Ministre des Affaires Minister of Indigenous and autochtones et du Nord Northern Affairs Ottawa. Canada K1A OH4 I, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, HEREBY APPROVE, pursuant to section 83 of the Indian Act, the following by-law made by the Boston Bar First Nation, in the Province of British Columbia, at a meeting held on the 16th day of May 2017. Boston Bar First Nation Annual Expenditure By-law, 2017 l r Dated at Ottawa, Ontario. this day of 2017. Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.D., P.C., M.P. Canad'â.
BOSTON BAR FIRST NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE BY-LAW, 2017 WHEREAS: A. Pursuant to section 83 of the Indian Act, the council of a First Nation may make by-laws respecting taxation for local purposes of reserve lands, interests in reserve Iands or rights to occupy, possess or use reserve lands, including by-laws authorizing the expenditure of local revenues; B. The Council of the Boston Bar First Nation has enacted Boston Bar First Nation Taxation By-law, 2004, respecting taxation for local purposes on reserve; and C. The Council of the Boston Bar First Nation wishes to enact this expenditure by-law to establish a budget for the expenditure of revenues raised under its property taxation by-law in the current taxation year, and an interim budget for the next taxation year; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Boston Bar First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This By-law may be cited as the Boston Bar First Nation Annual Expenditure By-law, 2017. 2. In this By-law: "Act" means the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1-5, 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 the budget year; "Council" has the same meaning as "council of the band" in subsection 2(1) of the Act; "First Nation" means the Boston Bar First Nation, being a band under the Act; "By-law" means this annual expenditure by-law enacted under paragraph 83(2) of the Act; "interim budget" means a budget setting out the projected local revenues and projected expenditures of those local revenues during a budget year, that is intended to have effect only until replaced with an annual budget for that budget year; "local revenues" means money raised by the First Nation under a property taxation by-law; "taxable property" means property in a reserve that is subject to taxation under the Taxation By-law; and "Taxation By-law" means the Boston Bar First Nation Property Taxation By-law, 2004. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018, is attached as a Schedule to this By-law and the expenditures provided for in the Schedule are authorized. 4. The First Nation's interim budget for the budget year beginning April 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018 is comprised of (a) section 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule; and (b) sections 1 to 8, and section 10, of Part 2 of the Schedule. (2) The expenditures provided for in subsection (I) are authorized until the First Nation's annual expenditure by-law for the budget year referenced in subsection (1) comes into force and effect, at which time the interim budget ceases to have force and effect. 5. The grant amounts set out in the annual budget are hereby approved as expenditures in accordance with the Taxation By-law. 6. This By-law authorizes the expenditure of contingency amounts as necessary within any of the categories of expenditures set out in the Schedule.
7. Expenditures of local revenues must be made only in accordance with the annual budget. 8. Where the First Nation wishes to authorize an expenditure not authorized in this By-law, or change the amount of an expenditure authorized, Council must amend this By-law in accordance with Council procedure and the requirements of the Act. 9. Except where otherwise defined, words and expressions used in this By-law have the meanings given to them in the Taxation By-law. 10. Where a provision in this By-law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise. 11. This By-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. The Schedule attached to this By-law forms part of and is an integral part of this By-law. 13. This By-law comes into force and effect upon the approval of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. THIS BY-LAW IS HEREBY DULY ENACTED by Council on the 16h day of May, 2017, at Boston Bar, in the Province of British Columbia. A quorum of Council consists of three (3) members of Council. 0,7„, Chief Dolores O'Donaghey Councillor Diana Thomas Councillor Roy O'Handley ouncillor arbara Campbell
SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET AND INTERIM BUDGET PART 1: REVENUES 1.Local revenues for current fiscal year: a. Property Tax $ 21,018.75 2.Accumulated Surplus - Local revenues carried over from the previous fiscal year $0 3.Accumulated Deficit - Local revenues carried over from the previous fiscal year $0 TOTAL REVENUES $ 21,018.75 PART 2: EXPENDITURES I. General Government Expenditures a. Executive and Legislative $ 9,458.50 b. General Administrative $ 9,458.50 c. Other General Government 2. Contingency Amounts $2,101.75 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $21,018.75 BALANCE 0 Note: no service agreements and no reserve funds.
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