First Nations Tax Commission Commission de la fiscalite des premieres nations
The First Nations Tax Commission, pursuant to the First Nations
Fiscal Management Act, hereby approves the following law made by
the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in the Province of
Ontario,
Anishinaabeg Of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2021
Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia this 29th day of October, 2021.
On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
C.T. (Manny Jul s-Chief Commissioner Firs Nations Tax Commission
ANISHINAABEG OF KETTLE & STONY POINT FIRST NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2021 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 and interests or rights in 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(l)(a.l) to make, at least once each year, 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 ofrevenues 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 Anishinaabeg of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Anishinaabeg Of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2021. 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. I of the Act; "Assessment Law" means the Anishinaabeg ofK ettle & Stony Point First Nation Property Assessment Law, 2015; as amended by the Anishinaabeg ofK ettle & Stony Point First Nation Property Assessment Law Amending Law, 2016 and the Anishinaabeg of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Property Assessment Amending Law, 2020; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Anishinaabeg of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, (also known as the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation) 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 as required by subsection 10(2) 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(l)(a) of the Act; "property taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph S(l)(a) of the Act; and "Taxation Law" means the Anishinaabeg of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Property Taxation Law, 2015;as amended by the Anishinaabeg of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Property Taxation Law Amending Law, 2016; 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, 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. 7. This Law authorizes the expenditure of contingency amounts as necessary within any of the categories of expenditures set out in the Schedule. 8. 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. 9. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise. 10. 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. 11.(1) The Schedule attached to this Law, including any Appendices, 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.
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12. 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 04 day of October, 2021, at Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, in the Province of Ontario. ?
: ncil consists of five (5) members of Council.
t~ Chief Jason He
ouncillor Melissa onague
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;;:::::nef ΒΌ Councillor Marshall E. George
Councillor Vince George Councillor Ronald C. George
Councillor Jane Manning
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SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET
PART 1: REVENUES 1. Property tax revenues to be collected in budget year: a. Property Tax Revenues $780,382
TOTAL REVENUES $780,382
PART2:EXPENDITURES 1. General Government Expenditures a. Administrative 2. Protection Services a. Firefighting 3. Transportation a. Roads and Streets 4. Environment Health Services a. Water Purification and Supply b. Sewage Collection and Disposal c. Garbage Waste Collection and Disposal
5. Contingency Amounts TOTAL EXPENDITURES
PART 3: ACCUMULATED SURPLUS/DEFICIT 1. Accumulated Surplus - revenues carried forward from the previous budget year 2. Accumulated Deficit - revenue expenditures carried forward from the previous budget year BALANCE
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$119,286
$71,362
$143,139
$95,394 $181,684 $161,713
$7,804 $780,382
$0
$0 $0
Appendix Reserve Fund Balance
1. Capital Reserve Fund Beginning balance as of January 1, 2021: $0
Transfers out a. to current year's revenues: $0
Transfers in a. from current year's revenues: $0
Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2021:
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$0 $0