BILL 5

An Act to Amend the Municipalities Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 27 of the Municipalities Act, chapter M-22 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended

(a)  by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

27(1) The Minister shall raise the money required for the provision of services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, for a local service district by taxation within the local service district in accordance with the Real Property Tax Act.

(b)  in subsection (2) by striking out “local service district” and substituting “local service district, including the costs of administration attributable to those services,”;

(c)  in subsection (3) by striking out “provision of the service,” and substituting “provision of the service, including the costs of administration attributable to the service,”;

(d)  in subsection (4) by striking out “providing the service” and substituting “providing the service, including the costs of administration attributable to the service,”.

2 Section 27.01 of the Act is amended

(a)  by repealing paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the following:

(a)  prepare an estimate of the money required for the provision of services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, for a local service district,

(b)  in subsection (2) by striking out “of the money required for the provision of services for a local service district”.

3 Section 190.082 of the Act is amended

(a)  by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

190.082(1) The Minister shall raise the money required for the Minister to provide services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, in a rural community by taxation within the rural community in accordance with the Real Property Tax Act.

(b)  in subsection (2) by striking out “by the Minister” and substituting “by the Minister, including the costs of administration attributable to those services,”;

(c)  in subsection (3) by striking out “provision of the service,” and substituting “provision of the service, including the costs of administration attributable to the service,”;

(d)  in subsection (4) by striking out “collection and disposal” and substituting “collection and disposal, including the costs of administration attributable to the service,”;

(e)  by repealing paragraph (5)(a) and substituting the following:

(a)  prepare an estimate of the money required for the Minister to provide services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, for a rural community,

4 Subsection 193.2(2) of the Act is amended by striking out “cost of providing the service” and substituting “cost of providing the service, including the costs of administration attributable to the service”.

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT AND COMMENCEMENT

Real Property Tax Act

5 Subsection 4(1) of the Real Property Tax Act, chapter R-2 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed and the following is substituted:

4(1) Each year the Minister of Local Government shall fix a rate of tax to be levied

(a)  on all real property within a local service district for the provision of services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, for that local service district, and

(b)  on all real property within a rural community under the Municipalities Act for the provision of services, including the costs of administration attributable to those services, for that rural community by the Minister of Local Government.

Commencement

6 This Act comes into force on January 1, 2012.