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Mar 01, 2023 | The taxes payable to an improvement district bear interest at the rate prescribed from March 1 next following the date on which the taxes are levied, until paid or recovered. | [717(1) LGA] |
Mar 01, 2023 | Regional Districts undertake public consultation process prior to adopting Financial Plan Bylaw by March 31. | [374, 375 LGA] |
Mar 01, 2023 | Last day for the library board to prepare and submit to the municipal council its annual budget for providing library service in the municipality. | [10(1) LA] |
Mar 01, 2023 | Each 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] |
Mar 01, 2023 | Any changes to the provisional budget submitted in the previous year by a municipal police board must be submitted to council on or before March 1 of the year to which the provisional budget relates. | [27(2) PA] |
Mar 08, 2023 | A municipality must certify to the grant administrator on or before the 5th business day in March of each year that all grants approved under s. 10 of the HOGA for the previous tax year have been dealt with in accordance with this Act and the total amount of all grants approved under s. 10 for the previous tax year has been applied or otherwise dealt with by the municipality in accordance with this Act. This is also the last day for a municipality to report the information that the grant administrator requires to administer or enforce this Act. On receipt of the certification, the minister must pay to a municipality a positive amount, if any, equal to the total amount of all grants approved under s. 10 for the previous tax year in relation to property located in the municipality less the total amount of all grants deducted by that municipality, under section 124 (9) of the School Act, from taxes payable for that previous tax year under section 124 (2) of the School Act. | [12(2),(3), 12.1 HOGA] |
Mar 08, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last possible date to publish the first notice of the proposed Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw (if Bylaw is to be adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94,94.1 198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 15, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last possible date to publish the second of the two required notice publications under section 94 CC for Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 94.1, 198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 15, 2023 | For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, the last possible date to publish the required notice publications under section 94 CC for Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 94.2, 198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 15, 2023 | 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] |
Mar 22, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, last possible date to publish the first of the two required notice publications under section 94 CC for interim business relief exemption Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 94.1 CC, 13(5), 20(2) MEVA] |
Mar 22, 2023 | For municipalities that have adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, last possible date to publish the required notice publications under section 94 CC for interim business relief exemption bylaw (if bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 94.2 CC, 13(5), 20(2) MEVA] |
Mar 29, 2023 | For municipalities that have not adopted an alternative means of publication bylaw, last possible date to publish the second of the two required notice publications under section 94 CC for interim business relief exemption Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 94.1 CC, 13(5), 20(2) MEVA] |
Mar 30, 2023 | Regional Districts must adopt Financial Plan Bylaw by March 31 of each year. A copy of the Bylaw must be forwarded to the municipalities and the Inspector. | [374(1), 375(2) LGA] |
Mar 30, 2023 | Subject to the regulations, last day an interim business relief exemption bylaw may be adopted (for the years 2019-2025) by municipalities. Before the bylaw is adopted, a notice of the proposed bylaw must be given pursuant to s. 20(2). Also, the municipality must, as soon as practicable, give notice of the exemption to the owner of each property exempted by the bylaw. | [13(5), 18, 20(2) MEVA] |
Mar 30, 2023 | Last day for the collector to notify the Minister responsible for the administration of the Land Act that taxes are delinquent on land the Province has agreed to sell under an agreement to purchase. | [255 CC] |
Mar 30, 2023 | Last day to prepare a Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) - within 3 months after the end of the fiscal year end under the Financial Information Act. | [2(2) FIA] |
Mar 30, 2023 | The last possible day to adopt an Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw if it is to take effect this year. | [198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 31, 2023 | Last possible date for the Municipal Finance Authority to hold its first meeting of the year. A Chair must be selected at this first meeting. | [4(1) MFAA] |
Mar 31, 2023 | Under the Municipal Wastewater Regulation, last day for a local government discharger who is covered by an accepted assurance plan to submit an annual report to a Director of Waste Management | [7 EMA; 65(1) MWR] |
Mar 31, 2023 | Last business day for a regional district board, if it is also a regional hospital district board, to adopt, by bylaw, the annual budget of the regional hospital district board. Must at once submit a copy of bylaw and certified budget to the minister. | [23(5) HDA] |
Mar 31, 2023 | Last date by which a municipality may, without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, pass a bylaw to impose a tax that would cover a portion of the annual cost of operating a public passenger system. | [14(4) BCTA] |
Mar 31, 2023 | Monthly reports to: Canada Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing. | |
Mar 31, 2023 | Subject to the regulations, last day for municipalities to give a copy of the interim business relief exemption bylaw (if adopted for a taxation year) to the assessment authority. | [16(2) MEVA] |
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 |