Bill 6 — A Bill To Amend the County Act Ron. (Legislature 15, Session 3)

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Alberta — Bills

No.6 3rd Session, 15th Legislature, Alherta 14 Elizabeth II BILL 6 A Bill to amend The County Act RON. MR. ROOKE Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1966

Explanatory Note I. This Bill will amend

chapter 64 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 4a, subsection (2) presently reads:

(2) If, within the period during which under sub.s~ction (1). the notice in Form 1 is required to be kept posted, a petitlOn is receIVed from at least ten per cent of the proprietary electors of the county requesting that the question of whether the eleetors of. the county are in ·favour of the continuation of the county or ar~ III favour of reverting to the previous form of government. be su~mIHed to. a vote of the electors, the county council shall Im.medlately not~fy the Minister thereof and shall conduct a plebiSCIte to determme the question.

Section 16a, subsection (1), clause (

b) presently reads: 16a.

(1) Immediately after the publication of the order establishing a county in the Alberta Gazette, ,the secretary-treasurer of the school division to be inco'rporated in the county,shan notify (

b) the Minister of Educati.on in the case of each rural school district incorporated into the county for school administrative purposes, of the formation of the county and the date set for the first meeting of the county council. The references to "rural school districts" in subsections (3) and (4) are changed to "school districts" to relate to the amendments being made to

section 17a. See clause 6 of this Bill. 4. After the first election of school representatives of the towns and villages a meeting of such representatives is required to be held to appoint a chairman and secretary pursuant to

section 16b and the amendment authorizes the secretary-treasurer of the county to call this meeting.

Section 17, subsection (2) presently reads:

(2) In any such school district that has been co,nstituted a separate subdivision of the .school division under The School Act, the electors of the town or VIllage may elect a representative of the town of village who shall be appointed by the county council to be a member of the school committee.

BILL No.6 of 1966

An Act to amend The County Act (Assented to ,1966) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and cons'ent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The County Act is hereby amended.

Section 4a is amended by adding the following sub sections after subsection (2) : (2a) When a vote of the electors is required, the reversion to the previous form of government shall not be proceeded with unless the reversion is approved by (

a) two-thirds of the electors voting thereon, when the total number of electors voting on the question is not ,more than fifty per cent of the total number of electors entitled to vote thereon, or (

b) one-half of the electors voting thereon, when the total number of electors voting on the question is more than fifty per cent of the total number of electors entitled to vote thereon. (2b) No question that is required to be su1bmitted to' the electors pursuant to this

section shall be deemed to have been passed or rej ected unless the total number of electors voting on the question is ten per cent or ,more of the total number of electors entitled to vote thereon.

Section 16a is amended (

a) as to subsection ( 1), cIa use (

b) by adding after the words "'school administrative purposes" the word "only", (

b) as to subsections (3) and (4) by striking out the word "rural".

Section 16b is amended by adding the following su!b

section after subsection (1): (1a) The first meeting of the representatives of the towns and villages held pursuant to this

section shall Ibe called by the secretary-treasurer of the county who shall determine the time and the place for the holding of the meeting.

Section 17, subsection (2) is amended by striking Qut the words "has been constituted" and by substituting the words "would qualify as".

6. The present

section 17a, subsection (1) provides that one or more rural districts outside the county boundaries, but included for administrative purposes only may elect a representative. According to the present

section 17, sUbsection (1) a town in a distDict outside the county boundaries but also included for adminis trative purposes may elect a representative on the school committee. The town school district extends beyond the boundaries of the town and the electors in this rural fringe cannot vote under the present

section 17a, subsection (1) because they alre not part of a rural district and they cannot vote to elect a town representative under the present

section 17, subsection (1), therefore they are actually disenfranchised. The proposed amendment would give the persons in the fringe area the privilege of voting with the electors of the rural school districts. 7. Commencement of Act. 2

Section 17a is struck out and the following is sub stituted: 17a.

(1) Where one or more s'chool districts situated out side the outer boundaries of the ,county have been in corporated into a county for school administrative purposes only the electors (

a) ocE all the rural school districts so incorporated, and (

b) of that part of a school district so incorporated outside the boundaries of a town or village may elect an elector pursuant to this subsection as their representative who, subject to subsection (2) shall be appointed by the county council to be a member of the s·chool committee.

(2) Where one or more school districts situated outside the outer boundaries of the county are incorporated into a county for school administrative purposes only, such rural school districts and that part of such SChODl district outside the bDundaries of a town Dr village shall be treated as Dne school district and shall ibe included in the number Df SChDOl districts to which subsection (4) of

section 17 applies as if they were a town, but .jf in any year the total enrolment of resident pupils in the rural school districts is two hundred and fifty or more, one of the representatives appointed in accordance with subsection (4) of

section 17 shall be the representative eleclted pursuant to this section. (3)T'he election of a representative to the school com mittee for the area of the rural school districts and that part of a school distri·ct outside the Iboundaries of a town or village included in the county for school administrative purposes only, pursuant to this section, shall be governed by sections 132 to 14·5 of The School Act and not :by The Town and Village Act.

(4) The term of office of a person elected pursuant to this

section commences on the date of his election and continues for a period of two years or until his successor is sworn into office and the county council shall appoint him to the 80hool committee at its first regular meeting held after the date of his election. (5) 'The term of of'fice of a person appointed pursuant to

section 16a to represent the rural school districts and that part of a school district outside the boundaries of a town or village pursuant to this

section commences on the date of his appointment and continues until a representative has been elected pursuant to' subsection (3) in the year following the effective date of the formation of the county. 7. This Act ,comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

No.6 THIRD SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 14 ELIZABETH II 1966 BILL

An Act to amend The County Act Received and read the First time .......................... . Second time .................................... .. Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1966 (15th, 3rd) Bill 6,

An Act to amend The County Act

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