Realty Tax Freeze Statute Law Amendment Act, 1995
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Bill amends various statutes to freeze the amount of all realty tax levies in 1996 at their 1995 levels, both in municipalities and in territory without municipal organization.
Bill1995
An Act to amend various
Statutes to freeze Realty Taxes
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1. (1) Subsection 80 (1) of the County of Oxford Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:
Levy on area municipalities
(1) Subject to sections 75 and 76 and subsection (1.1), the County Council in each year shall levy against the area municipalities, a sum sufficient,
(2) Section 80 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(1.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy against each area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy against the area municipality in 1995.
2. (1) Section 72 of the District Municipality of Muskoka Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(1.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of a levy under this section in an area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy in the area municipality in 1995.
(2) Subsection 73 (4) of the Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (4.1)".
(3) Section 73 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 11, section 4 and 1993, chapter 27, Schedule, is further amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(4.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy in each area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy in the area municipality in 1995.
(4) Subsection 74 (2) of the Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (2.1)".
(5) Section 74 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Tax freeze
(2.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy in each area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy in the area municipality in 1995.
3. (1) Subsection 243 (1) of the Education Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (1.1)".
(2) Section 243 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(1.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy of each municipality in a school division in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy of the municipality in 1995.
4. (1) Section 155 of the Municipal Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (2)".
(2) Section 155 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(2) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy in every local municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy in the local municipality in 1995.
5. (1) Subsection 244 (1) of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (1.1)".
(2) Section 244 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 27, section 111, is further amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(1.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of the levy against each area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy against the area municipality in 1995.
6. (1) Subsection 21 (1) of the Provincial Land Tax Act is amended by adding at the beginning "Subject to subsection (2)".
(2) Subsection 21 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:
Rates
(2) The rate or rates of the annual tax prescribed remain in force from year to year until changed, but in 1996 shall not exceed the rate or rates in force for 1995.
7. Section 135.5 of the Regional Municipalities Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1992, chapter 15, section 83, is amended by adding the following subsection:
Levy freeze
(1.1) Despite anything in this Act, the amount of a levy under this section in an area municipality in 1996 shall not exceed the amount of the levy in the area municipality in 1995.
Commencement
8. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short Title
9. The short title of this Act is the Realty Tax Freeze Statute Law Amendment Act, 1995.