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 Tk'emlups te Secwepemc in the Province of British Columbia,
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC FIRST NATION ANNUAL TAX RATES LAW, 2024
Dated at Winnipeg, Manitoba this 18th day of June, 2024.
Deputy Chief Commissioner David Paul On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
, r r TKEMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC ANNUAL TAX RA TES 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 to establish tax rates and apply them to the assessed value of those lands and interests or rights;
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B. The council of the First Nation has made a property assessment law and a property taxation law;
C. Subsection 10(1) 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 setting the rate of tax to be applied to the assessed value of each class of lands and interests or rights;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Tl~emlups te Secwepemc duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Tkemlz'tps te Secwepemc First Nation Annual Tax Rates 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;
"Assessment Law" means the Tkemhtps te Secwepemc Property Assessment Law, 2023; "First Nation" means the Tl~emlups te Secwepemc, being a band named in the schedule to the Act; "property taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act; "taxable property" has the meaning given to that term in the Taxation Law; and "Taxation Law" means the Tkemlz'tps te Secwepemc Property Taxation Law, 2023. 3. Taxes levied pursuant to the Taxation Law for the taxation year 2024 shall be determined by imposing the rates set out in the Schedule upon the assessed value of all taxable property in each property class.
4. Notwithstanding section 3, where the amount of the tax levied on Class 1 taxable property in a taxation year is less than three hundred and fifty dollars($ 350), the taxable property shall be taxed at three hundred and fifty dollars($ 350) for the taxation year.
5. Notwithstanding section 3, where the amount of the tax levied on taxable property other than Class 1 taxable property in a taxation year is less than one hundred dollars ($ 100), the taxable property shall be taxed at one hundred dollars ($ 100) for the taxation year.
6. 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.
7. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise.
8. 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.
9. The Schedules attached to this Law forms part of and are an integral part of this Law.
10. 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 11 day of June, 2024, at Kam loops, in the Province of British Columbia.
A quorum of Council consists of four ( 4) members of Council.
Chief Rosanne Casimir
Councillor Nicole Morning-Star Peters
Councillor Justin Gottfriedson
~uncillor Thomas BI;nk
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PROPERTY CLASS Class 1 Residential
SCHEDULE A DISTRICT 1 (KIB GENERAL) TAX RATES
Class 2 - Utilities Class 5 - Light Industry Class 6 - Business and Other Class 8 - Recreational Property/Non-Profit Organization
RATE PER $1,000 of assessed value 4.53660
30.13100 13.90600 12.08100 3.83670
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PROPERTY CLASS Class 1 - Residential
SCHEDULEB DISTRICT2 (PAUL LAKE) TAX RATES
RATE PER $1,000 of assessed value 4.43221
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PROPERTY CLASS Class 1 - Residential
SCHEDULEC DISTRICT3 (SUN RIVERS) TAX RATES
Class 6 - Business and Other Class 8 - Recreational Property/Non-Profit Organization
RATE PER $1,000 of assessed value 6.24620
16.07740 16.63380
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