Legislative Calendar

Apr 03, 2023Interest rates for refunds of tax overpayments, refund of municipal tax sale money and on taxes in arrear or delinquent are set January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245(1)(b) CC; 246(1)(b) CC; 1,2 MTR; IRR]
Apr 06, 2023Regional Districts must send to the minister charged with the administration of the Taxation (Rural Area) Act requisitions in respect of each treaty first nation participating area on or before April 10.[257(4) LGA]
Apr 06, 2023Regional Districts must send an invoice to taxing treaty first nation on or before April 10 if fees, charges and other amounts for works or services provided are owed in relation to the treaty lands of a taxing treaty first nation and not paid on or before December 31 of the previous year.[258(6) LGA]
Apr 06, 2023Regional Districts must send the municipal requisitions on or before April 10.[385(1) LGA]
Apr 06, 2023On or before April 10 in each year, the designated regional district officer must deliver to the surveyor of taxes a requisition of funds in respect of each service that states the amount required during the year from each electoral participating area, and the officer's certification.[387(1) LGA]
Apr 14, 2023Last day for the assessment authority to provide free of charge to regional Hospital District Boards information setting out the current year net taxable value of all land and improvements in each member municipality, the treaty lands of each taxing treaty First Nation and the other rural area, in the district, on both the completed and revised assessment rolls, for the purpose of requisitioning and raising funds under the Hospital District Act. In the case of the North West Regional Hospital District, in addition to the information provided above, the authority must provide free of charge the net taxable value of all land and improvements in Nisg?a'a Lands.[66 (3) (4) AA]
Apr 14, 2023Subject to the regulations, last day for the assessment authority to deliver a report to the municipality regarding the interim business relief exemption bylaw[16(2) MEVA]
Apr 14, 2023Where 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]
Apr 20, 2023Last day for Regional Hospital Districts to (1) send to each municipality the amount required in their requisition; and (2) in the case of each member of the district that is not a city, district, town, village or treaty lands of a taxing treaty first nation, transmit to the minister responsible for the FAA a requisition stating the amount required of improvement districts and rural areas in the district. Submit copies of the requisition to the improvement districts and rural areas.[25(1) & 25(3) HDA]
Apr 27, 2023Last date by which a municipal council must publish a notice in a newspaper regarding an unclaimed surplus from tax sale.[254 CC; 659(5) LGA]
Apr 28, 2023For wastewater discharges to ground and water for which the contributory population is 10,000 persons or more, a local government discharger, on receiving notice from a director, must prepare and submit a report as specified in the Regulation, before May 1 of each year.[EMA; 66(1), (2) and (3) MWR]
Apr 28, 2023Last day for Regional Hospital Districts to notify the minister in writing of the total of the amounts being requisitioned and the uniform rates to be levied throughout the district.[25(4) HDA]
Apr 28, 2023Last day for the assessment authority to forward to each taxing treaty first nation a requisition for the amount determined for the treaty first nation by applying the approved rates to net taxable value of all land and improvements in the treaty lands, and must include a statement of those rates.[20 (4.1) AAA]
Apr 28, 2023Monthly reports to: Canada Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing.
Apr 28, 2023If regular council/board meeting following a general local elections took place on Nov 1, 2022, last day for local government to decide whether to establish a code of conduct for council/ board members or if a code of conduct for council/ board members has already been established, whether it should be reviewed.[113.1, 124, 125, 127 CC, 205 LGA]
AA
Assessment Act
HOGA
Home Owner Grant Act
AAA
Assessment Authority Act
HOGR
Home Owner Grant Regulation
AAR
Assessment Act Regulation
IRR
Interest Rates Under Various Statutes Regulation
ALCA
Agricultural Land Commission Act
LA
Library Act
AAPR
Assessment Averaging and Phasing Regulation
LECFA
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act
ALRR
Agricultural Land Reserve, ;Use, Subdivision and Procedures Regulation
LTDA
Land Tax Deferment Act
BCTA
BC Transit Act
MEVA
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 4)
BCTR
BC Transit Regulation
MFAA
Municipal Finance Authority Act
CC
Community Charter
MHA
Manufactured Home Act
CIFSA
Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act
MHTA
Manufactured Home Tax Act
CIFSR
Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulation
MTR
Municipal Tax Regulation
ESC19A
Economic Stablization (COVID-19) 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
FWA
Fireworks Act
SCBCTAA
South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act
HDA
Hospital District Act
STRR
School Tax Remitting Regulation
HDAR
Hospital District Act Regulation
WCA
Weed Control Act