Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Legislature

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Bill 32

THE CITY OF WINNIPEG AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

S.M. 1989, c. 10 amended

1

The City of Winnipeg Act is amended by this Act.

2

Clause 5(4)(a) is replaced with the following:

(a) in the twelve month period prior to May 1, 2002;

(a.1) in 2009;

3

Subsection 6(3) is replaced with the following:

Criteria for boundaries

6(3)

In fixing the boundaries of a ward the commission must consider

(a) the community or diversity of interests of the residents of the ward;

(b) the means of communication between the various parts of the ward;

(c) the physical features of the ward;

(d) all other similar and relevant factors;

and, to the extent possible, must include the whole area of a historic community or neighbourhood in the same ward.

Variation in population base

6(3.1)

The commission may allow a variation of up to 25% more or less than the quotient in the population of a ward where in its opinion the considerations mentioned in subsection (3) make the variation desirable.

4

The following is added after section 138.3:

By-laws re tax credits for buildings in designated areas

138.4

The council may by by-law establish a program of grants, property tax credits or refunds to encourage and assist in the construction, renovation or preservation of buildings within an area designated by council and any such by-law shall include provisions

(a) prescribing types or classes of buildings eligible for a grant, tax credit or refund;

(b) establishing terms and conditions under which a grant, tax credit or refund may be provided or terminated;

(c) establishing criteria for determining

(i) the amount of a grant, tax credit or refund,

(ii) the maximum annual grant, tax credit or refund, and

(iii) the period of time in which a grant, tax credit or refund may be paid out to an owner or applied to taxes;

(d) respecting eligibility criteria for recipients of grants, tax credits or refunds; and

(e) respecting any other matter that the council considers necessary or advisable.

Review of program in fifth year

138.4(2)

A by-law passed under subsection (1) expires five years after the day it is passed unless the council, in the fifth year, reviews the program and approves continuation of the by-law.

5

Subsection 181(1) is amended by striking out "three" wherever it occurs in the section heading and in the subsection and substituting "four".

6

The following is added after subsection 351(5):

How frontage rate money may be used

351(6)

Money from a frontage rate may be used for the repair and replacement of

(a) water and sewer mains; and

(b) streets and sidewalks in residential areas.

Transitional

351(7) Money that was collected from a frontage rate under this section before the coming into force of subsection (6) may be used only for the repair and replacement of water and sewer mains.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.