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Ministre des Relations Couronne-Autochtones
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Ottawa, Canada K 1A 0H4
I, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, HEREBY APPROVE, pursuant to section 83 of the Indian Act, the following by-law made by the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, in the Province of British Columbia, at a meeting held on July 25, 2025.
Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property TaxationBy-/aw 2025 Rates By-law
Dated at Ottawa, Ontario, this ~Oi day of J.ep Je,vvt...~ 2025. Lr~ \ - - ~ Hon. Rebecca Alty, P.C., M.P.
Canada
UPPER SIMILAKEEN INDIAN BAND BY-LAW NO. 2025-01 FIRST NATION RATES BY-LAW
WHEREAS pursuant to the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, and specifically paragraph 83(1)(a) of the Indian Act, 1985, c.I-5, the Council of a band may make by-laws for the purpose of taxation for local purposes of land, or interests in land, including rights to occupy, possess or use land in a reserve and with respect to any matters arising out of or ancillary to such purpose;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band (also known as the Upper Similkameen Indian Band) enacted the Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Assessment Taxation By-law on December 15 th , 2002;
NOW BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the following by-law be and is hereby enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Act, and in particular section 83(1) for the purpose of establishing annual rates of taxation.
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This by-law may be cited for all purposes as the Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Taxation By-law 2025 Rates By-law.
Pursuant to Section 21of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Taxation By-law, the tax rates for each class of property shall be in accordance with Schedule "A" which is attached, and forms part of the 2025 Rates By-law.
THIS BY-LAW IS HEREBY DULY ENACTED by Council on the 25th day of July, 2025, at Hedley, in the Province of British Columbia.p
A quorum of Council consists of (2) members of Council.
___________________________________ Chief Bonnie Jacobson
___________________________________ Councillor Michael Allison
___________________________________ Councillor Charles Allison
2 SCHEDULE “A”
The Council of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band hereby adopts the following taxation rates for the 2025 taxation year for the following classes of property.
COLUMN 1 Class of Property as prescribed under Schedule II, of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Taxation By-law.
Class 1 - Residential Class 2 - Utilities Class 3 – Supportive Housing Class 4 - Major Industry Class 5 - Light Industry Class 6 - Business and Other Class 7 - Managed Forest Land Class 8 - Recreation/Non-Profit Organization
Class 9 - Farm
COLUMN 2 Rate of Tax applied against each $1,000.00 of the assessed value of the land and improvements as determined in accordance with Part IV of the jurisdiction area 716, Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Taxation By-law.
4.52368 24.44288 2.64198 17.86681 14.69011 12.33897 10.33266 5.46308
10.16308
COLUMN 3 Rate of Tax applied against each $1,000.00 of the assessed value of the land and improvements as determined in accordance with Part IV of the jurisdiction area 717, Upper Similkameen Indian Band Property Taxation By-law.
3.59664 20.77294 1.69074 14.30180 11.12510 9.73002 7.18694 4.41454
9.11454
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