Bill 34 — Fourth Session, 16Th Legislature, 20 .H}!Izab.Eth L~ the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 34 An Act To Amend the Improvement Districts Act (Legislature 16, Session 4)

L16 S4 4873

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1971 Bill 34 Fourth Session, 16th Legislature, 20 .H}!izab.eth l~ THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 34

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS First Reading .............................. . Second Reading Third Reading ............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 34 1971

AN ACT TO AMEND THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ACT (Assented to , 1971) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows ~ 1. The Improvement Districts Act is hereby amended.

Section 2 is amended by striking out clause (

e) and by sUbstituting the following: (e) "mobile unit" means (

i) any vacation trailer or house trailer or re locatable trailer, or (ii) any structure whether ordinarily equipped with wheels or not, that is constructed or manu factured to be moved from one point to another by being towed or carried and to pro vide living accommodation or other use by one or more persons.

Section 11 is struck out and the following is substi tuted: 11.

(1) Every mobile unit is liable to be licensed in accor dance with this section.

(2) The licence fee to be imposed in respect of mobile units shall be in accordance with a

schedule prescribed by the Minister.

(3) As soon as the mobile unit is occupied for any pur pose in an improvement district the full amount of the licence fee for the unexpired portion of the licensing year commencing with the first day of occupancy of the mobile unit in an improvement district, thereupon becomes due and payable unless the Minister or his agent and the owner of the mobile unit have entered into an agreement whereby the licence fee is made payable by installments in advance.

(4) Where the owner of a mobile unit has paid the full annual licence fee imposed pursuant to the

schedule pre-

Explanatory Notes l. This Bill will amend

chapter 180 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970.

Section 2, clause (

e) presently reads: (e) "mobile home" means, (

i) any vacation. trailer or house trailer, or (ii) any structure, whether ordinarily equipped with wheels or not, that is constructed or manufactured to be moved f110m one point to another by being towed or carried and to provide living accommodation for one or more pers,ons.

Section 11 providing for the licensing of mobile homes is revised in conjunction with the proposed amendments to The Municipal Taxation Act authorizing the assessment and taxation of certain mobile homes.

scribed by the Minister in accordance with subsection (2) and the mobile unit is moved from the improvement dis trict or ceases to be occupied for any purpose, the owner upon application therefor shall be refunded one-twelfth of the annual licence fee for each full calendar month re maining in the year and during which the mobile unit is not within the improvement district or is not occupied for any purpose.

(5) A licence or licence fee shall not be required in re spect of (

a) a mobile unit occupied by a bona fide tourist, or (

b) a mobile unit located in an improvement district while it is occupied by a bona fide farmer and used for farming purposes.

(6) A licence or licence fee shall not be required in re spect of a mobile unit liable to assessment as an improve ment pursuant to The Municipal Taxation Act.

(7) A licence fee payable pursuant to this

section is collectible as a debt due to the Minister. 4. This Act comes into force on January 1, 1972. 2

2 Title: 1971 (16th, 4th) Bill 34,

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S4 4873
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S4 4873
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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