5 ELIZABETH II 1957 BILL

An Act to amend The Public Welfare Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time. HON. MR. JORGENSON Title: 1957 (13th, 3rd) Bill 53,

An Act to amend The Public Welfare Act