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 Musqueam Indian Band in the Province of British Columbia,
MUSQUEAM IND/AN BAND ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2024
Dated at Winnipeg, Manitoba this 18th day of June, 2024.
hie Commissioner C.T. (Manny)Jules On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
MUSQUEAM INDIAN BAND ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2024 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(1)(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 of revenues 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 Musqueam Indian Band duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Musqueam Indian Band 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 made in accordance with section 13 .1 of the Act;
"Assessment Law" means the Musqueam Indian Band Property Assessment Bylaw PR 96-01; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Musqueam Indian Band, 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;
"property taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act; and "Taxation Law" means the Musqueam Indian Band Taxation By-Law, PR-96-02,as amended. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2024, is attached as Schedule "A" and the expenditures provided for in Schedule 'A" 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. 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.( 1) Schedule "A" 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 Schedule "A" 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 lo-ti. day of June, 2024, at Musqueam Band Office, in the Province of British Columbia.
A quorum of Council consists of Five (5) members of Council.
Chief Wayne Sparrow
Councillor Richard Sparrow
mmy Harkey
Councillor Howard E. Grant
Councillor Jordon Point
Councillor Gordon Grant
Councillor Brett Sparrow
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PART 1 REVENUES
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a. b.
a. b. C.
d. e. f. g. h.
SCHEDULE A ANNUAL BUDGET 2024
Property tax revenues to be collected in budget year: Property Tax Revenues
Money from Reserve Funds Operating Fund Capital Fund
Other Revenue BC Hydro Garbage GVRD Grant Interest & Penalties Sewer Street Cleaning Water Yard Waste
Total Revenues
$2,207,130
$0 $0
$8,000 $34,547 $155,000
$75,000 $194,267 $4,818 $249,806 $55,144
$2,983,712
PART 2 EXPENDITURES
1.
a. b. C. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.
General Government Expenditures Tax Administration General Administrative Legal Executive and Legislative Public works Administrative Board of Review Taxation Office Equipment Taxation Legal Expenses Taxation Appeals Taxation Audit
$160,000 $125,000 $145,000 $120,000 $75,000 $7,000 $10,000 $50,000 $5,000 $5,000
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3.
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5.
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9.
10.
a. b. C.
a.
a. b.
a. b. C.
a. b. C. d.
a. b. c. d. e.
a.
a.
Protection Services Community Security IT Server Security upgrades Garbage monitors
Transportation Roads and Streets
Recreation and Cultural Services Other Recreation c1nd Culture Culture - Funeral Resources
Community Development Land Rehabilitation and Beautification Community Buildings rehabilitation, elders suites Public Works, trees, equipment and building repairs
Environmental health services Community Buildings Roads and Grounds Emergency Preparedness Grounds and Roads Leasehold
Fiscal Services
Other Services Assessment Authority Social Programs and Assistance City Agreement Education - Breakfast Program Education Special Needs
Grants Home owner grants equivalent
Contingency Amounts Contingency Amount
$170,000 $25,000 $40,000
$0
$5,000 $12,000
$75,000 $500,000 $177,000
$160,000 $130,000 $0 $5,000
$0
$30,000 $45,000 $975,000 $50,000 $85,000
$15,000
$75,000
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11.
11.
a. b. c.
Transfers into Reserve Funds Capital Fund Flood Mitigation Fund Income Stabilization Fund
Repayment of moneys borrowed from reserve funds
Total Expenditures:
PART 3 ACCUMULATED SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 1. Accumulated Surplus -Local Revenues carried forward from the previous budget year 2. Accumulated Deficit-Local Revenue expenditures carried forward from the previous budget year BALANCE
$175,000 $250,000 $25,000
$0
$3,726,000
$1,472,046
$0 $729,758
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. b.
Vancouver City Service Agreement BC Assessment Authority
$975,000 $30,000
Note: This budget includes the attached Appendix I
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APPENDIX I RESERVE FUND BALANCES
1. Income Stabilization Fund Beginning Balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers Out a. to local revenue account b. to a reserve fund as a transfer c. moneys borrowed for another purpose Transfers In a. from local revenue account b. from a reserve fund as a transfer c. borrowed moneys repaid to fund Interest earned in current year Ending Balance as of December 31, 2024
2. Capital reserve Fund Beginning Balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers Out a. to local revenue account b. to a reserve fund as a transfer c. moneys borrowed for another purpose Transfers In a. from local revenue account b. from a reserve fund as a transfer c. borrowed moneys repaid to fund Interest earned in current year Ending Balance as of December 31, 2024
3. Flood Mitigation Reserve Fund Beginning Balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers Out a. to local revenue account b. to a reserve fund as a transfer c. moneys borrowed for another purpose Transfers In a. from local revenue account b. from a reserve fund as a transfer c. borrowed moneys repaid to fund Interest earned in current year Ending Balance as of December 31, 2024
$1,133,104
$25,000
$50,000 $1,208,104
$5,866,427
$175,000
$232,500 $6,273,927
$256,263
$250,000
$20,000 $526,263
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