Bill No. 18 of A BILL TO AMEND THE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS ACT NOTE This Bill amends The IrrigaUon Districts Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. A new subsection is being added to

section to nlake it clear that once land has been acquired by an irrigation district for non-payment of irrigation rates, a municipality may not proceed to enforce a sale of the land under The Tax Reco'very Act to recover arrears of taxes owing to the municipality. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W. RYAN, Acting LcgislaN1)e Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill. but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 18 of

An Act to amend The Irrigation Districts Act (Assented to , 19ij/j) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The ]rrigaction District.s Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by adding immediately after

Section subsection (9) the following new subsection: amended "

(10) Where, pursuant to this section, land vests in the board or a purcchaser's agreement for sale is cancelled and all other encumbrances are discharged, The Tax Recovery Act does not apply to the land from the thne of such vesting or cancellation until the land "(

a) ceases to be vested in the board or in a trustee for Her Majesty to whom the land is transferred by the board, " (

b) is disposed of by the board under an agreement for sale, or " (

c) is leased by the board otherwise than under sub­ section (6).". 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is fOming into assented to. orce THIRD SESSION TWELITH LEGISLATURE ELIZABETH II BILL

An Act to amend The Irrigation Districts Act Received and read the First time. Second time ... Third time ..... HON. MR. HALMRAST Title: 1955 (12th, 3rd) Bill 18,

An Act to amend The Irrigation Districts Act