BILL NO. 144

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Government Bill

Municipal Grants Act
(amended)

The Honourable Jamie Muir
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

First Reading: March 21, 2007

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: March 22, 2007

Third Reading: April 12, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill increases the grant payable to municipalities in respect of supported institutions from 50% to the full amount of the taxes that would be payable if they were not exempt from taxation.

An Act to Amend Chapter 302
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Municipal Grants Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 4(2) of Chapter 302 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Municipal Grants Act, as amended by Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1994-95, Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2003 and Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2005, is further amended by striking out "fifty per cent of" in the second and third lines.

2 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.