March 27, 1996 - 11:10 a.m. 1996

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An Act to amend The Municipal Revenue Sharing Act (Assented to June 25, 1996) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Municipal Revenue Sharing Amendment Act, 1996. R.S.S. 1978 (Supp.), c.M-32.1 amended The Municipal Revenue Sharing Act is amended in the manner set forth in this Act.

Section 3.8 repealed

Section 3.8 is repealed. New

section 3.91 The following

section is added after

section 3.9: AAmount of grant for 1996-97 fiscal year 3.91 Notwithstanding subsection 3(2), grants payable pursuant to subsection 3(1) with respect to the 1996- 97 fiscal year are to be paid out of the general revenue fund, but subject to

section 4, the total amount that may be paid in grants: (

a) to urban municipalities is the amount determined by multiplying the total amount available for the payment of grants to urban municipalities at the beginning of the 1995-96 fiscal year by 100%; (

b) to rural municipalities is the amount determined by multiplying the total amount available for the payment of grants to rural municipalities at the beginning of the 1995-96 fiscal year by 100%@. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent, but is retroactive and is deemed to have been in force on and from April 1, 1996.