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Dec 1, 2012	If the municipality may need a revenue anticipation bylaw, this should be done before year end to ensure any overdrafts in the New Year would be covered.	[177 CC]
Dec 3, 2012	Advertise schedule of Council meetings before end of year.
Dec 3, 2012	Regional District boards must elect a Chair and Vice Chair at the first meeting after December 1st.	[792(1) LGA]
Dec 7, 2012	Refer to the Police Tax Regulation for the remittance due dates for the months of July, August, September, October, and November.	[PTR]
Dec 14, 2012	Where a municipality is collecting taxes for a regional transit commission, it shall on or before the 15th day of each calendar month, pay to British Columbia Transit all of those taxes collected during the preceding calendar month.	[17 BCTR]
Dec 24, 2012	Service of notice to registered owners and charge holders of property sold at tax sale in September must be confirmed on or before this date. (The final day for notice is no later than three months after the sale of the property at the tax sale.)	[254 CC; 414 LGA]
Dec 31, 2012	Fees and charges imposed by regional districts for works and services provided to land or improvements, and fees for fire and security alarms, are due and payable on or before December 31.	[363.2 LGA]
Dec 31, 2012	Before January 1 of the year an assessment averaging or phasing bylaw is to take effect, notice of intent must be provided to the Inspector and the Assessment Commissioner.	[198 CC; AAPR]
Dec 31, 2012	Last business day in December is the last day for receipt of applications for Home Owner Grant. Extension application available - HOG available for up to 1 year after December 31.	[8 HOGA]
Dec 31, 2012	In each year in which a regional transit commission prescribes taxes, the municipality or the Surveyor of Taxes must pay to the authority (a) installments and (b) by December 31 of the year that the taxes were prescribed, all of the taxes prescribed, whether or not the municipality has collected them.	[16(1)-(2), BCTA]
Dec 31, 2012	Last date upon which the owner of an eligible property may file an application for land tax deferment with the collector of taxes for the municipality.	[12 LTDA]
Dec 31, 2012	On or before December 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]
Dec 31, 2012	On or before December 31 in each year, local governments that operate facilities or provide services under the Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Act must deposit to care funds any monies collected for those funds.	[28(5) CIFSA, 22(4) CIFSR]
Dec 31, 2012	Collector notes land and improvements that now have taxes in arrear/delinquent, and other fees and amounts not paid on or before December 31 are deemed to be taxes in arrears.	[245, 246, 258 CC]
Dec 31, 2012	If the fees and charges imposed by regional districts for works and services provided to land or improvements, and fees for fire and security alarms, are unpaid on December 31, 2011, they are deemed to be taxes in arrear on December 31.	[363.2 LGA]
Dec 31, 2012	In each year in which the South Coast BC Transportation Authority assesses taxes, affected municipalities must pay to the authority by December 31 of the year for which the taxes are assessed, the balance of the assessed taxes not paid to the Authority by August 1, whether or not all of the assessed taxes have been collected.	[26 SCBCTAA]
Dec 31, 2012	Monthly reports to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for HST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing.

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
BCTR	BC Transit Regulation	MSR	Municipal Sewage Regulation
CC	Community Charter	MHA	Manufactured Home Act
CIFSA	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Act	MHTA	Manufactured Home Tax Act
CIFSR	Cremation, Internment and Funeral Services Regulation	MTR	Municipal Tax Regulation
EA	Expropriation Act	MWR	Municipal Wastewater 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	SCBCTAA	South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act
FWA	Fireworks Act	STRR	School Tax Remitting Regulation
HDA	Hospital District Act	WCA	Weed Control Act

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