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 Tsleil-Waututh Nation in the Province of British Columbia,
TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2024
Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia this 30th day of May, 2024.
On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
2024-05-21 BCR 24-25-06
TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2024 WHEREAS: A. Pursuant to section 5 of the First Nations Fiscal lvlanagement 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;
8. The Council of the First Nation has made a prope1iy assessment law and a propetiy taxation law; C. Subsection I 0(2) of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act requires a first nation that has made a prope1iy taxation law or a law under paragraph 5( I)( a. I) 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 ofthe Act;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2024. 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 rriade in accordance with section 13 .1 of the Act;
"Assessment Law" means the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Property Assessment Law, 2017; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Tsleil-Waututh 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( 1) (a) of the Act;
"prope11y taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph 5(1 )(a) of the Act; and
"Taxation Law" means the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Property Taxation Law, 2017. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning January I, 2024, and ending December 31, 2024, 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. I 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.
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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. The grant amounts set out in the annual budget are hereby approved as expenditures in accordance with the Taxation Law.
8. This Law authorizes the expenditure of contingency amounts as necessary within any of the categories of expenditures set out in the Schedule.
9. 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.
10. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise.
11. 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.
12.( I) The Schedule attached to this Law, including the 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. 13. 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 215 Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia.
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day of May, 2024, at North
A quorum of Council consists of Four (4) members of Council.
(~ Councillor Charlene Aleck
~ 0 Councillor Deanna George Councill~ · Kev\; O 'Neill
~ iana Martin ~ Councillor Curtis Thomas
Councillor Dennis Thomas
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SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET
PART 1: REVENUES l. Local revenues to be collected in budget year: a. Property Tax Revenues b. Property Transfer Tax Revenues TOTAL REVENUES:
PART 2: EXPENDITURES l. General Government Expenditures a. Executive and Legislative b. General Administrative c. Other General Government 2. Transportation a. Roads and Streets 3. Recreation and Cultural Services a. Recreation b. Culture 4. Community Development a. Education b. Public Works 5. Other Services a. BCAA b. Assessment Appeals c. District of North Vancouver MTSA 6. Grants a. Homeowner Grants b. Additional Grants 7. Contingency Amounts a. Contingency Amounts TOTAL EXPENDITURES:
$3,821,902 $1,370,000 $5,191,902
$150,000 $200,000 $100,000
$1,650,000 $100,000 $200,000
$139,000 $250,000
$55,000 $15,000 $1,614,152
$384,125 $274,625
$60,000 $5,191,902
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PART 3: ACCUMULATED SURPLUS/DEFICIT I. Accumulated Surplus Local revenues carried forward from the previous budget year 2. Accumulated Deficit - Local revenue expenditures carried forward from the previous budget year
$ 0 $ 0
BALANCE $ 0 Note: The First Nation has the following service agreements with third-party service providers, and the amounts indicated are the amounts payable by the First Nation under each agreement during the budget year: a. District of North Vancouver $ 3,580,441 - Police - Fire - Utilities - Library - Parks and Recreation
Note: This Budget includes the attached Appendix.
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Appendix I Tsleil-Waututh Nation Local Services Fee Law Budget and Reserve Fund Balance - Sewer
A. Fees Current Year Budget Revenues: I. Fee Revenues to be collected in current year: 2. Moneys from Fee Reserve Fund to be expended in current year: Total Fee Revenues: Expenditures: 1. District of North Vancouver MTSA 2. Transfers into Fee Reserve Fund: Total Fee Expenditures: Balance:
B. Fee Reserve Fund Balance Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 : Transfers out to current year fee revenues: Transfers in from current year fee revenues: Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024:
$ 997,536 $ 0 $ 997,536
$ 997,536 $ 0 $ 997,536 $ 0
$ $ $ $ $
0 0 0 0 0
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Appendix II Tsleil-Waututh Nation Local Services Fee Law Budget and Reserve Fund Balance - Water
A. Fees Current Year Budget Revenues: 1. Fee Revenues to be collected in current year: 2. Moneys from Fee Reserve Fund to be expended in current year: Total Fee Revenues: Expenditures: 1. District of North Vancouver MTSA 2. Transfers into Fee Reserve Fund: Total Fee Expenditures: Balance:
B. Fee Reserve Fund Balance Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 : Transfers out to current year fee revenues: Transfers in from current year fee revenues: Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024:
$ 942,378 $ 0 $ 942,378
$ 942,378 $ 0 $ 942,378 $ 0
$ $ $ $ $
0 0 0 0 0
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Appendix III Tsleil-Waututh Nation Local Services Fee Law Budget and Reserve Fund Balance -Recycling
A. Fees Current Year Budget Revenues: I. Fee Revenues to be collected in current year: 2. Moneys from Fee Reserve Fund to be expended in current year: Total Fee Revenues: Expenditures: I. District of North Vancouver MTSA 2. Transfers into Fee Reserve Fund: Total Fee Expenditures: Balance:
B. Fee Reserve Fund Balance Beginning balance as of January I, 2024 : Transfers out to current year fee revenues: Transfers in from current year fee revenues: Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024:
$ 26,375 $ 0 $ 26,375
$ 26,375 $ 0 $ 26,375 $ 0
$ $ $ $ $
0 0 0 0 0
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