0 First Nations Tax Commission Commission de la fiscalité des premières nations The First Nations Tax Commission, pursuant to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, hereby approves the following law made by the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band in the Province of British Columbia, Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Annual Expenditure Law, 2017 Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia the 3rd day of November, 2017. On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission C.T. (Man Jules - Chief Commissioner t First Nations Tax Commission
LITTLE SHUSWAP LAKE INDIAN BAND ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2017 WHEREAS: A. Pursuant to section 5 of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, the council of a first nation may make laws respecting taxation for local purposes of reserve lands, interests in reserve lands or rights to occupy, possess or use reserve lands, including laws authorizing the expenditure of local revenues; B. The Council of the First Nation has made a property assessment law and a property taxation law; C. Subsection 10(2) of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act requires a first nation that has made a property taxation law or a law under paragraph 5(1)(a.1) to, at least once each year, make a law establishing a budget for the expenditure of revenues raised under those laws; and D. The Council of the First Nation wishes to establish an annual budget for the expenditure of revenues raised in the current taxation year, and wishes to authorize expenditures made in accordance with section 13.1 of the Act; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Annual Expenditure Law, 2017. 2. In this Law: "Act" means the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, S.C. 2005, c. 9, and the regulations made under that Act; "annual budget" means a budget setting out the projected local revenues and projected expenditures of those local revenues during a budget year, and setting out expenditures made in accordance with section 13.1 of the Act; "annual expenditure law" means a law enacted under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act as required by subsection 10(2) of the Act; "Assessment Law" means the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Property Assessment Bylaw (1995); "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band, being a band named in the schedule to the Act; "Law" means this annual expenditure law enacted under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act; "local revenues" means money raised by the First Nation under a local revenue law and payments made to a First Nation in lieu of a tax imposed by a law made under paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act; "property taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act; and "Taxation Law" means the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band Property Taxation Bylaw (1995). 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning April 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, is attached as a Schedule and the expenditures provided for in the Schedule are authorized. 4. Expenditures of local revenues must be made only in accordance with the annual budget or in accordance with section 13.1 of the Act. 5. The expenditures made in the current year before this Law is enacted are included in the annual budget and are authorized by this Law. 6. Where the First Nation wishes to authorize an expenditure not authorized in this Law, or change the amount of an expenditure authorized, Council must amend this Law in accordance with Council procedure and the requirements of the Act. 1
7. The grant amounts set out in the annual budget are hereby approved as expenditures in accordance with the Taxation Law. 8. This Law authorizes the expenditure of contingency amounts as necessary within any of the categories of expenditures set out in the Schedule. 9. Except where otherwise defined, words and expressions used in this Law have the meanings given to them in the Assessment Law and the Taxation Law. 10. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise. 11. This Law must be construed as being remedial and must be given such fair, large and liberal construction and interpretation as best ensures the attainment of its objectives. 12.(1) The Schedule attached to this Law forms part of and is an integral part of this Law. (2) A reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Law. 13. This Law comes into force and effect on the day after it is approved by the First Nations Tax Commission. THIS LAW IS HEREBY DULY ENACTED by Council on the 19th day of September, 2017, at Chase, in the Province of British Columbia. A quorum of Council consists of two (2) members of Council. Chief Oliver Arnouse Councillor Wesley Francois Councillor Dale Tomma 2
SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET PART 1: REVENUES 1. Local revenues to be collected in budget year: a. Property Tax Revenues TOTAL REVENUES PART 2: EXPENDITURES 1. General Government Expenditures a.. Executive and Legislative b. General Administrative 2. Protection Services a. Firefighting b. Other Protection Services 3. Transportation a. Roads and Streets 4. Recreation and Cultural Services a. Recreation 5. Community Development a. Housing b.. Community Buildings c.. Economic Development Program d. Tourism 6. Environment Health Services a. Water Purification and Supply b. Sewage Collection and Disposal c. Garbage Waste Collection and Disposal d. Recycling e. Environmental Services 7. Other Services a. Other Service 3 $969,910 $969,910 85,000 150,000 105,921 26,344 45,000 31,753 35,000 95,000 10,000 4,126 95,000 40,989 20,000 23,562 9,590 53,625
8. Grants: a. Home owner grant equivalents — basic. 44,000 b. Home owner grant equivalents — over 65 5,000 10. Contingency Amounts 90,000 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 969,910 PART 3: ACCUMULATED SURPLUS/DEFICIT 1.A ccumulated Surplus — Local revenues carried forward from the previous budget year $ 2. Accumulated Deficit — Local revenue expenditures carried forward from the previous budget year $ BALANCE $ 0 Note: The First Nation has the following service agreements with third-party service providers, and the amounts indicated are the amounts payable by the First Nation under each agreement during the budget year: a. Columbia Shuswap Regional District (various local services) $124,921 4
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