Bill 218 — The Municipal Government Amendment Act, 1975 (Legislature 18, Session 1)

L18 S1 5560

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 218 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF AL!mRIfN BILL THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 MR. NOTLEY First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Notley BILL 218 1975 (Second Session) THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AMENID'MENT ACT, 1975 ( Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Municipal G;overnment Act is hereby amended. 2. The following sections are added after

section 102. 102 .. 1

(1) A council by by-law may provide for a rent review board consisting of one or more persons appointed by the council.

(2) In the case of inability to act for over two months due to absence from the municipality or illness of any per son appointed by the council under subsection (1), the council may appoint a person to act during the inability of the member.

(3) The council may provide for the payment of reason able remuneration to each member of the board for his or her services, or to any person appointed under subsection (2) to fill a vacancy.

(4) The council may provide by by-law for the indemni fication of the board and of the members of it against all claims and 'actions arising out of exercise of the powers granted to it pursuant to the by-law. 102.2

(1) In this

section "residential premises" means (

i) premises used for residential purposes, or (ii) land leased as a site for a mobile home used for residential purposes, whether or not the landlord also leases that mobile home to the tenant, but does not include premises occupied for business purposes with living actCommoda tion attached and leased under the same lease.

(2) The council by by-law may invest a board established under

section 102.1 with any or all of the following powers: 2 (

a) to hear complaints concerning rent or conditions of tenancy from tenants of residential premises sit uated within the jurisdiction of the council; (

b) the powers of a commissioner under The Public In quiries Act for the purposes of hearing such com plaints; (

c) to establish the maximum permissable rent for any residential premise or class of residential premises; (

d) to order that the conditions of any tenancy of resi dential premises situated within the jurisdiction of the council, other than rent, be varied. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. - Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 218, The Municipal Government Amendment Act, 1975

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L18 S1 5560
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