2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
The Honourable Jamie Muir
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
First Reading: October 30, 2008
Second Reading: November 6, 2008
Third Reading: November 18, 2008 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
This Bill replaces the existing requirement in the Municipal Grants Act that a municipality must submit a claim to the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations to receive a grant in lieu of taxes and replaces it with a requirement to supply the Minister with information at the time and in the manner required by the Minister.
1 Subsections 3(3) and (4) of Chapter 302 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Municipal Grants Act are repealed and the following subsections substituted:
(4) The information required for a grant pursuant to subsection (3) shall be submitted by a municipality, village or service commission
2 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.