Bill 245 — First Session, 23Rd Legislature, 42 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 245 Small Business Support Act (Legislature 23, Session 1)

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Alberta — Bills

1993 BILL First Session, 23rd Legislature, 42 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ACT MR. HAVELOCK First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1993 (23rd, 1st) Bill 245, Small Business Support Act Bill Mr. Havelock BILL SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ACT (Assented to , 1993) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

Definitions In this Act (a) "Minister" means the member of the Executive Council responsible for consumer and corporate affairs; (b) "serving department" means a department or agency of Government which administers any legislation pertaining to small businesses; (c) "small business" means an enterprise, whether or not incorporated, employing fewer than 20 persons and having gross revenues of less than $1,000,000 a year. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to find ways to reduce or eliminate unnecessary statutory and administrative requirements imposed upon small businesses.

Departmental review The Minister shall, by January 1, 1995, review all serving departments of Government with respect to the following: (

a) requirements for filing information of any kind by small businesses; 1 (

b) applications, licences, permissions or consents for a small business to do any thing; (

c) loans, grants, or any form of assistance provided to small businesses; and (

d) registrations required of small businesses; (

e) such other matters as the Minister thinks are relevant for the purposes of this Act. Recommendatio ns Upon completing the review required by

section 3, the Minister shall make recommendations to the member of the Executive Council responsible for each serving department with respect to the following: (

a) duplication of filing requirements by or more serving departments; (

b) duplication of applications, licences, permissions or consents required of small businesses by the serving departments; (

c) requirements of the serving departments which are, in the opinion of the Minister, unduly onerous upon small businesses; (

d) such other matters as the Minister thinks are relevant for the purposes of this Act. 2 Title: 1993 (23rd, 1st) Bill 245, Small Business Support Act

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