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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HILTON
BY-LAW NO. 1483-26
Being a by-law to provide for an interim tax levy and for
the payment of taxes and for penalty and interest of
1.25% percent per month after the due date.
WHEREAS Section 317 of the Municipal Act, 2007, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides that the
Council of a local municipality may, in 2026, before the adoption of the estimate for the
year, pass a by-law to levy on the whole of the assessment for all property in the local
municipality ratable for local municipality purposes according to the last revised
assessment roll, a sum not to exceed that which would be produced by applying the
prescribed percentage (or 50 percent if no percentage is otherwise prescribed) of the total
2025 tax rate;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Hilton hereby enacts
as follows:
1. An interim tax levy of 0.00555196 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Residential/Farm and Multi-Residential
classes according to the last revised assessment roll.
2. An interim tax levy of 0.01022764 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Commercial Occupied classes according
to the last revised assessment roll.
3. An interim tax levy of 0.00847935 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Commercial Vacant classes according to
the last revised assessment roll.
4. An interim tax levy of 0.00966565 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Industrial Occupied classes according to
the last revised assessment roll.
5, An interim tax levy of 0.00782268 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Industrial Vacant classes according to the
last revised assessment roll.
6. An interim tax levy of 0.00683970 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole
of the assessment for real property in the Aggregate Extraction classes according to
the last revised assessment roll.
7. An interim levy of 0.00138799 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole of
the assessment for real property in the Farmland classes according to the last
revised assessment roll.
8. An interim levy of 0.00138799 tax rate is hereby imposed and levied on the whole of
the assessment for real property in the Managed Forest classes according to the
last revised assessment roll.
9. The said interim levy shall become due and payable on February 27, 2026.
10. On all taxes of the interim levy, which are in default on the 1st day of March
2026, a penalty of 1.25 percent shall be added and thereafter a penalty of
1.25 percent per month will be added on the first day of each and every month the
default continues, until December 31, 2026.
11. (a) On all taxes of the interim tax levy in default on January 1st, 2027, interest shall
be added at the rate of 1.25% per month for each month or fraction thereof of
default.
(b) On all other taxes in default on January 1st, 2027, interest shall be added at the
rate of 1.25 percent per month or fraction thereof, and all by-laws inconsistent with
this policy are hereby rescinded.
12. Penalties and interest added on all taxes of the interim tax levy in default shall
become due and payable and shall be collected forthwith as if the same had
originally been imposed and formed part of such unpaid interim tax levy.
13. The collector may mail or cause the same to be mailed to the residence or place of
business of such person indicated on the last revised assessment roll, a written or
printed notice specifying the amount of taxes payable.
14. That taxes are payable at the Township of Hilton Municipal Office; at a select
number of banking institutions via electronic payment, by e-transfer or by cheque
mailed to 2983 Base Line, Hilton Beach, Ontario, POR 1GO.
Read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 14 day of January 2026.
Warnsala te
Sara Dinsdale, CAO/Clerk-Treasurer