Bill 22 (Legislature 15, Session 3)

L15 S3 1326

Alberta — Bills

No. 22 3rd Session, 15th Legislature, Alberta 14 Elizabeth II BILL 22 A Bill to amend The Bow River Development Act HON. MR. STROM Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Edmonton, Albel'ta, 1966

Explanatory Note I. This Bill amends

chapter 48 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1955.

Section 27 deals with borrowings by the manager of the Bow River Development. Clause (

b) of subsection (1) will give him borrowing powers equivalent to those given to irrigation districts in 1964. S-ection 7a of the Act deals with agreements with water users for land development projects.

Section 38 deals with the sending of statements and the collection of water rates and charges under sections 33 and 34 of the Act. Subsection (4) presently reads:

(4) All water rates and charges under sections 33 and 34 shaH be deemed to be due on the first day of January of the year in which they are imposed, and shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum after the first day of May in the. year in which the water rate or charges under sections 33 and 34 are imposed but the irrigation council may from time to time vary the rate of interest to be charged or the date from which it is to be computed or both. Subsection (5) is re-enacted as subsection (7) ..

BILL No. 22 of 1966

An Act to amend The Bow River Development Act (Assented to , 1966) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as f onows : 1. The Bow River Development Act is hereby amended.

Section 27 is struck out and the following is substi tuted: 27.

(1) The manager may borrow (

a) any sum or sums of money for the purpose of meet ing expenses for any year that are payable out of the water service charge, and (

b) any sum or sums of money for the financing and carrying out of work under agreements pursuant to

section 7 a, in such amounts and on such terms as may be approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may on behalf of the Crown in right of Alberta guarantee the repayment of all or of a portion of any moneys borrowed by the man ager under this section.

Section 38 is amended by striking out subsections (4) and (5) and by substituting the following:

(4) All water rates and charges imposed under sections 33 and 34 shall be deemed to be due on the first day of January of the year in which they are imposed.

(5) With respect to water rates and charges imposed in any year under sections 33 and 34, the manager may, subject to the approval of the irrigation council, (

a) grant a discount of not more than five per cent on any amounts paid on water rates or charges on or before the twentieth day of October in that year, and (

b) grant a discount of not more than two and one half per cent on any amounts paid on water rates or charges during the period from the twenty-first day of October to the twentieth day of November in that year.

4. The new penalty provisions under

section 38 of the Act come into force on June 1, 1966. Clause 4 of the Bill1creates a moratorium on 6% interest charges under the present subsection (4) of

section 35 which is quoted in the note to clause 3. 5. The title of the Bow River Development colonization manager is changed to "Bow River Development land manager". 2 6. Idem. 7. Idem.

Section 70, subsection (1) presently reads: 70.

(1) No m,oney shall be expended for or loaned to anyone water user, for any ,of the purposes set out in clauses (d), (

e) and (

g) of

section 67, in excess of the aggregate sum of fifteen hundred dollars.

(6) The following penalties shall be added to the whole or any part of any water rates and charges under sections 33 and 34 that are in arrears, namely, (

a) a penalty equal to two per cent of the amount of ra tes and charges in arrears after the thirtieth day of November in the year in which they were im posed, (

b) a penalty equal to two per cent of the rates, charges and previously added penalties in arrears after the last day of February in the next succeeding year, and (

c) a penalty equal to four per cent of the amount of rates, charges and previously added penalties in arrears after the thirty-first day of May next suc ceeding, and thereafter the addition of penalties referred to in clauses (a), (

b) and (

c) shall be repeated in succession until all arrears of rates, charges and penalties are fully paid, with the penalty in each case being calculated on the arrears of rates, charges and previously added penalties.

(7) Nothing in this

section shall be construed to extend the time for payment of water rates or charges under sec tions 33 and 34. 4. No interest shall be charged under subsection (4) of

section 38 of The Bow River Development Act for the per iod from the first day of December, 1965 to the thirty-first day of May, 1966, and any interest so paid in respect of that period shall be refunded.

Section 57 is amended by striking out clause (

a) and by substituting the following: (a) "land manager" means the Bow River Development land manger as constituted by this Act; 6. The words "colonization manager" are struck out wherever they occur in the Act, and the words "land man ager" are substituted. 7. The following

section is added after

section 58: 58a. The name "Bow River Development land man ager" is for all purposes substituted for the name "Bow River Development colonization manager".

Section 70, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the words "the aggregate sum of fifteen hundred dollars" and by substituting the words Hamounts fixed by the Lieu tenant Governor in Council". 2

9. Commencement of Act. The new penalty provIsIons will apply to all arrears of water rates and charges imposed in 1965 or earlier. The result is that if any 1965 rates and charges are unpaid they will bear interest at 6% (under the present legislation) from May 1, 1965 to November 30, 1965. No interest is payable from De cemb'er 1, 1965 to May 31, 1966 because of clause 4 of this Bill but if any amounts are still not paid by May 31, 1966, the new provisions will apply and a 4% penalty will then he payable. 3

(1) This Act, except

section 3, comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

(2) Section 3 comes into force on the first day of June, 1966.

(3) The penalties provided for in subsection (6) of sec tion 38 of The Bow River Development Act, as enacted by

section 3 of this Act, apply in respect of water rates and charges, and interest thereon, in arrears after the thirty first day of May, 196,6. 3

No. 22 THIRD SE:SSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 14 ELIZABETH II 1966 BILL

An Act to amend The Bow River Development Act Recei ved and read the First time .......................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. STROM Title: 1966 (15th, 3rd) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Bow River Development Act

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