Part II - Enacted First Nations Legislation

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CERTIFICA TlON Pursuant to Section 86, Indian Act RSC 1985 C.I-5 and amendments thereto, I certify that the attached copies of the Kwantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Amendment Bylaw No. 01-2006 dated August 8, 2006 are true copies of the said by-law. Kathy Hankin AlAssociate Director, Lands and Trust Services, a superintendent as defined in Section 2(1) Indian Act RSC 1985 )
Ministre des Affaires indiennes et Minister of Indian Affairs and du Nord canadien et interlocuteur federal Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor aupres des Metis et des Indiens non inscrits for Metis and Non-Status Indians Ottawa, Canada KiA OH4 I, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Developrnent, HEREBY APPROVE, pursuant to section 83 of the Indian Act, the following by-law rnade by the Kwantlen First Nation, in the Province of British Columbia, at a meeting held on the 8 th day of August 2006. Kwantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Amendment Bylaw No. 01-2006 Dated at Ottawa, Ontario this \~ day of OLiO\!l(.R. 2006. Canada
KWANTLEN FIRST NATION PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 01-2006 WHEREAS: A. It is the practise of the Band Council of the Kwantlen First Nation to enact a bylaw arumally, establishing rates of taxation to be applied to the assessed value of interests in land in its reserves; B. It is an objective ofthe taxation conducted under the provisions of the Kwantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Bylaw to ensure certainty and fairness for the taxpayers on the Band's reserves and for the Band; C. The Band Council of the K wantlen First Nation wishes to amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Bylaw to ensure that the objectives set out in the above Recitals A and B is given effect for the 2006 and subsequent taxation years. NOW BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the following bylaw be and is hereby enacted for the purpose of amending certain provisions of the K wantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Bylaw for the 2006 and subsequent taxation years as hereinafter provided. 1. This bylaw may be cited as the Kwantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Amendment Bylaw No. 01-2006 2. The Kwantlen First Nation Property Assessment and Taxation Bylaw Section 49 is amended to read as follows: (1) If all or any portion of the taxes remains unpaid on July I of the year they are first levied, there shall be added to them a ten percent (10%) penalty. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for the 2006 taxation year, taxes remaining unpaid on October 1 of the year they are first levied, there shall be added to them a ten percent (10%) penalty. (3) If all or any portion of the taxes, including penalties, remains nnpaid on Janumy 1 of the following year, they are deemed in arrears on that day, and on that day shall accrue interest at the rate of two percent (2%) above the Bank of Canada prime rate as it is on January 1 of each year and shall be compounded arumally. Accrued interest shall for all pUlposes be deemed part of the arrears taxes as is if it had originally formed part of the taxes. THIS AMENDMENT BYLAW IS HEREBY ENACTED by Council at a duly convened meeting held on the ~ day of August, 2006. Quorum is two council members. . Chi"fM~ilynGru"icl ~f f/LaI~J C,o"iilocThmi'Knou Councillor Leslie Antone ~.
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