1986 BILL First Session, 21st Legislature, 35 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT MR. HAWKESWORTH First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Hawkesworth BILL 265

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (Assented to , 1986) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Municipal Government Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 164(

b) is amended by adding "and cats" after "dogs" wherever it occurs. In accordance with section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date d receives Royal Assent Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 164(

b) presendy reads: 164 For the purpose of regulating and controlling animals a council may pass by-laws (

b) restraining and regulating the running at large of dogs, and (

i) providing for the impounding within a reasonable distance from the point of seizure of dogs running at large and for the killing, sale or other disposition of impounded dogs if not claimed from the pound within a specified time or if the claimant does not comply within a specified time with any conditions goveming payment of costs and expenses and removal from the pound that the by-law provides, (ii) classifying dogs for licensing purposes, and (iii) prescribing a tariff of licence fees to be paid by persons owning, possessing or harbouring dogs, which fees may vary as between the different classifications of dogs; Title: 1986 (21st, 1st) Bill 265,

An Act to Amend the Municipal Government Act (No. 2)