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2010 Tax Rate By-law

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BY-LAW Number: 
2010-060
Summary: 

BEING A BY-LAW TO SET THE 2010 TRANSITION RATIOS, THE 2010 TAX RATES, AND TO LEVY TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2010

NOTICE:

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WHEREAS Section 307 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides that all taxes shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, be levied upon the whole of the assessment for real property or other assessments made under the Assessment Act accordingly to the amounts assessed and not upon one or more kinds of property or assessment or in different proportions, and shall be deemed to have been imposed and be due on the dates as specified in the By-law;
 
AND WHEREAS Section 308 of the Act provides for the establishment of tax ratios for every municipality and that the Council of the upper-tier municipality shall pass such By-law;
 
AND WHEREAS Section 311 of the Act provides that upper-tier municipalities shall prepare and adopt estimates for all sums required during the year for the purposes of the upper-tier municipality, and that they shall pass a By-law directing each lower-tier municipality to levy a separate tax rate, as specified in the By-law, on the assessment in each property class in the lower-tier municipality rateable for upper-tierpurposes;
 
AND WHEREAS notice of the intention to adopt the 2010 Tax Rate has been given by advertisement in the Local Newspaper and the Town’s website;
 
AND WHEREAS the County of Simcoe, in accordance with the relevant sections of the Municipal Act, passed By-law No. 5896 which established:
 
a)  the Tax Ratios to be used by all Municipalities within the County for 2010 and these are as follows:
 
Residential/Farm                                1.0000
Multi-Residential                                 1.5385
Commercial                                        1.2521
Industrial                                            1.5385
Pipelines                                            1.2966
Farmlands                                          0.2500
Managed Forests                                0.2500
 
b)  the Tax Rates to be used by the lower-tier municipalities to establish the amount of taxes to be raised for the County Levy  and further these rates are set out in Schedule “A” attached to this By-law.
 
AND WHEREAS the Ministry of Finance, in accordance with Ontario Regulation 118/10 of the Education Act, has confirmed the 2010 Uniform Residential Education Tax Rate and the 2010 Business Education Tax Rates and further, these rates are set out in Schedule “A” attached to this By-law;
 
AND WHEREAS this By-law combines the amounts for all purposes (Municipal, County, and Schools) for the year 2010 to be raised through taxation and payments-in-lieu, and further this total amount is $41,523,391 and the corresponding tax rates to levy this amount are set out in Schedule “A” attached to this By-law.
 
 
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
  1. For the year 2010, the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood shall levy upon the Residential Assessment, Farm Assessment, Multi-Residential Assessment, Commercial Assessment, Industrial Assessment, Pipeline Assessment, Farmland Assessment and Managed Forest Assessment the rates of taxation per current value assessment for general purposes as set out in Schedule “A” attached to this By-law;
     
  2. For the year 2010, a special levy to collect for the annual estimates for County Waste Management apportioned on a flat rate basis per user as set out in Schedule “B” attached to this By-law;
     
  3. The levy provided for in Schedule “A” attached to this By-law shall be reduced by the amount of the interim levy for 2010;
     
  4. For payments-in-lieu of taxes due to the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood, the actual amount due to the Corporation shall be based on the assessment roll and the tax rates for the year 2010;
     
  5. For Railway “rights-of-way”, taxes are due in accordance with the Regulations as established by the Minister of Finance, the actual amount due shall be based on the Assessment Roll and the tax rates for the year 2010;
     
  6. The Treasurer is hereby authorized to mail, or cause to be mailed, the Notice of Taxes Due, to the address of the residence or place of business of the person to whom such a notice is required to be given, as it appears in the last revised Assessment Roll for the Town of Collingwood;
     
  7. A penalty shall be imposed for non payment of taxes on the due date, at the rate of 15% per annum or 1.25% of the amount due on the first day of default and on the first day of each succeeding calendar month in which default continues.  The same interest penalty applies to both current year taxes and all arrears of taxes that remain outstanding from previous taxation years;
     
  8. Nothing herein done shall prevent the Treasurer from proceeding at any time with the collection of any rate, tax assessment or any part thereof in accordance with the provision of the Statutes and By-laws governing the collection of taxes;
     
  9. Default of payment of any installment by the day named for payment thereof, the subsequent installment or installments forthwith become payable;
     
  10. The 2010 Final Taxes for capped and uncapped property classes, shall be payable in two (2) installments of approximately equal amounts on the following dates, namely: August 20th,2010October 15th, 2010;
     
  11.  If any section or portion of this By-law or of Schedules “A” or “B” is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood that all
    remaining sections and portions of this By-law and of Schedules “A” or “B” continue in force and effect;
     
  12. Schedules “A” and “B” attached hereto shall be and form part of this By-law;
     
  13. THAT this By-law shall come into full force and effect on the date of final passage hereof at which time all By-laws and/or resolutions that are inconsistent with the provisions of this By-law and the same are hereby repealed or rescinded insofar as it is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this By-law.
 
ENACTED AND PASSED this 7th day of June, 2010.
 
 
 
                                                                                                         
MAYOR
 
 
                                                                                                         
CLERK
                                   
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