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First Nations Tax Commission Commission de la fiscalité des premières nations The First Nations Tax Commission, pursuant to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, hereby approves the following law made by the ?Akisgnuk First Nation in the Province of British Columbia, Akisgnuk First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2019 Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia this 24th day of September, 2019. On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission 414__ /IL~~ C.T. (Manny) le — Chief Commissioner Firs ations Tax Commission
AKISQNUK FIRST NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2019 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.1) to, at least once each year, make 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 Akisqnuk First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Akisqnuk First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2019. 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 Akisqnuk First Nation Property Assessment Law, 2016; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Akisqnuk 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(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 Akisqnuk First Nation Property Taxation Law, 2016. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning April 1, 2019, and ending March 31, 2020, 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. 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) 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 18th day of July, 2019, at Windermere, in the Province of British Columbia. A quorum of Council consists of Three (3) members of Council. Q Chief Alfred Joseph Councillor Darcy Fisher Councillor Donald Sam Councillor Theresa Kains Councillor Jason Nicholas
SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET PART 1: REVENUES 1. Local Revenues for current fiscal year: a. Property tax Revenues TOTAL REVENUES PART 2: EXPENDITURES 1. General Government Expenditures a. Executive and Legislative b. General Administrative c. Other General Government 2. Protection Services a. Comprehensive Service Agreement (RDEK) 3. Transportation a. Roads and Streets b. Snow and Ice Removal 4. Community Development a. Education b. Economic Development c. Housing 5. Environment and Health Services a. Water Purification and Supply b. Garbage Waste Collection and Disposal 6. Other Services a. Health 7. Grants a. Homeowner Grants 8. Contingency Amounts a. Contingency amounts TOTAL EXPENDITURES: PART 3: ACCUMULATED SURPLUS/DEFICIT 1. Accumulated Surplus — Local revenues carried forward from the previous budget year BALANCE $353,737 $353,737 $ 60,000 20,000 10,000 $ 77,146 $ 12,000 15,000 $ 10,000 10,000 35,000 $ 55,000 5,000 $20,000 15,000 $ 9,591 $ 353,737 $ 0.00 $0.00
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. Regional District of East Kootenay for: Fire and other protection, waste disposal, hospital and other $ 77,146 Note: This Budget includes the attached two Appendices.
Appendix 2 IBE Water System Replacement Service Tax Budget and Debt Repayment Reserve Fund Balance A. Service Tax Current Year Budget Revenues: 1. Service Tax Revenues to be collected in current year: $ 127,008 2. Moneys from Service Tax Reserve Fund to be expended in current year: $ 0.00 Total Service Tax Revenues: $ 127,008 Expenditures: 1. Financing Payments to First Nations Finance Authority $ 120,387 2. Transfers into Service Tax Reserve Fund: IBE Water System Replacement 6,621 Total Service Tax Expenditures: $127,008 Accumulated Surplus/Deficit 1. Accumulated Surplus — Service tax revenues carried forward from the previous budget year $ 0 2. Accumulated Deficit- Service tax expenditures carried forward from the previous budget year $ 0 Balance: $ 0 B. IBE Water System Replacement Service Tax Debt Repayment Reserve Fund Balance Beginning balance as of April 1, 2019: $ 105,995 Transfers out to current year service tax revenues: Transfers in from current year service tax revenues: 6,621 Interest earned in current year: 20 Ending balance as of March 31, 2020: $ 112,636
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