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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 Tobacco Plains Indian Band in the Province of British Columbia,
YAQ7T ?A-KNUQt!'IT FIRST NATION ANNUAL TAX RATES LAW, 2024
Dated at Kam loops, British Columbia this 4th day of July, 2024.
mmissioner C.T. (Manny)Jules On behalf of the First Nations Tax Commission
YAQ IT ?A-KNUQfJ'IT FIRST NATION ANNUAL TAX RATES 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;
B. The council of the First Nation has made a property assessment law and a prope1iy taxation law; and
C. Subsection 10(1) of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act requires a first nation that has made a prope1iy 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 Yaqit ?a·knuq½i'it First Nation duly enacts as follows: 1. This Law may be cited as the YaqU '.?a·knuqti'U flrst 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 Tobacco Plains Indian Band First Nation Property Assessment Law, 2008;
"First Nation" means the Yaqit ?a·knuq½i'it First Nation (Tobacco Plains Indian Band), being a band named in the schedule to the Act;
"property taxation law" means a law enacted by the First Nation under paragraph 5(l)(a) of the Act; "taxable prope1iy" has the meaning given to that term in the Taxation Law; and
"Taxation Law" means the Tobacco Plains Indian Band First Nation Property Taxation Law, 2008.
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 prope1iy class.
4. Notwithstanding section 3, where the amount of the tax levied on Class I-Residential taxable property in a taxation year is less than one-hundred dollars ($ 100.00), the taxable property shall be taxed at one-hundred dollars ($ 100.00) for the taxation year and where the amount of the tax levied on Class 2- Utilities taxable prope1iy in a taxation year is less than three hundred fifty
dollars($ 350.00), the taxable property shall be taxed at three hundred fifty dollars ($ 350.00) for the taxation year.
5. 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.
6. Where a provision in this Law is expressed in the present tense, the provision applies to the circumstances as they arise.
7. 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.
8. The Schedule attached to this Law forms part of and is an integral part of this Law. 9. 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 th day of June, 2024 at Grasmere, in the Province of British Columbia. A quorum of Council consists of three (3) members of Council.
Chief Heidi Gravelle
$\:z::: Councillor Kyle Shottanana
Councillor Corey Letcher
Councillor A very Gravelle
G~~ l,202-4 04:lSMDT) Councillor Garrett Gravelle
PROPERTY CLASS
Class 1 - Residential Class 2 - Utilities Class 9 - Farm
SCHEDULE TAX RATES
RATE PER $1000 of Assessed Value
7.9980 51.4570 19.9990