BILL NO. 80
(as introduced)
1st Session, 65th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2025
Private Member's Public Bill
Assessment Act
(amended)
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
First Reading: March 7, 2025
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill limits the increase in the taxable assessed value of qualified properties to the lesser of 2.5% and the increase in the Consumer Price Index for Nova Scotia.
An Act to Amend Chapter 23
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Assessment Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Clause 45A(1)(d) of Chapter 23 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Assessment Act, as enacted by Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2006, is amended by adding "lesser of 2.5% and the" immediately before "percentage increase".
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