Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act
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Bill overview
Bill NS84, “Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-60-session-1.
Its latest recorded status is “Passed”.
This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.
PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY
What you need to know
This bill, the Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act, is currently law in Nova Scotia. It allows municipalities to tax wind turbine facilities in the same way they tax other industrial properties. This means that wind turbine facilities will be subject to municipal property taxes, just like factories or other industrial sites. The bill was given royal assent, the final step before becoming a law, on an unspecified date.
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Key provisions
- 01This Act may be cited as the Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act.
- 02The Minister of Finance is responsible for the administration of this Act.
- 03The Minister of Finance may make regulations respecting the taxation of wind turbine facilities.
- 04A tax is imposed on the value of wind turbine facilities in Nova Scotia.
- 05The tax imposed under this Act is to be paid to the municipal authority where the wind turbine facility is located.
- 06The Minister of Finance must report annually to the Assembly on the administration of this Act.
Vote roll
No division has been recorded for this bill yet.