BILL NO. 98

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Revenue Act
(amended)

Percy Paris
Waverly - Fall River - Beaver Bank

First Reading: November 9, 2006

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill authorizes the Governor in Council to make regulations pursuant to the Revenue Act providing a gasoline and diesel oil tax rebate to organizations transporting people with disabilities who have been determined to be eligible for Community Transportation Assistance Program funding.

1 Section 12 of Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Revenue Act, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2006, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsections:

(2A) Subject to subsection (2B), the Governor in Council shall make regulations

(a) designating for the purpose of this subsection organizations that transport people with disabilities who have been determined to be eligible for Community Transportation Assistance Program funding; and

(b) providing for the rebate of the tax to designated organizations and prescribing the terms and conditions under which rebates may be made.

(2B) The moneys required for the administration of regulations made pursuant to subsection (2A) shall be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.