Tax Sale Deferral Bylaw No. 2732, 2020

Rossland, British Columbia · adopted 2020-08-10

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THECORPORATION OFTHE CITYOFROSSLAND BYLAWNo. 2732 A BYLAWTO DEFERTHE 2020 PROPERTYTAXSALE WHEREAS under Division 7 of Part 16 of the LocalGovernmentAct, the City of Rossland must hold an annual tax sale at 10 am on the last Monday in September, where the collector must offer for sale by public auction each parcel of real property on which taxes are delinquent; AND WHEREASthe Province of BCOrder of the Minister of PublicSafety and Solicitor General, (Emergency Program Act) Ministerial Order No. M159 provides the ability for a municipality to defer the 2020 annual tax sale; AND WHEREAS Council desires to defer the annual tax sale for 2020 until September 27, 2021, with the effect that the annual tax sale would be on that date in respect of the upset price and described in Section 649 of the Local Government Act; NOW THEREFORE,the Municipal Council of the City of Rossland, Province of British Columbia, in open meeting assembled enacts as follows: 1. CITATION 1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as the "2020 Tax Sale Deferral Bylaw 2732, 2020". 2. PURPOSE 2.1 The annual property tax sale under section 645 of the LocalGovernment Act for 2020 shall be deferred until September 27, 2021 with the effect that the annual tax sale would be on that date in respect of the upset prices described in Section 649 of the LocalGovernment Act. 3. SEVERABILITY 3.1 If any portion of this Bylawis held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, then that invalid portion shall be severed and the remainder of this Bylaw shall be deemed to have been adopted without the severed portion. READA FIRSTTIME this 10"'day of August, 2020 READA SECONDTIME this 10"'day of August, 2020 READA THIRDTIME this 10"'day of August, 2020 FINALLYADOPTED* this 10"'day of August, 2020 * Bylaw No. 2732 was adopted in accordance with Ministerial Order No. M159 under the Emergency Program Act, Division 4 --- Annual Tax Sales Section 15. AA Mayor Chief AdministrativeOfficer/ Corporate Officer 2020 Tax Sale Deferral Bylaw, 2020 Page 1 of 1