REPRINTED BILL No. 150 1st Session, 15th Legislature, Alberta 12 Elizabeth II BILL 150 A Bill to amend The C~ltural Development Act HON. MR. HOLOWACH Prlnted by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen'. Moet Excellent Kajeety, Edmonton, Alberta, 196-1

Explanatory Note I.

Section 14 of The Cultural Development Act (chapter 73 of the Revised Statutes) is revised to provide for the establishment of recreation areas in a single municipality or part of a single municipality. The

section is also revised to provide that a pro­ posed by-law for a special levy for recreation areas may be petitioned by those proprietary electors living in the recreation area for a plebiscite.

REPRINTED BILL BILL No. 150 of 1964

An Act to amend The Cultural Development Act (Assented to • 1964) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Cultural Development Act is amended by striking out

section 14 and by substituting the following: 14.

(1) In subsections (2) and (3) "council" includes the Minister of ,Muriicipal Affairs in respect of an improve­ ment district or special area and the board of administra­ tors of a new town under The New Towns Act.

(2) A council of a municipality may by by-law (

a) provide for the establishment of recreation areas in the municipality, (

b) authorize agreements with other municipalities to provide for j oint recreation programs and joint recreation boards to manage such programs, and (

c) appropriate moneys for the use of joint recreation boards.

(3) A council of a municipality may by by-law levy a special tax on all property within a recreation area estab­ lish~ by by-law or included in a joint program that appears on the assessment roll of the municipality.

(4) Notice of a proposed by-law to be passed pursuant to subsection (3) shall be advertised (

a) in the case of a city, by publishing a notice of the proposed by-law once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper circulated within the city, (

b) in the case of a town, new town or village, by posting within its boundaries notice of the pro­ posed by-law in at least five conspicuous places for at least thirty days and by publishing a like notice in one issue of a newspaper having general circulation within the town, new town or village, and (

c) in the case of a county or municipal district, by posting notices in at least fifteen conspicuous places for at least thirty days and by publishing a like notice in one issue of a newspaper having general circulation in the c.ounty or municipal district.

2. Com:me~erneAt of Act. 2

(5) The council may pass the by-law unless a petition is received by the council within thirty days of the date when the notice of the by-law was published in the news .. paper from ten per cent of the proprietary electors who reside in the recreation area asking that the by-law be sub­ mitted to a vote of the proprietary electors who reside in the recreation area.

(6) If a petition is received asking that the by-law be submitted to a vote, the by-law shall be submitted to a vote of the proprietary electors and shall not be passed by the council until it has been approved by a majority of the pro­ prietary electors voting thereon. (7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not apply in the case of an improvement district or special area. 2. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

No. 150 FIRST SESSION fiFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 12 ELIZABETH II 1964 REPRINTED BILL BILL

An Act to amend The Cultural Development Act Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ...... ' .............................. .. T,hird time ....................................... . HON. MR. HOLOWACH Title: 1964 (15th, 1st) Bill 150,

An Act to amend The Cultural Development Act