Bill 43 (Legislature 11, Session 4)

L11 S4 6954

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 43 of 1951. A BILL TO AMEND THE HOSPITALIZATION OF CITY RESIDENTS ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Hospitalization of City Residents Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta,

Section 2, clause (

a) is amended to make it clear that the definition of "council" means only the ,council of a city that is not included in a municipal hospital district.

Section 2, elause (b), which is the definition of "rate: payer", is struck out and a new clause substituted. The word "real" is added before the word "property" so that "ratepayer" means a person liable to pay taxes in respect of real property. The word "wife" is also changed to the word "spouse". Thus, if the ratepayer happens to be a woman the definition would include her husband in the same way that the wife of a ratepayer is included when the ratepaper is a man.

The definition is further extended to include the surviving spouse, dependent family and domestic female help of a deceased ratepayer whose estate is liable to pay the taxes in respect of real property for which the ratepayer was liable.

Section is amended by striking out the words "or less" where they occur in clause (

a) of subsection (1) and in clause (a) 'Of -subserction (2). The effect of this is that the city hospitalization scheme must provide for the payment by the patient of one dollar per day for standard ward hospitalization. The amount payable by the patient cannot be less than 'One doUar per day.

Section 3, subsection (1) is amended by the addition of a new clause (

c) authorizing a minimum tax for hospital purposes not exceeding eight dollars.

Section 3, subsection (2), clause (

b) is amended. The amendment makes it clear that the council may raise all or part of the money required to establish a hospitalization scheme for non-ratepayers by a tax on non-ratepayers or by a contract plan for hospitalization. The Bill comes into force upon assent. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 43 of 1951.

An Act to amend The Hospitalization of City Residents Act. (Assented to , 1951.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Hospitalization of City Residents Act, being chap ter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1950, is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended,- ~:;!~Od~J (

a) by adding at the end of clause (

a) the words "not included in a municipal hospital district" ; (

b) by striking out clause (

b) and by substituting the following: " (b) 'ratepayer' means any person liable to pay "ratepayer" taxes in respect of real property 'and includes the spouse, dependent family and domestic fe- male help of a ratepayer, and the surviving spouse, dependent family and domestic female help of a deceased ratepayer whose estate is liable to pay the taxes in respect of real pro- perty for which the ratepayer was liable;". 3.

Section is amended,-

Section amended (

a) Iby striking out ,the words "or less" where they occur in clause (

a) of subsection (1); (

b) by adding immediately after clause (

b) of sub section (1) the following new clause: " (

c) fixing a minimum tax for hospital purposes not exceeding eight dollars to be paid by every person assessed upon the assessment and tax roll in respect of real property."; (

c) by striking out the words "or less" where they oc'cur in dause (

a) of subsection (2) ; (d) !by adding immediately after the words "the raising of", where they oc-cur in clause (

b) of subsection (2), the words "all or part of". 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which ~oming 't . t d t mto force IS assen e o. FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI 19,51 BILL

An Act to amend The Hospitalization of City Residents Act. Received and read the First time Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. DR. CROSS. Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 43,

An Act to amend The Hospitalization of City Residents Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L11 S4 6954
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L11 S4 6954
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	80ffaef69776eb1a8a53e256a6aa4bab2722dfbd

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