TS'UUBAA-ASATX
NOTICE OF PROPOSED LOCAL REVENUE LAWS AND INVITATION TO MAKE
REPRESENTATIONS
THIS NOTICE is given pursuant to section 6 of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act (the “FMA”).
Ts'uubaa-asatx proposes to enact the Ts'uubaa-asatx Property Assessment Law, 2020 and the Ts'uubaaasatx Property Taxation Law, 2020 (together, the “Proposed Laws”).
DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED LAWS: The Proposed Laws are a property assessment law made under the authority of section 5(1)(a)(i) of the FMA, and a property taxation law made under the general authority of section 5(1)(a) of the FMA. The property assessment law provides for the assessment and valuation of interests in land in Ts'uubaa-asatx’s reserve lands, and includes provisions for appointing assessors, inspecting property, preparing assessment rolls, and mailing assessment notices. This law includes a process for reconsideration of assessments and for a right of appeal to an assessment review board. The property taxation law establishes a taxation regime that taxes interests in land in the reserve, and includes provisions for exemptions, grants, preparing tax rolls and tax notices, the levy of penalties and interest on unpaid taxes, and the collection and enforcement of unpaid taxes. A copy of the Proposed Laws may be obtained from Ts'uubaa-asatx at the address set out below.
WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS: The Council of Ts'uubaa-asatx invites written representations regarding the Proposed Laws. If you wish to make a written representation, your written representation must be received by Ts'uubaa-asatx at the address set out below on or before 4:00 pm on August 12, 2019. Council will consider all written representations received in accordance with this Notice before enacting the Proposed Laws.
ADDRESS AND CONTACT PERSON: For further information or questions regarding the Proposed Laws or this Notice, please contact: Aaron Hamilton at 313B Deer Road, PO Box 159, Lake Cowichan, BC, by telephone at 250-749-3301 or by email at aaron@lcfn.ca.
Dated: June 11, 2019.