Bill 104 (Legislature 11, Session 4)

L11 S4 7015

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Bill No. 104 of 1951. A BILL TO AMEND THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ACT,1947. NOTE. This Bill amends The Improvement Districts Act, 1947, being

chapter 9 of the Statutes of Alberta,

Section 11a is struck out and a new

section is substituted in its stead. The new

section authorizes the Minister to enter into an agreement with an approved hospital for the provision of hospital facilities to the residents of any im provement district or part thereof. A new

section 11b is added immediately after

section 11a. This

section provides for a hospital agreement covering all or part of an improvement district providing for the treat ment of ratepayers and for the treatm·ent on a voluntary contract basis of persons who are residents of the improve ment district or a part thereof. These agreements were authorized by O.C. 801-50 so this

section is effective from the 1st day of June, 1950, until the date of the coming into force of this Bill. On the date of the coming into force of this Bill the new

section 11b authorized by the order in council is repeal ed and another

section is substituted in its, stead. The sub stituted

section contains a number of minor modifications although in general it is similar to the provision authorized by the order in council. These modifications are designed to bring the

section into conformity with a similar provision in The Hospitals Act. Similarly, a new

section 13a is added to the Act which is retrGactive to the 1st of June, 1950. This

section is also repealed effective on the date of the coming into force of this Bill and a new

section substituted in its stead. The new

section authorizes the Minister to fix a minimum hospital tax not in excess of eight dollars to be paid by every person assessed upon the assessment and t~x roll for hospital agreement purposes.

Section 14 is amended by deleting the reference it con tains to

section 13a.

Section 15 is struck out and a new

section is substituted. The former

section provided for a minimum tax of twenty five cents on eaoh parcel. The amended

section provides that

ii there shall be a minimum tax of twenty-five cents for general improvement district purposes, for school purposes and for hospital purposes.

Section 25 is amended to make it clear that the powers for the collection of taxes are applicable to taxes in respect of personal property. Except for the amendments which have the effect of validating O.C. 801-50 this Bill comes into force upon assent. KENNETH A. MCKENZIE, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 104 of 1951.

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1947. (Assented to , 1951.) HIS MAJE.STY:' by and with the advice and 'Consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Improvement Districts Act, 1947, being

chapter 9 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1947, is hereby amended.

Section 11a is struck out and the following is sub-

Section lla stituted: amended "lla. The Minister may enter into an agreement with Hospital t d h ·t I f th .. f h ·t I f ·l·t· agreemen s any approve, OSPI a or e prOVISIOn 0 OSpI a aCI lIes to the residents of any improvement district or of any part thereof." . 3. The following new

section lIb is added immediately New

section after

section 11a: llb "llb.

(1) The Minister may issue an order applicable Hospital to the whole or any part of an improvement district which agreements is not included within a municipal hospital district and in accordance with The Hospitals Act for the purposes of,- " (

a) entering into an agreement with an approved hos pital,- "(

i) for the care and treatment of any person liable to pay taxes in respect of real property in the improvement district or part thereof, or liable to deliver a share of the crop as rental on pro vincial government lands in the improvement district or part thereof, including the spouse, dependent family and domestic female help of such person; and "(ii) for the care and treatment on a voluntary con tra'Ct basis of persons who are residents of the improvement district or part thereof, and who are not liable to pay taxes in -respect of real property in the improvement district or part thereof, or liable to deliver a share of the crop as rental on provincial government lands in the improvement district or part thereof, including the spouse, dependent family and domestic fe male help of such person; " (

b) providing for the admission and care and treat ment of the persons mentioned in clause (

a) as an

Section lfb amended Hospital agreements 2 emergency admission or medi,cally referred admis sion in an approved hospital other than the ap proved hospital with which the improvement district has entered into an agreement, under the circumstances set out in

section 3c of The Hospitals Act. "

(2) The expenses incurred to provide hospital facilities pursuant to subsection (1) shall be met by the levy and col lection of a mill rate tax upon real property liable to assessment and taxation and by the collection of the amounts payable by those persons who have entered volun tary contracts pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) .of subsection (1) in such amount as the Minister may de termine. "

(3) The Minister may fix the amount payable for hos pitalization pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (

a) of subsection (1),- "(

a) by a single resident; " (

b) by a resident for himself and his dependent family, who wishes to enter a voluntary contract with the Minister of Municipal Affairs pursuant to the pro visions of this section.". 4.

