Bill 19 (Legislature 10, Session 4)

L10 S4 7363

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Bill No. 19 of 1947. A BILL TO AMEND THE TAX RECOVERY ACT Non. The amendment made to

section 3 of the Act by

section 1 of the Bill is a correctio:n of an error.

Section 2 of the Bill strikes out

section 9 of the Act and substitutes a new

section 9. This

section deals with the publie sale of land by a municipality for arrears of taxes. The present subsection (1) does not place any limitation on the time of the public sale, while the new subsection (1) says that the sale shall be within three years from the first da.y of April of the year in which the tax notification is registered. on a date to be fixed by the municipality or the Minister in improvement districts; while subse.ction (2) provides that no sale shall take place until after the expir;w of one year from the same date.

Subject to the foregoing Iimitationi\, the Minister may fix a date before which a parcel may not be sold, (Subsection (3)). Subsections (4) and (5). in the Bill are the same as those subsections now in the Act. Sub~ section (6) is new and provides for cases where the three year period mentioned in Subsection (1) has-- already expired. W. S. GuY, Legisla.ti1Je C"umel. (ThiB note do&i ·not jON'fJ, any pru·t of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provi~qiom.)

BILL No. 19 of 1947.

An Act to amend The Tax Recovery Act. (Asse1ited to , 191,.7). HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative ·Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows : 1. The Tax Recover-y Act, being

chapter 161 of the Re vised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to se.ction 3 by striking out the words ''treasurer of", where the same occur in subsection (3) thereQf1 and by suQstituting therefor the words "reporting authoritY by the treasurer". 2. The eaid Act is further amended as to

section 9 by striking out the :-:arne and by substituting therefor the following: "9.-

(1) Every parcel with respect to which there is a subsisting tax recovery notification shall be offered for sale by public auction before the expiry of three years from the first day of April of the year in which the tax notification was registered, and such public auction shall be held upon a date to be fixed by the municipality or the Minister, as the case may be. "

(2) No parcel shall be offered for sale until after the expiry of one year from the first day of April of the year in which the notification was registered. "

(3) The Minister may by order from time to time pre scribe either in respect of all municipalities or in respect of any one class of municipalities or in respect of any munici pality specified in any order, a date subject to the limitations contained in subsections (1) and (2) before which no such parcel as aforesaid shall be offered for sale. "

(4) In this Act the expression 'the date of the sale' or any similar expression shall invariably mean the date upon which the sale by public auction is actually held. . " ( 5) Every parcel offered for sale by any city or town upon which some person is residing or of which some person is in actual occupation and every parcel offered for sale by any municipality other than a city or town shall be so offered upon the express condition that no sale effected thereof shall have any force or effect unless and until the same has been approved in writing by the Minister.

" ( 6) In any case where the period of three years men tioned in subsection ( 1) has expired with respect to any parcel of land before the coming into force of this amended

2 section, and it has not been offered for sale at publi~ auction, it shall be offered for sale at public auction within one year from the coming into force of this amended section." 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No.19 FOURTH SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 11 GEORGE VI 1947 BILL

An Act to amend The Tax Recovery Act. Received and read the First time .. .... ....... ....................... . Second time .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. ..... Third time ...................................... . HoN. MR. GERHART. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1947 Title: 1947 (10th, 4th) Bill 19,

An Act to amend The Tax Recovery Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S4 7363
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Volume / chapter	L10 S4 7363
Language	en
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