BILL NO. 176

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Municipal Government Act (amended)
and
Halifax Regional Municipality Charter (amended)

 

Susan Leblanc
Dartmouth North

First Reading: April 21, 2022

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends the Municipal Government Act and the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter to allow municipalities to provide direct financial assistance to individual artists.

An Act to Amend Chapter 18
of the Acts of 1998,
the Municipal Government Act,
and Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2008,
the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 57 of Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, as amended by Chapters 12 and 33 of the Acts of 2021, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a municipality may provide direct financial assistance to an individual artist.

2 Section 71 of Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2008, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, as amended by Chapters 12 and 33 of the Acts of 2021, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Municipality may provide direct financial assistance to an individual artist.

 

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