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Oct 01, 2018 | If 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] |
Oct 01, 2018 | Interest rates for refunds of tax overpayments and for refund of municipal tax sale money are set January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1; and on taxes in arrear or delinquent, January 1, May 1, and September 1. Circulars provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. | [239 CC; 654(4), 668(2) LGA; 245 CC; 246 CC; 1, 2 MTR; IRR] |
Oct 01, 2018 | Last 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 October1 in any year. | [29(2) LA] |
Oct 01, 2018 | Last 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(1) LA] |
Oct 03, 2018 | Last day to publish notice of required advance voting which is on Oct. 10th. | [LGA s. 107(5)] |
Oct 10, 2018 | Required Advance Voting. | [LGA s. 107(1)] |
Oct 13, 2018 | Last day to publish notice of assent voting. | [LGA s. 176(1)] |
Oct 13, 2018 | Last day to publish notice of general voting. | [LGA s. 99(1)] |
Oct 15, 2018 | Refer to the School Tax Remitting Regulation for the monthly due dates for the balance of tax remittances, for the months of July, August, September, October, November. | [4 STRR] |
Oct 15, 2018 | Refer to the Police Tax Regulation for the remittance due dates for the months of July, August, September, October, November. | [4 PTR] |
Oct 15, 2018 | 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] |
Oct 20, 2018 | May announce preliminary results. | [LGA s. 144(1)] |
Oct 20, 2018 | Period for inspection of list of electors closes. | ]LGA s. 77(3) ] |
Oct 20, 2018 | Campaign period ends. | [LECFA s. 10(1) & (2)] |
Oct 20, 2018 | Deadline to receive mail ballots is close of general voting. | [LGA s. 110(9)] |
Oct 20, 2018 | General Voting Day. | |
Oct 21, 2018 | First day candidate elected by acclamation may make oath of office (oath must be made by Dec. 10th). | [LGA s. 202(1)(a); CC s. 120(1)(a); SA s. 50(1)(a)] |
Oct 22, 2018 | Determination of official voting results must be done before declaration (see Oct. 24th). | [LGA s. 145] |
Oct 22, 2018 | Advance elector registration opens. | [LGA s. 71(4)] |
Oct 24, 2018 | First day when fireworks may be sold, given, fired, or set off if a local government has, by bylaw, declared that the Fireworks Act applies. | [3 FWA] |
Oct 24, 2018 | Election materials available for public inspection after declaration. | [LGA s. 160] |
Oct 24, 2018 | Last day to report results of an election by acclamation. | [LGA s. 158(1)] |
Oct 24, 2018 | Time period for judicial recount applications starts after declaration. | [LGA s. 148(3)] |
Oct 24, 2018 | Email to Elections BC the names of candidates declared elected by voting and acclamation. | [LECFA s. 92(4)] |
Oct 24, 2018 | Last possible day for declaration of official results - must be done by 4:00 PM. | [LGA s. 146(1)] |
Oct 29, 2018 | Last day for applications for judicial recount. | [LGA s. 148(3)] |
Oct 30, 2018 | First day candidate elected by voting may make oath of office (oath must be made by Dec 8th). | [LGA s. 147(1)] |
Oct 30, 2018 | Last date for the assessment commissioner to supply to each municipality and taxing treaty first nation estimates of assessed values. Must be done before October 31 in each year. | [2 AA] |
Oct 31, 2018 | Revenue returns for utility companies must be filed with the collector by October 31 in each year. | [192(e) CC; 644(4) LGA] |
Oct 31, 2018 | Deadline for issuance and cancellation of revitalization certificates, if you are doing a revitalization tax program. Certificates to be sent to BC Assessment as soon as possible after issuance. | [226(12) CC] |
Oct 31, 2018 | Permissive tax exemption bylaws to be adopted and in force on or before October 31 in each year. | [224, 225 CC; 391(3), 392(2), 394(2), 396 LGA] |
Oct 31, 2018 | Last day of the calendar year before a taxation year for a regional district to request reapportioning of police taxes among the contributing areas of the regional district. To be requested on or before October 31 in each year. | [66.3(6) PA] |
Oct 31, 2018 | Monthly reports to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for GST/PST; Statistics Canada for building permits; Health Authority for water quality testing. |
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 |