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Halifax Regional Municipality Charter Act

BILL NO. 112

(as passed)

2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010



Government Bill



Halifax Regional Municipality Charter
(amended)

CHAPTER 52 OF THE ACTS OF 2010



The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations



First Reading: November 25, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: November 26, 2010

Third Reading: December 9, 2010

Royal Assent: December 10, 2010

An Act to Amend Chapter 39
of the Acts of 2008,
the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 79(1) of Chapter 39 of the Acts of 2008, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, is amended by adding immediately after clause (ad) the following clause:

(ada) providing for, financing and installing energy-efficiency equipment on private property including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, solar panels;

2 Chapter 79 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 104 the following Section:

104A (1) The Council may make by-laws imposing, fixing and providing methods of enforcing payment of charges for the installation of energy-efficiency equipment on private property with the consent of the property owner including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, solar panels.

(2) A by-law passed pursuant to this Section may provide

(a) that the charges fixed by, or determined pursuant to, the by-law may be chargeable according to a plan or method set out in the by-law;

(b) that the charges may be different for different classes of development and may be different in different areas of the Municipality;

(c) when the charges are payable;

(d) that the charges are first liens on the real property and may be collected in the same manner as other taxes;

(e) that the charges be collectable in the same manner as taxes and, at the option of the Treasurer, be collectable at the same time, and by the same proceedings, as taxes

(f) a means of determining when the lien becomes effective or when the charges become due and payable;

(g) that the amount payable may, at the option of the owner of the property, be paid in the number of annual instalments set out in the by-law and, upon default of payment of any instalment, the balance becomes due and payable; and

(h) that interest is payable annually on the entire amount outstanding and unpaid, whether or not the owner has elected to pay by instalments, at a rate and beginning on a date fixed by the by-law.

 


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