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TOWN OF DRUMHELLER
BYLAW 07.19
BEING A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF DRUMHELLER TO PROVIDE FOR THE
IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES ON UNPAID TAXES.
PURSUANT to Sections 344 (1) and 345 (1) of the Municipal Government Act, being
Chapter M-26, R.S.A, February 1, 2019, as amended, Council for the Town of Drumheller,
duly assembled, enacts as follows:
1. Taxes shall be paid on or before August 31st in the year in which they are levied.
2. Taxes not paid by August 31st in any year in which they are levied shall have a penalty
of 5% imposed on them on September 1st in the year in which they are levied.
3. Tax payments made online, via telephone banking or through a banking institution will
be deemed to have been received by the municipality on the bank transaction date.
4. Any penalties imposed on September 1st on current year taxes due to the
hospitalization of a property owner during the last ten (10) days of August will be
waived if the owner provides evidence of hospitalization to the Town within sixty (60)
days.
5. Any penalties imposed on September 1st on current year taxes due to the death of a
property owner during the month of August will be waived if the executor provides a
valid death certificate to the Town within sixty (60) days of hospitalization.
6. Taxes not paid by October 31st in the year in which they are levied shall have a penalty
of 5% imposed on them on November 1st in the year in which they are levied.
7. To any and all taxes remaining unpaid after the 31st day of December in any year, a
penalty of three quarters of one percent (0.75%) calculated on the amount of unpaid
taxes thereon shall be added on the 1st day of January of the next year and on the
first day of each month thereafter.
8. Where supplementary taxes have been levied, any supplementary taxes remaining
unpaid after March 31st of the following year shall be subject to a penalty of three
quarters of one percent (0.75%) on the 1st day of April in the same year, and on the
first day of each month thereafter.
9. That this bylaw comes in to effect for the 2019 taxation year.
10. That Town of Drumheller Bylaw 03.02 be repealed.
Read a first time this 18th day of March 2019.
Read a second time this 1st day of April, 2019.
Read a third time and finally passed this 1st day of April, 2019.
The original document, duly signed and executed, is retained on file.