Legislative Calendar
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Mar 01, 2020 | The taxes payable to an improvement district bear interest at the rate prescribed from March1 next following the date on which the taxes are levied, until paid or recovered. | [717(1) LGA] |
Mar 01, 2020 | Regional Districts undertake public consultation process prior to adopting Financial Plan Bylaw by March 31. | [375 LGA] |
Mar 06, 2020 | Collector must deliver to the Minister of Provincial Revenue on or before the 5th business day in March 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. Previous February 27 deadline extended by regulation. | [12 HOGA, 8.2 HOGR] |
Mar 13, 2020 | Last possible date to publish the second of the two required notice publications for Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw (if Bylaw is adopted on last possible day of March 30). | [94, 198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 13, 2020 | 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 13, 2020 | Forward remittance and remittance report to UBCM for Commercial Vehicles Licenses, if done by municipality (internal recommendation). | [635 LGA] |
Mar 30, 2020 | Last possible date to adopt Assessment Averaging and Phasing Bylaw. Bylaw must be adopted before March 31 in the year in which it is to take effect. | [198 CC; 5 AAPR] |
Mar 31, 2020 | 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, 375(2) LGA] |
Mar 31, 2020 | 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, 2020 | 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 31, 2020 | On or before March 31 in each year, local governments must remit to the Agricultural Land Commission a portion of application fees received under the Agricultural Land Commission Act. | [35(1)(b) ALCA; 33(3) ALRGR] |
Mar 31, 2020 | Under the Municipal Wastewater Regulation, a local government discharger who is covered by an accepted assurance plan must submit an annual report to a Director of Waste Management on or before March 31. | [7 EMA; 65(1) MWR] |
Mar 31, 2020 | 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, 2020 | 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 (not after March 31). | [14(1) BCTA] |
Mar 31, 2020 | Monthly reports to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing. | |
Mar 31, 2020 | Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) must be made available within 3 months after the end of the fiscal year end under the Financial Information Act. | [2(2) FIA] |
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 |