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## Village of Hughenden Province of Alberta Bylaw # 535-26 TAX RATE BYLAW 2026
A bylaw to authorize the rates of taxation to be levied against assessable property within the Village of Hughenden, in the Province of Alberta, for the 2026 taxation year. This bylaw shall be known as the "TAX RATE BYLAW 2026".
Whereas: The Village of Hughenden has prepared and adopted detailed estimates of the Municipal revenues and expenditures as required, at the council meeting held on April 21, 2026; and
Whereas: the estimated Municipal expenditures and transfers set out in the budget for the Village of Hughenden for 2026 total $624,853.96; and
Whereas: the estimated Municipal revenues and transfers from all sources other than taxation is estimated at $463,642.65 and the balance of $161,211.31 is to be raised by general Municipal taxation: and
## Whereas, the requisitions are:
Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF)
| Residential | $ 32,425.81 |
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| Non-Residential | $ 7,261.90 |
| Total School Requisitions | $ 39,687.71 |
| Provost Senior Citizen's Home Foundation | $ 2,279.18 |
| D.I.P. Designated Industrial Property Assessment | $ 47.28 |
Whereas, The Council of the Village of Hughenden is required each year to levy on the assessed values of all property, tax rates sufficient to meet the estimated expenditures and the requisitions; and
Whereas, the Council is authorized to classify assessed property, and to establish different rates of taxation in respect to each class of property, subject to the Municipal Government Act, Chapter M26, Revised Statures of Alberta 2000; and
Whereas, Section 357(1) of the Municipal Government Act, provides that "the Property Tax Bylaw may specify a minimum amount payable as property tax", and the Village of Hughenden has resolved to establish a minimum tax;
Whereas, the assessed value of the property in the Village of Hughenden as shown on the assessment roll is:
| Classification | Assessment |
|------------------|----------------|
| Residential. | $10,745,880.00 |
| Non-Residential. | $ 1,146,030.00 |
| Linear. | $ 649,450.00 |
| TOTAL | $12,541,360.00 |
Now Therefore, under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, the Council of the Village of Hughenden, in the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:
1. That the Chief Administrative Officer is hereby authorized to levy the following rates of taxation on the assessed value of all property as shown on the assessment roll of the Village of Hughenden as follows:
2. That the 2026 minimum amount payable as property tax for general Municipal purposes shall be $750.00, referred to as the General Municipal Minimum Tax and shall be applicable on all Residential / Farmland and Non-Residential parcels within the Village of Hughenden, in addition to the Alberta School Foundation Fund and the Provost Senior Citizen Home Foundation.
3. That in the event that sections or sections of the Bylaw thereof are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or ultra vires, such section, sections or parts of the thereof shall be deemed to be severable, with all other sections or parts of this Bylaw remaining in the full force and effect.
4. That this Bylaw shall take effect on the date of the third and final reading thereof.
5. For the purpose of collecting the portion of the requisition defined in section 359.3(2) of the MGA, the Chief Administrative Officer is hereby authorized to impose the tax rate set by the Ministerial Order No. MAG 003/26 on the assessed value of all taxable designated industrial properties shown on the 2025 assessment roll of the Village.
6. Estimated minimum tax is $27,817.24
7. Payment of taxes are due upon receipt of the notice with a final due date of July 31, 2026 whereby late payment penalties will be attached.
8. Receipt for tax notice is as follows: in person, by mail or by email.
| General Municipal | Tax Levy | Assessment | Tax Rate |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------|
| Residential / Farmland | $161,211.31 | $12,541,360.00 | 0.012854 |
| And Non-Residential | | | |
| Alberta School Foundation Fund | | | |
| Residential & Farm Land, | $32,425.81 | $10,745,880 | 0.003018 |
| Non-Residential / D.I.P., Linear | $ 7,261.90 | $ 1,795,480 | 0.004045 |
| TOTAL: | $39,687.71 | $12,541,360 | |
| Senior's Foundation (PSCHF) | $ 2,279.18 | $12,541,360.00 | 0.000182 |
| D.I.P. Requisition | $ 47.28 | $ 649,450.00 | 0.0000728 |
| TOTAL: $203,178.20 | Residential Combined Tax Rate | Residential Combined Tax Rate | 0.01605 |
| | Non-Residential Combined Tax Rate | Non-Residential Combined Tax Rate | 0.01708 |
Read a first time on this 19th day of May, A.D. 2026. Read a second time on this 19th day of May A.D. 2026. Read a third and final passed on the 19th day of May, A.D. 2026. Executed on the 19th day of May, A.D. 2026 in the Village of Hughenden.
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