BILL NO. 86

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015

Private Member's Bill

Income Tax Act
(amended)

The Honourable Maureen MacDonald
Halifax Needham

First Reading: April 14, 2015

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Film, Television and Digital Media Protection Act.

2 Section 47 of Chapter 217 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Income Tax Act, as enacted by Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2000 and amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2002, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2003, Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2005, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2006, Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2007, Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2008 and Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2011, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (6) the following subsection:

(7) A member of the Executive Council may not introduce a bill to amend this Section unless the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board of the Province has first held a public meeting on the proposed amendments and consulted in person with representatives of

(a) creative industries in the Province, including the film, digital and audio-visual industries; and

(b) recognized bargaining agents of workers in the creative industries.