BILL NO. 103

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015

Government Bill

Municipal Government Act
(amended)

The Honourable Mark Furey
Minister of Municipal Affairs

First Reading: April 23, 2015

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: April 27, 2015

Third Reading: May 4, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill prevents the incorporation of any new towns or villages. At present, a village may only be incorporated upon the dissolution of a town.

An Act to Amend Chapter 18
of the Acts of 1998,
the Municipal Government Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 354(6) of Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, is amended by striking out "or in a subsequent order incorporating the town," in the second and third lines.

2 Sections 383 to 393 and clause 399(2)(d) of Chapter 18 are repealed.

3 Subsection 400(4) of Chapter 18 is amended by striking out "or, to the extent it has jurisdiction, any village commission that may replace the former town council" in the last three lines and substituting "of the municipality to which the dissolved town has been annexed".

 

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