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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 Sunchild First Nation in the Province of Alberta,
SUNCHILD FIRST NATION ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2022
Dated at Kam loops, British Columbia this 14th day of September 2022.
m· ioner C.T. (Manny)Jules On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
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BAND COUNCIL RESOLUTION
Chronological No.:
File Reference No.:
Cash free balance
The Council of the
Date of duly convened meeting:
SUNCHILD FIRST NATION
August 24, 2022
I Province
Alberta
capital account:
Revenue account:
WHEREAS the Chief and Council ("Council") of Sunchild First Nation (the "Nation") are empowered to act on behalf of the Nation, and Council met in quorum at a duly convened meeting of the Council on May 31, 2022;
AND WHEREAS the Nation has inherent rights to govern its lands, and Treaty, Constitutional and statutory rights to govern the Nation's reserve lands (the "Reserve");
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(l)(a.1) 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 ofr evenues raised in the current taxation year, and wishes to authorize expenditures made in accordance wit~ .: section 13.1 of the Act;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Sunchild First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Sunchild First Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2022. 2. In this Law: "Act" means the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, S.C. 2005, c. 9, and the regulations made lll}4.~r · that Act; '
"annual budget" means a budget setting out the projected local revenues and projected expenditures oft hose local revenues during a budget year, and setting out expenditures made in accordance with section 13.~ of the Act;
"Assessment Law" means the Sunchild First Nation Property Assessment law, 2022; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Sunchild First Nation, being a band named in the schedule to the Act; "Law" means this annual expenditure law enacted under paragraph 5(1Xb) 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 S(l)(a) of the Act; and "Taxation Law" means the Sunchild First Nation Property Taxation Law, 2022. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2022, 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.
Councillor Joey Pete
Councillor James Fn:ncheater
Councillor Adriel Bigchild
BAND COUNCIL RESOLUTION
Chronological No.:
File Reference No.:
Cash free balance
The Council of the
Date of duly convened meeting:
SUNCHILD FIRST NATION
August 24, 2022
IP rovince
Alberta
capital account:
Revenue account:
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. This Law authorizes the expenditure of contingency amounts as necessary within any of the categories of expenditures set out in the Schedule.
8. 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.
9. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise.
10. 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.
11.(1) The Schedule 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 the Schedule to this Law. 12. This Law comes into force and effect on the day after it is approved by the First Nations Tax Commission.
TIIIS LAW IS HEREBY DULY ENACTED by Council on the __ day of _ ____ , 20_, at _________, in the Province of _ _ _ _______
A quorum of Council consists of _______ (_J members of Council.
Chief Jonathan Frcncheate.r
Councillor Clint McHugb
Councillor James Freocheater
Councillor Audrey Crookedlegs
Councillor Adriel Bigchild
Councillor Joey Pete
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. General Government Expenditures a. Executive and Legislative b. General Administrative C. Other General Government 2. Protection Services a. Policing b. Firefighting C. Regulatory Measures d. Other Protective Services 3. Transportation a. Roads and Streets b. Snow and Ice Removal C. Parking d. Public Transit e. Other Transportation 4. Recreation and Cultural Services a. Recreation b. Culture C. Heritage Protection d. Other Recreation and Culture 5. Community Development a. Housing b. Planning and Zoning C. Community Planning d. Economic Development Program e. Tourism f. Trade and Industry g. Land Rehabilitation and Beautification h. Other Regional Planning and Development 6. Environment Health Services a. Water Purification and Supply b. Sewage Collection and Disposal C. Garbage Waste Collection and Disposal d. Recycling e. Other Environmental Services 7. Fiscal Services a. Long-term Borrowing Payments to the First Nations Finance Authority b. Interim Financing Payments to the First Nations Finance Authority c. Other Payments d. Accelerated Debt Payments
$ 114,976.80
$114,976.80
$23,479.12
$80,000.00
e. Other Fiscal Services 8. Other Services a. Health b. Social Programs and Assistance C. Agriculture d. Education e. Other Service 9. Contingency
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
$11,497.68
$114,976.80
$0
$0
$0