Bill 94 — A Bill To Amend the Alberta Crop Insurance Act (Legislature 15, Session 3)

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Alberta — Bills

No. 94 3rd Session, 15th Legislature, Alberta 14 Elizabeth II BILL 94 A Bill to amend The Alberta Crop Insurance Act HON. MR. STROM Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1966

Explanatory Note I. This Bill will amend

chapter 17 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1964. 2. The new clause defines a term used in other amendments to the Act in this Bill.

Section 6, subsection (3) presently reads:

(3) From the moneys appropriated by the Legislature for that pur pose the Provinoial Treasurer shall each year, on the requisition of the Minister, pay to the corporation an <amount not exceeding one half of the amount determined to be the cost of administering this Act in that year. The objective in the amendments made by this clause, and the amendments in this Bill to sections 12 and 15 of the Act, is to bring the Act into accord with the federal Crop Insurance Act and the present federal-provincial agreement. The new subsections (3) and (3a) are made retroactive to April 1, 1965 by clause 8 of this Bill, to permit payments to be made to the Corporation under

section 6 of the Act for the fiscal year 1965-1966. 4. Cancellation of contract for non-payment of premium. 5. Refund of money where application rejected.

BILL No. 94 of 1966

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

Section 2 is amended by adding the following clause after (a) : (a1) "federal-provincial agreement" means an agreement made pursuant to

section 15;

Section 6 is amended by striking out subsection (3) and by substituting the following:

(3) From the moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose the Provincial Treasurer shall, on the requisition of the Minister, pay to the corporation (

a) the corporation's adminis,tration expenses, and (

b) the amount the Province undertakes to pay as a share of the premiums paid in respect of contracts of insurance issued by the corporation. (3a) The Provincial Treasurer, on the requisition of the Minister, may from time to time advance to the corporation a portion of the moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of subsection (3), and the corporation shall account to the Provincial Treasurer for the moneys so advanced during the same fiscal year in which they are advanced.

Section 8 is amended by adding the following sub section:

(3) The corporation may, by notice in writing, terminate any contract at the end of a crop year if the insured person is in arrears in the payment of the premium payable under the contract.

Section 9 is amended by adding the following subsec tion:

Section 12 empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations.

Section 15 is re-enacted to refer specifically to the federal Act by name. 8. Commencement of Act. 2

(3) The corporation is not bound to accept any applica tion for insurance and where it refuses to enter into a con tract with a person i,t shall refund to that person any moneys paid by him as an intended premium.

Section 12 is amended by adding the following clauses after clause (q) : (ql) establishing a reinsurance fund or other fund for the purposes of the federal-provincial agreement, (q2) providing for any matter necessary to carry out the obligations of the Province under the federal-pro vincial agreement,

Section 15 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: 15. The Government of Alberta, represented by the Min ister, may, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada pursuant to the Crop Insurance Act (Ganada). 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to, and upon so coming into force,

section 3 shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of April, 1965. 2

No. 94 THIRD SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 14 ELIZABETH II 1966 BILL

An Act to amend The Alberta Crop Insurance Act Received and read the First time ........................ . Second time ............ . Third time ............ . HON. MR. STROM Title: 1966 (15th, 3rd) Bill 94,

An Act to amend The Alberta Crop Insurance Act

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