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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 Penticton Indian Band in the Province of British Columbia,
PENTICTON IND/AN BAND ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LAW, 2024
Dated at Kamloops, British Columbia this 30th day of May, 2024.
~ules On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
PENTICTON 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 prope1iy taxation law;
C. Subsection 10(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(1)(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 of revenues raised in the cunent taxation year, and wishes to authorize expenditures made in accordance with section 13 .1 of the Act;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Penticton Indian Band duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the Penticton Indian Band Annual Expenditure Lm1~ 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 Penticton Indian Band Property Assessment LaH~ 2021; "Council" has the meaning given to that term in the Act; "First Nation" means the Penticton 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 Penticton Indian Band Property Taxation Law, 2021. 3. The First Nation's annual budget for the budget year beginning Januaiy 1, 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 .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 any Appendices, forms part of and is an integral pait 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 2!5 1 day of May, 2024, at IR No. 1 Penticton Indian Band Admin Office, in the Province of British Columbia.
A quorum of Council consists of five (5) members of Council. -~2> Chief Greg Gabriel
Councillor Clint Gabriel
- ,~~ Councillor Timmothy Lezard 4~-
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Co mcillor Lesley Gabriel '/ t~
Councillor Suzanne Johnson
Councillor Dolly Kruger
Councillor Fred K.ruger
Councillor Vivian Lezard
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SCHEDULE ANNUAL BUDGET
PART 1: REVENUES 1. Property Tax Revenues to be collected in budget year a. Prope1iy Tax Revenues b. Property Tax - interest and penalties c. Tax Certificate Fees
Total Revenues:
PART 2: EXPENDITURES 1. Government Expenditures a. General Administration, IT, Communication, Rcrds Mgt, HR b. Property Tax Administration c. Intergovernmental Affairs Chief & Council d. Board of Review 2. Protection Services a. City of Penticton Fire Protection b. PIB Fire Protection 3. Transpmiation a. PIB Public Works b. Roads and Streets 4. Recreation and Cultural Services a. Channel Land Maintenance b. Culture- Language Department c. Culture & Recreation- Natural Resource Tek 5. Community Development a. Planning Engineering & Capital b. Lands Depmiment c. Daycare d. Footprints e. PIB Utilities f. Home Owners Representation g. Water Operations 6. Other Services a. Municipal Agreement RDOS b. Hospital District c. Library Services d. City of Penticton Sewer agreement
$3,717,650,13 $28,000.00 $3,000.00
$3,748,650.13
$450,742.00 $389,701.00 $ 260,000.00 $ 7,500.00
$400,000.00 $85,000.00
$336,513.00 $24,067.00
$24,515.00 $40,000.00 $40,000.00
$290,000.00 $60,000.00 $5,000.00 $50,000.00 $120,000.00 $1,786.81 $125,940.00
$55,000.00 $130,000.00 $34,000.00 $32,000.00
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e. BC Assessment f. PIB Waste Management g. Social Programs & Assistance 7. Grants a. Home owner grant equivalents: 8. Contingency Amounts a. Contingency Amount 9. Transfers into reserve funds b. Capital Reserve Fund
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
$32,000.00 $37,112.00 $5,000.00
$600,000.00
$100,000.00
$148,684.32
$3,884,561.13
$135,911.00
$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. Municipal Agreement RDOS $55,000.00 b. Hospital District $130,000.00 c. City of Penticton Library Agreement $34,000.00 d. City of Penticton Sewer Agreement $32,000.00 e. BC Assessment $32,000.00 f. Penticton Indian Band Waste Management $37,112.00 g. Social Programs & Assistance $5,000.00 h. City of Penticton Fire Agreement $400,000.00
Note: This Budget includes the attached Appendix
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Appendix 1 Reserve Fund Balances
1. Capital Reserve fund Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers out a. to current year's revenues: b. to _____ reserve fund as a transfer: c. money's bmrnwed for another purpose: Transfers in a. from current year's revenues: b. from _____ reserve fund as a transfer: c. money's borrowed for another purpose: Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024 2. Contingency Reserve fund Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers out a. to current year's revenues: b. to _____ reserve fund as a transfer: c. money's borrowed for another purpose: Transfers in a. from current year's revenues: b. from _____ reserve fund as a transfer: c. money's bo1rnwed for another purpose: Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024
$1,179,913.97
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$148,684.32 $0.00 $0.00 $59,122.62 $1,387,720.91
$602,078.50
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $26,792.49 $628,870.99
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Appendix 2 Development Cost Charge Budget and Reserve Fund Balances
A. Development Cost Charge Current Year Budget Revenues 1. Development cost charge revenues to be collected in cmTent year a. Transportation Facilities b. Water Facilities c. Sewer Facilities
Total Development Cost Charge Revenues
Expenditures Total Development Cost Charge Expenditures Balance:
B. Development Cost Charge Reserve Fund Balances 1. Transportation Facilities Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers out a. to current year's development cost charge b. to _____ reserve fund as a transfer: c. money's bonowed for another purpose: Transfers in a. development cost charge revenues to be collected in current budget year (estimated): Interest earned in cmTent year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024 1. Water Facilities Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers out a. to cunent year's development cost charge Transfers in a. development cost charge revenues to be collected in current budget year (estimated): Interest earned in cunent year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024 1. Sewer Facilities Beginning balance as of January 1, 2024 Transfers out a. to cunent year's development cost charge
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
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Transfers in a. development cost charge revenues to be collected in current budget year (estimated): Interest earned in current year: Ending balance as of December 31, 2024
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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