Legislative Calendar

Sep 01, 2023Any school referendum taxes that have been levied by a school board are deemed to have been requisitioned on and from January 1 of the calendar year for which the requisition is made. Affected local governments must make payment on or before September 1 of that year.[137 SA]
Sep 01, 2023Each municipality and regional district represented on a library board must pay its share of budget in equal installments on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year.[25(5) LA]
Sep 01, 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 and payable from September 1th, unless the tax payment is made after July 2nd (in which case, the interest is payable from the 61st day after the payment is made. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; 1, 2 MTR; IRR, 24 HOGR]
Sep 05, 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 and payable from September 1th, unless the tax payment is made after July 2nd (in which case, the interest is payable from the 61st day after the payment is made. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs.[239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; 1, 2 MTR; IRR, 24 HOGR]
Sep 08, 2023For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day to publish the first notice of the annual tax sale if last notice under section 94 CC will be published on Sep 15[647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC]
Sep 14, 2023For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, last day to publish the first notice of the annual tax sale if the last notice will be published on Sep 21[647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC]
Sep 15, 2023For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the earliest day that notice of the annual tax sale can be published under section 94 CC[647 LGA, 94, 94.2 CC]
Sep 15, 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]
Sep 15, 2023For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the earliest day to publish the last notice of the annual tax sale (not less than 3 days and not more than 10 days before tax sale date) under section 94 CC if the first notice was published on September 8.[647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC]
Sep 21, 2023For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day for publishing the last notice of the annual tax sale (not less than 3 days before Monday September 25, 2023) under section 94 CC if the first notice was published on September 14.[647 LGA, 94, 94.1 CC]
Sep 21, 2023For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last day to publish notice of the annual tax sale under section 94 CC (not less than 3 days before Monday September 25, 2023)[647 LGA, 94, 94.2 CC]
Sep 25, 2023Annual municipal tax sale must be held at 10:00 am on last Monday in September.[645(1), (2) LGA]
Sep 26, 2023Last date upon which the owner of a property may redeem the property sold by 2022 tax sale: the time limit for making a redemption is one year from the day the tax sale began, or a further time allowed by bylaw. If redeemed, the collector must promptly send to the registrar of land titles for filing the notice required by section 273 of the Land Title Act, together with any applicable fee under that Act.[660(2), 662 LGA]
Sep 27, 2023Earliest date upon which the collector of taxes for a municipality must forward a notice to the registrar of land titles that a parcel of land sold for taxes was not redeemed at the end of its redemption period, assuming that the parcel of land was sold on the first day of the tax sale in 2022 (September 26, 2022). Upon forwarding the notice, the municipality must also immediately notify the administrator under the Property Transfer Tax Act.[663(1), (4) LGA]
Sep 29, 2023If an improvement district providing fire protection, street lighting, or other specified services includes a municipality, the amount raised within the municipality for improvement district purposes must be paid on or before September 30 by the municipality to the improvement district, which must without delay pay the amount to the Minister of Finance.[711(6) LGA]
Sep 29, 2023Monthly reports to: Canada Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing.
Sep 29, 2023If a local government establishes a weed control committee under the Weed Control Act, the committee must submit an annual report to the Minister and to the council or board no later than October 1st in each year.[9(4) WCA]
Sep 29, 2023Last date to take votes to obtain elector assent for a bylaw authorizing a municipality or regional district to withdraw from a regional library district. No vote to obtain assent may be taken after October 1 in any year.[29(2) LA]
Sep 29, 2023Last date upon which a public library association may request for a municipality to assume responsibility for providing library service in the municipality. No request may be made after October 1 in any year.[42(2) LA]
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