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Feb 1, 2012	UBCM/CivicInfo BC/LGMA local government surveys open for input during the month of February.
Feb 1, 2012	An amount received by the municipality, or by the Surveyor of Taxes for an electoral area, by way of a grant or payment in lieu of taxes for regional district purposes within the regional district under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act (Canada) in the immediately preceding year must be paid to the regional district board on or before February 1 in each year.	[807(1) LGA]
Feb 1, 2012	On or before February 1 in each year, municipalities must make payments to other authorities of their proportion of grants or payments in lieu of taxes (e.g. School, Regional District, Hospital District, BC Transit, BC Assessment, and police taxes).	[118 SA; 807 LGA; 25(8) HDA; 16(3) BCTA; 20(4) AAA; 66.61 PA]
Feb 15, 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]
Feb 27, 2012	Collector must deliver to the Minister of Provincial Revenue before February 28 of each year a final certified statement of all grants approved under Section 10 of the Home Owner Grant Act for the previous tax year.	[12 HOGA]
Feb 27, 2012	If a parcel tax is to be imposed for collection in an electoral area, the authenticated parcel tax roll must be forwarded to the Surveyor of Taxes before February 28 in each year.	[806.1(2) LGA]
Feb 29, 2012	No later than the last day of February in each year, the Regional Board of each Regional District must appoint from among its directors the required number of persons as members of the Municipal Finance Authority for that year or until a successor is appointed.	[2(9) MFAA]
Feb 29, 2012	Deadline for completing 2011 UBCM/CivicInfo BC/LGMA local government surveys.
Feb 29, 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 Regulationt
EA	Expropriation Act	PA	Police Act
EMA	Environmental Management Act	PTR	Police Tax Regulationt
FDA	Financial Disclosure Act	SA	School Act
FIA	Financial Information Act	SCBCTAA	South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act
FSA	Fire Services Act	STRR	School Tax Remitting Regulatio
FWA	Fireworks Act	WCA	Weed Control Act
HDA	Hospital District Act

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