Section lIb is struck out and the following is sub stituted: "llb.

(1) The Minister may issue an order applicable to the whole or any part of an improvement district which is not included within a municipal hospital district and in accordance with The Hospitals Act for the purposes of,- "(

a) entering into an agreement with an approved hospital,- "(

i) for the care and treatment of any person liable to pay taxes in respect of real property in the improvement district or part thereof, or liable to deliver a share of the crop as rental on pro vincial government lands in the improvement district or part thereof, including the spouse, dependent family and domestic female help of such person; and the surviving spouse, depend ent family and domestic female help of such a person after his decease, so long as the estate is liable to pay the taxes for which the deceased person was liable; and "(ii) for the care and treatment on a voluntary con tract basis of any person who is a resident of the improvement district or part thereof, and wh.o is not liable to pay taxes in respect of real , property in the improvement district or part thereof, or t.o deliver a share .of the crop as rental on provincial government lands in the ~mprovement district or part thereof, includ Ing the spouse and dependent family of such person;

3 " (b)- providing for the admission and care and treatment of the persons mentioned in clause (

a) as an emergency admission or medically referred admis sion in an approved hospital, other than the ap proved hospital with which the improvement district has entered into an agreement, under the circumstances set out in

section 3c of The Hospitals Act. "

(2) The Minister may fix the amount payable for hos- Amount pitalization pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (

a) of ~~~:;'~l:tby subsection (1) ,_ holders "(

a) by a single resident; and " (

b) by a resident for himself and his dependent family, who wishes to enter into a voluntary contra'ct with the Minister pursuant to the provisions of this section. "

(3) The amount fixed under subsection (2) may be sufficient to pay all or part of the expenses incurred in re spect of such persons. " ( 4) The expenses incurred to provide hospital facilities Payment of pursuant to subsection (1) shall be met,- expenses " (

a) by the levy and collection of a mill rate tax upon real property liable to assessment and taxation; and " (

b) by the fixing and col~e.ction of the amounts payable by those persons who have entered into voluntary contracts pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (

a) of subsection (1)." . .

Section 13a is struck out and the following is sub- Secti0r ~3a stituted: amen e "13a.

(1) In case the Minister has entered into an Mini~um t 'th d h 't I d hI' d 'II hOspItal tax agreemen WI an approve OSpI a an as eVIe a mI rate tax for purposes of the agreement the Minister may by order fix a minimum hospital tax to be paid by every person assessed upon the assessment and tax roll for such hospital agreement purposes. "

(2) Where the Minister has issued an order under sub s·ection (1), the amount fixed as payable for hospitaliza tion under a voluntary contract pursuant to

section lIb (3) shall not be less than the amount fixed by the Order passed pursuant to subsection (1) .".

Section 13a is struck out and the following is sub- ~:!~odne~3a stituted: "13a. In case the Minister has ente~ed into. an agreement ~i~~~~rr;ax with an approved hospital and has leVIed a mIll rate tax for purposes of the agreement, the Minister, ?y order, ma~ fix a minimum hospital tax in an amount not In excess of eIght dollars to be paid by every person assessed upon the assess- ment and tax roll for such hospital agreement purposes.". 7

Section 14 is amended by striking out the word and sedior ~4 figu~es "13 or 13a", wherever they occur, and by substitut- amen e ing the word and figures "or 13".

Section 15 amended Minimum tax per parcel

Section 25 amended Coming into force 4

Section 15 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: "15. In the event that the tax for general improvement district purposes or for s'chool purposes or for hospital pur poses payable on any parcel is less than twenty-five cents for any of such purposes, the tax to be entered on the tax roll as payable for each of such purposes shall be twenty five cents.".

Section 25, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the words "timber berth, mineral or business, shall be a special lien on the land," and by substituting the words "personal property, timber berth, mineral or business, shall be a special lien on the land, personal property,". 10. This A,ct shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to and upon so coming into fovce sections 3, 5 and 7 shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of June, 1950, until the date of the coming into force of this A,ct.

No. 104 FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 15 GEORGE VI 1951 BILL A Bill to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1947. Received and read the First time ........ . Second time ........ . Third time HON. MR. GERHART. Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 104,

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1947

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