CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 86, Indian Act RSC 1985 C.1-5 and amendments thereto, I certify that the attached copy of the Lower Nicola Indian Band 2003 Annual Tax Rates By-law dated April 24th, 2003 is a true copy of the said by-law. Thomas Howe Director, Lands and Trust Services, a superintendent as defined in Section 2(1) Indian Act RSC 1985
Minister of Indian Affairs _ _ Ministre des Affaires and Northern Development indiennes et du Nord canadien Ottawa, Canada K1 AOH4 I, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, HEREBY APPROVE, pursuant to. section 83 of the Indian Act, the following by-law made by the Lower Nicola Indian Band, in the Province of British Columbia, at a meeting held on the 24th day of April 2003 . Lower Nicola Indian Band 2003 Annual Tax Rates By-law bated at Ottawa, Ontario thisp%/ day of 2003. ;r/7
LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BAND COUNCIL RESOLUTION #73, Highway 8, Shulus, Merritt, British Columbia VIK IN2 Tel . : 250-378-5157 Fax : 250-378-6188 ANNUAL TAX RATES BYLAW FOR THE TAXATION YEAR 2003 B .C .R . No. : 0(7I - 07-(L)5 Motioner : C-'~a'1,0". rfxl:c~ Seconder : ~r,r'Cx-N &((Lq WHEREAS section 83(1) of the Indian Act confirms the power of the Band Council to enact bylaws in respect of the taxation for local purposes of reserve lands; WHEREAS pursuant to section 18.1 of the Lower Nicola Indian Band Taxation Bylaw it is necessary for Band Council during each taxation year to enact a bylaw establishing, imposing and levying the tax rate for each separate property class within each separate taxation district . "NOW THEREFORE the Band Council ofthe Lower Nicola Indian Band enacts as follows : 1 . Schedule "II" annexed hereto (in section 2 . called the "schedule") is hereby declared an integral part of this bylaw . 2 . For the purposes of subsection 18 .1(3) and (4) of the Lower Nicola Indian Band Property Taxation Bylaw there are hereby established, imposed and levied for the taxation year 2003 the following tax rates, namely for each separate property class within each separate taxation district the tax rate set out in Column 4 ofthe Schedule beside the property class set out in Column 3 ofthe Schedule . 3 . This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the Annual Tax Rates Bylaw for the Taxation year 2003 . 4 . This bylaw shall come into force and effect immediately upon approval by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development . APPROVED AND PASSED at a duly convened meeting of the Band Council of the Lower Nicola Indian Band held at the Lower Nicola Council Offices, Nicola Mameet Indian Reserve No. 1, British Columbia, this 20 day of April, 2003. ~,,v/" -w , ~g ChiefArthur Dick cilllSr Austin"S"terling d Council r Clyd6 Sam Councillor Gloria Moses Councillor Victor York Councillor Robert Sterling Jr . Co- un~ciflq~
SCHEDULE II 2003 ANNUAL RATE SCHEDULE Property Classes Within Each Taxation District Column 1 Column 2 Name of Taxation District Named Reserves Comprising Taxation District Lower Nicola Taxation District All Reserves (including): Nicola Mameet Indian Reserve No. 1 Hamilton Creek Indian Reserve No . 7 Pipseul Indian Reserve No. 3 Joeyaska Indian Reserve No. 2 Logan's Indian Reserve No . 2 Zoht Indian Reserve No . 4, 5, & 14 Speous Indian Reserve No. 8 Column 3 Column 4 Property Class Rate of Tax applied against each $1000 of the assessed value of the land and Improvements Class 1 - Residential 13.0998 Class 2 - Utilities 69.1668 Class 3 - Unmanaged Forest Land 13.7548 Class 4 - Major Industry 56.4600 Class 5 - Light Industry 36.6793 Class 6 - Business &Other 30.1294 Class 7 - Managed Forest Land 6.9429 Class 8 - Recreational Property/ 14.0168 Non-Profit Organization Class 9 - Farm 20.9597
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