Bill 75 (Legislature 6, Session 3)

L6 S3 9073

Alberta — Bills

BILL NO. ]5 of 1929.

An Act respecting the Union of Municipalities for Certain Purposes. (Assented to 1929) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis lative Assembly of the Province of Alberta enacts as follows: 1. This .Act may be cited as "The Union of Municipalities Act. 11 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires: (a) 11 Council" means the Council of any Municipal District and includes the Minister of Municipal Affairs in respect of an Improvement District. (b) "Minister" means the Minister of ~~unicipal Affairs. (c) "Municipal! ty" means any Municipal District and any Improvement District. 3.

The Council of any Municipality may enter into an agree ment with the Council or Councils of one or more other Munici pal! ties to combine the Municipalities v:hich are party to any such agreement for the purpose of the collective discharge of any of the powers and functions of such municipalities either in whole or in part, in relation to all or any of the matters following, namely:

(1) The assessment of assessable property.

(2) The collection of taxes collectable by the municipoli ties.

(3) The construction, repair and maintenance of roads and works incidental thereto.

(4) The relief of indigents ..

(5) The a~~inistration of any duty or power imposed on or given to the Council of the municipalities by any Statute. 4. By any such agreement it may be provided:

(1) That the same person shall be the officer of each municipality party to the agreement.

(2) That any works authorized to be carried out by any such agreement sh~ll be carried out as if the Municipalities ~arties to the agreement constituted one municipality.

(3) That the powers and duties of the Council of each ~icipali ty party to the agreement in relt'.tion to the ap intment, discharge, remuneration ~..nd supe1··rision of any loer appointed pursuant to such agreement and as to the of any work authorized thereby be delegated to a P.OI.-lttee composed of representatives of the Councils of each thereto. 4) As to the ~anner in which the cost ~..nd expense of out any work or unde~taking authorized by the agree- shall be apportioned, borne and paid between and by the ~~~~~ities party thereto. ,. - 2- {5) As to the manner in which any such Committee shall be constituted, and the number of its members. ( 6) For the a.cquisi tion of any property, real or personal, required for the purpose of carrying out ~~Y work authorized by the agreement and for the disposition t~ereof upon the termination of the agreement. 5.

In the absence of any provision in such agreement to the contrary, the expenses incurred in relation or incidental to any matter or thing done or performed in t~e execution of any such agreement shall be apportioned betwe3n the Councils of the municipalities which are parties to ti:le <'.greement in the proportion which the aggregate adsessed vc-.lues of the property assessable for the purposes of the municipality bears 1io the aggregate assessed value of all such property in all the muni cipalities which are partids to the agreement. 6.

The Council of every municipality, which is party to nny such agreement, shall be jolntly li~ble with the others for all liabilities incurred in the performance of any act or thing authori~ed by such agreement. 7· No agreement under this Act shall be authorized by the Council of any Municipality unless and until the same has been approved by the Minister. 8. In the case of a Municipal District:

(1) The agreement shall be entered into only upon the passing of a bylaw by the Council authorizing it. {2) A copy of such bylaw, together with a copy of the agreement, shall be posted~~ in five conspicuous public ~laces in the Municip.:'.-1 Di'strict within d:tys of the fine~ passing of the bylaw, ~~d shall be kept so posted up until the thir tieth day after the day on which it is so p~sced.

(3) Upon the delivery to the Secretary Treasurer of the Municipal District not later than the thirtieth day after the final passing of such bylaw of a requisition in writing signed by at least ten per cent. of all the proprietary electors of the District as defined by the Municipal District Act 1926, demanding that the bylaw shall be submitted to a vote, the same shall be submitted to a vote of the proprietary electors of the District in the same manner as is provided in the last mentioned Act in respect of a bylaw authorizing a deQenture and all the provisions of that Act relating to the- taking of such a vote sha.l.l mutatis mutandis apply to the taking of a. vote under this Act. {4) The bylaw and agreement shall be deemed to be confirmed if it is approved by a majority of the votes cast.

(5) An agreement shall have no force and ef'fect until the thirty-first day o.fter the last day on which the- bylaw author izing it is finally passed by any Council of a Municipal District party to such ngreement; or in the case ~f a vote or votes being duly demanded, uptil such vote or votes have been taken, and the bylaw is confirmed upon each end every vote taken thereon. ....... "!I(. "' ., No. 75. THIRD SESSION ... 1 GEORGE V BILL

An Act Respecting the Unicn of li'unicipali ties for Cel"'tain Purposes Received and read the First time·---- Second time .r Third time-----·---·-·····-·--·------- · Eon. ~~r. Reid Em,·:ONTON: W. D. McLEAN, KDW' S RPINTER A.D. 1929 '"•. ·" " -..... '! .. t~ i) ... ~ '-' .. . ! .... ~ ;, 11 ,.., Title: 1929 (6th, 3rd) Bill 75,

An Act Respecting the Union of Municipalities for Certain Purposes

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S3 9073
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Volume / chapter	L6 S3 9073
Language	en
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