Advance Payment of Taxes Bylaw, 1982, No. 7022

Surrey, British Columbia · adopted 1982-01-18

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CITY OF SURREY BY-LAW NO. 7022 A by-law to provide for the acceptance by the Collector of monies to be applied at a future date in payment of taxes. ........................................................................................................... As amended by By-law Nos. 8438, 12/2/85; 8893, 01/12/87; 9304, 12/07/87; 9825, 11/28/88; 10311, 12/04/89; 10770, 12/17/90; 11143, 12/16/91; 11594, 12/14/92; 12091, 11/22/93; 19997, 12/16/19 THIS IS A CONSOLIDATED BY-LAW PREPARED BY THE CITY OF SURREY FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. THE CORPORATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CONSOLIDATION IS CURRENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON USING THIS CONSOLIDATION TO ENSURE THAT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS CURRENT BY-LAW PROVISIONS. WHEREAS under the provisions of Section Four Hundred Thirty-Nine (439) of the "Municipal Act" being Chapter 290, R.S.B.C., 1979, as amended, the Council may by by-law provide for the acceptance by the Collector of monies to be applied at a future date in payment of taxes, and may in such by-law provide terms and conditions upon which such monies shall be accepted in the by-law; AND WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and expedient that authority be given to the Collector as provided in the aforesaid Section 439 of the "Municipal Act"; NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Surrey, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: Amended BL 12091 11/22/93 1. The Collector of the City of Surrey is hereby authorized and directed to accept from any person or persons, Corporation or Corporations, from and after the coming into effect of this by-law, such sums of money as they may be willing to advance beginning on September 1st of the preceding year and ending on May 1st of the then current year to be applied on or prior to the second day of July of that year in payment of the current year's taxes on lands in the City of Surrey, provided, however, that no such advance payments in respect of current taxes on any lands shall be accepted by the Collector unless and until all taxes which became due in previous years on such lands have been fully paid. Amended BL 9825 11/28/88 BL 12091 11/22/93 - 2 - 2. The several sums of money to be so accepted by the Collector shall not exceed the amount payable by the owner in respect of any parcel of land or improvements, as based on the assessment and tax rate of the immediately preceding year. 3. The form of acknowledgement of such payments given by the Collector to the person or persons, Corporation or Corporations paying the same shall state therein the description of the lands in respect of which payment of taxes is to be credited at the date mentioned in Clause 1 hereof. 4. Deleted by Bylaw No. 19997. Amended BL 8438-12/02/85 BL 8893-12/01/86 BL 9304-12/07/87 BL 9825-11/28/88 BL 10311-12/4/89 BL 10770-12/17/90 BL 11143-12/16/91 BL 11594-12/14/92 BL 12091-11/22/93 5. There will be a service charge on advance payments which are not honoured by the financial institution on which they are withdrawn as set out in the Surrey Fee-Setting By-law, 2001, No. 14577, as may be amended or replaced from time to time.. Inserted BL 12091 11/22/93 6. "Advanced Payment of Taxes By-law, 1978, No. 5804" is hereby repealed. 7. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as "Advance Payment of Taxes By law, 1982, No. 7022". PASSED by the Municipal Council on the 11th day of January, A.D., 1982. RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED, signed by the Mayor and Clerk and sealed with the Corporate Seal on the 18th day of January, A.D., 1982. D.A. Ross MAYOR W.V. Vollrath CLERK h:\by-laws\regltory\clk7022.reg LJC 12/12//19 05:00 PM