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
Witset First Nation in the Province of British Columbia,
Witset First Nation Annual Expenditure Amending Law, 2021
Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia this 7th day of April, 2022. oa::___,E Tax Commission
C.T. (Manny) Jules - Chief Commissioner First Nations Tax Commission
WITSETFIRSTNATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE AMENDING 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 rese1ve lands, including laws authorizing the expenditure oflocal 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 to, at least once each year, make a law establishing a budget for the expenditure of revenues raised under its prope1ty taxation laws; and D. The Council oftheFirstNationenacted the Witset First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2021 and now wishes to amend that law to authorize a new budget in the form attached to this Law;
NOW THEREFORE the Council ofWitset First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Witset First Nation Annual Expenditure Amending Law, 2021. 2. The Witset First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2021 is amended by deleting the Schedules to that law and replacing them with the Schedules attached to this Law.
3. Except where otherwise defined, words and expressions used in this Law have the meanings given to them in the Witset First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2021. 4. 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 9th day of March, 2022, at Wits et, in the Province of British Columbia.
A quorum of Council consists of five (5) members of Council.
Councillor Channayne Nikal
Councillor Russell Lewis Jr.
Councillor Sherry McKinon
Councillor Kayla Mitchell
Deputy Chief Elgin Cutler
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Councillor Desmond McKinon
Councillor Ian Michell
Councillor Avril Jack
Councillor Warner William
SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET
PART 1: REVENUES 1. Property tax revenues to be collected in budget year: a. Property Tax Revenues
TOTAL REVENUES
PART 2: EXPENDITURES 1. Protection Services b. Firefighting 2. Contingency Amount
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
$13,504.10
$13,504.10
$12,153.69 $1,350.41
$13,504.10
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
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