Bill 53 (Legislature 13, Session 4)

L13 S4 6183

Alberta — Bills

No. 53 4th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 6 Elizabeth II, 1958 BILL S3 A Bill to amend The Home for Aged or Infirm Act HON. MR. JORGENSON printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Edmonton, Alberta, 1958

Explanatory Note 2. Definition of "company" added. Such companies would be able to receive grants under the proposed

section 5 (1) (see clause 4) and would be able to obtain NHA loans. 3. Subsection (1) of

section 3 sets out the rules to be applied to determine whether a person is a resident of a municipality or not for the purposes of this Act. Clause (

b) sets out the second rule and reads as follows: "(

b) a person who, on the date of his admission to a home, has not resided for twelve months out of the preceding twenty-four months within the boundaries of a municipality, but has resided or has been a sojourner within the boundaries of a municipality without assistance from public funds for at least three consecutive months out of the twenty-four months immediately preceding the date of his admission, shall be deemed to be a resident of the municipality within which he has last resided or sojourned for at least three consecutive months;". 4.

This amendment is made for the purpose of increasing grants to municipalities for the establishment therein of homes for the aged or infirm. Subsection (1) presently reads: "5.

(1) With the approyal of the Lieutenant Governor in Council the Minister may pay to a municipality that erects or purchases a building and equips it with ten beds or more for use as a home, a grant of an amount equal to one-third of the cost thereof or seven hundred and fifty dollars a bed, whichever is the less.".

B ILL No. 53 of 1958

An Act to amend The Home for Aged or Infirm Act (Assented to , 1958) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Home for Aged or Infir'Jn Act, being

chapter 141 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 2 is amended (

a) by relettering clause (

a) as clause (al), (

b) by adding immediately preceding the relettered clause (a1) the following clause: "(a) "company" means a company composed of persons appointed by a municipality or group of municipalities and incorporated under The C01'npanies Act for the purposes of construc ting, purchasing or renovating and of admin istering a building to be used as a home for the aged or infirnl;".

Section 3, subsection (1) is amended by striking out clause (b).

Section 5 is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: "5.

(1) With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council the Minister may pay to a municipality or a company that constructs, pnrchases or renovates a building approved by the Minister and equips it. with ten beds or more for use as a home for the aged or Infirm, "(

a) where the approved building is constructed for the purpose of using it as a home, a grant of fifteen hundred dollars for each aged or infirm person for which accommodation is to be provided in the ap proved building, and

Section 12 authorizes the payment to a municipality of a grant by the Minister where the municipality assumed the obligation of assisting an aged or infirm resident and has placed such resident in a home and contributes to his support therein. Subsection (3) is amended to permit the grant for this purpose to be increased. Subsection (3) presently reads: "

(3) In no case shall the total amount of the grant given to a munici pality in respect of anyone person exceed sixty per cent of the amount paid by the municipality for the support of such person ....

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b) where the approved building is renovated for the purpose of using it as a home, a grant of an amount equal to one-third of the cost thereof or seven hun dred and fifty dollars for each two hundred square feet of occupied floor space in the approved building, whichever is the lesser amount.".

Section 12, subsection (3) is an1ended by striking out the word "sixty" and by substituting the word "eighty". 6. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

FOURTH SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 6 ELIZABETH II 1958 BILL

An Act to amend The Home for Aged or Infirm Act Received and read the First time ....................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. JORGENSON Title: 1958 (13th, 4th) Bill 53,

An Act to amend The Home for Aged or Infirm Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L13 S4 6183
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Volume / chapter	L13 S4 6183
Language	en
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