BILL NO. 112
(as passed)
2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
Halifax Regional Municipality Charter
(amended)
CHAPTER 52 OF THE ACTS OF 2010
The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
First Reading: November 25, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 26, 2010
Third Reading: December 9, 2010
Royal Assent: December 10, 2010
An Act to Amend Chapter 39
of the Acts of 2008,
the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 79(1) of Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2008, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, is amended by adding immediately after clause (ad) the following clause:
(2) A by-law passed pursuant to this Section may provide
(a) that the charges fixed by, or determined pursuant to, the by-law may be chargeable according to a plan or method set out in the by-law;
(b) that the charges may be different for different classes of development and may be different in different areas of the Municipality;
(c) when the charges are payable;
(d) that the charges are first liens on the real property and may be collected in the same manner as other taxes;
(e) that the charges be collectable in the same manner as taxes and, at the option of the Treasurer, be collectable at the same time, and by the same proceedings, as taxes
(f) a means of determining when the lien becomes effective or when the charges become due and payable;
(g) that the amount payable may, at the option of the owner of the property, be paid in the number of annual instalments set out in the by-law and, upon default of payment of any instalment, the balance becomes due and payable; and
(h) that interest is payable annually on the entire amount outstanding and unpaid, whether or not the owner has elected to pay by instalments, at a rate and beginning on a date fixed by the by-law.
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