Bill 44 (Legislature 15, Session 5)

L15 S5 1245

Alberta — Bills

1967 Bill 44 Fifth Session, 15th Legislature, 15 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 44

An Act to Promote the Cultural Development of Alberta THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 44 1967

An Act to Promote the Cultural Development of Alberta (Assented to ,1967) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla ti ve Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Cultural Development Act, 1967. 2. In this Act "Minister" means the member of the Execu tive Council charged with the administration of this Act. 3. In order to promote, encourage and co-ordinate the orderly cultural development of Alberta, the Minister may: (

a) carry out surveys, call public meetings, promote publicity campaigns, institute enquiries, disseminate information and initiate policies and measures; (

b) conduct workshops, seminars, schools, conferences and exhibitions; (

c) engage instructors, lecturers, leaders and part-time staff and pay them such honorarium, fee, commis sion, salary or wage as he may establish from time to time and authorize payment of their necessary travelling and other expenses; (

d) rent buildings or grounds and rent or purchase facilities and supplies; (

e) provide accommodation and meals for instructors, lecturers, leaders, part-time staff, students and others attending workshops, seminars, schools, con ferences and exhibitions; (

I) establish and collect registration and other fees from students and others attending workshops, seminars, schools, conferences and exhibitions. 4. Subject to The Public Service Act, 1962 there may be appointed a Director of Cultural Development and such other employees as are required for the proper administra tion of this Act.

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill repeals and replaces

chapter 73 of the Revised Statutes. 2. Minister defined. 3. Objects of the Act and powers of the Minister. 4. Appointment of administrative personnel.

5. In order to encourage or assist the orderly cultural development of Alberta or of any person or class of persons within Alberta, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make grants or award scholarships from moneys appro priated by the Legislature, but no such grant or scholarship shall exceed $10,000 in anyone year. 6. The Lieutenant Governor in Council, upon the recom mendation of the Minister, may (

a) establish one or more boards, each consisting of three or more members, to advise the Minister on the orderly cultural development of Alberta, and (

b) make regulations providing for the payment to the members of such boards of such allowances as are considered reasonable and of necessary travelling and other expenses incurred by them while absent from their ordinary places of residence on the busi ness of such boards. 7. The Cultural Development Act, being

chapter 73 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby repealed. 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

5. Payment of grants and scholarships authorized. 6. Authority to establish advisory boards on cultural develop ment. 2 Title: 1967 (15th, 5th) Bill 44,

An Act to Promote the Cultural Development of Alberta

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L15 S5 1245
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L15 S5 1245
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	caef5ea6d19fd373e4d93547f09040ce4bf260a8

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