Legislative Calendar


Mar 1, 2010	Monthly reports to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for GST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing.
Mar 1, 2010	Benchmark date for interest rate applicable to taxes payable to an improvement district.	[760(1) LGA]
Mar 1, 2010	Regional Districts undertake public consultation process prior to adopting Financial Plan Bylaw.	[816 LGA]
Mar 1, 2010	On or before March 1 in each year, the library board must prepare and submit to the municipal council its annual budget for providing library service in the municipality.	[10(1) LA]
Mar 1, 2010	A municipal police board must submit any changes to the provisional police budget to the municipal council on or before March 1 of the year to which the provisional budget relates.	[27 PA]
Mar 15, 2010	Forward remittance and remittance report to UBCM for Commercial Vehicle Licenses, if done by municipality.	[671 LGA]
Mar 15, 2010	Last possible date to publish the second of the two required notice publications for Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on March 30).	[94, 198 CC; AAPR]
Mar 30, 2010	Last possible date to adopt Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw. Bylaw must be adopted before March 31 in the year in which it is to take effect.	[198 CC; AAPR]
Mar 30, 2010	Regional Districts adopt Financial Plan Bylaw by March 31 of each year. A copy of the Bylaw is forwarded to the municipalities and the Inspector.	[815, 816(2) LGA]
Mar 30, 2010	Last possible date for the Municipal Finance Authority to hold its first meeting of the year. A Chair must be selected at this first meeting.	[4(1) MFAA]
Mar 31, 2010	Last day for the collector to notify the Minister responsible for the administration of the Land Act that taxes are delinquent on land the Province has agreed to sell under an agreement to purchase.	[255 CC]
Mar 31, 2010	On or before March 31 in each year, local governments must remit to the Agricultural Land Commission a portion of application fees received under the Agricultural Land Commission Act.	[35(1)(b) ALCA; 33(3) ALRR]
Mar 31, 2010	If, under the Municipal Sewage Regulation, a local government discharger is exempt from provisions of the Environmental Management Act, it must submit an annual report to the Director of Waste Management on or before March 31.	[7 EMA; Schedule 1 MSR]
Mar 31, 2010	Fire Commissioner must submit to the Minister "by April 1 in each year, a detailed report of the commissioner's administration made up to the preceding December 31".	[42 FSA]
Mar 31, 2010	Last date by which a municipality may pass a bylaw to impose a tax that would cover a portion of the annual cost of operating a public passenger system without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.	[14(1) BCTA]

AA	Assessment Act	HOGA	Home Owner Grant Act
AAA	Assessment Authority Act	IRR	Interest Rates Under Various Statutes Regulation
ALCA	Agricultural Land Commission Act	LA	Library Act
AAPR	Assessment Averaging and Phasing Regulation	LGA	Local Government Act
ALRR	Agricultural Land Reserve, Use, Subdivision and Procedures Regulation	LTDA	Land Tax Deferment Act
BCTA	BC Transit Act	MFAA	Municipal Finance Authority Act
CC	Community Charter	MSR	Municipal Sewage Regulation
CIFSA	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Act	MHA	Manufactured Home Act
CIFSR	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Regulation	MHTA	Manufactured Home Tax Act
EA	Expropriation Act	MTR	Municipal Tax Regulation
EMA	Environmental Management Act	PA	Police Act
FDA	Financial Disclosure Act	PTR	Police Tax Regulation
FIA	Financial Information Act	SA	School Act
FSA	Fire Services Act	STRR	School Tax Remitting Regulation
FWA	Fireworks Act	WCA	Weed Control Act
HDA	Hospital District Act

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