BILL 60

An Act to Amend the Assessment Act

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

1 Subsection 21(1) of the Assessment Act, chapter A-14 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by striking out “containing such information as is prescribed by regulation”.

2 Section 23 of the Act is amended

(a)  by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following:

23( 4) The assessment and tax roll shall be open to public inspection in the form and manner that the Director considers appropriate and may be available electronically.

(b)  by adding after subsection (4) the following:

23( 4.1) The Director may release information contained in the assessment and tax roll, except the names and mailing addresses of persons in whose name real property is assessed, to any person or body who the Director considers appropriate.

(c)  by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following:

23( 5) An assessment list shall be open to public inspection in the form and manner that the Director considers appropriate and may be available electronically.

3 Subsection 26(4) of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

26( 4) The Review Registers shall be open to public inspection in the form and manner that the Director considers appropriate and may be available electronically.

4 Paragraph 40(1)(a.3) of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

(a.3)  prescribing information to be contained in the assessment and tax roll;

5 Sections 1 and 4 of this Act come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.