Adding Unpaid Fines to Tax Rolls
Year: 2024
Resolution
WHEREAS municipalities, particularly those without bylaw enforcement officers, have limited resources to pursue bylaw infractions without the added considerable expense of legal advice and representation to court; and
WHEREAS the current Municipalities Act sections 373(1) and (2) restricts the legal force of an urban municipality’s Bylaw Enforcement Officer to representing the municipality before a justice of the peace or provincial court for support in upholding local Bylaws;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT SUMA advocate the Province to amend legislation to allow constituent communities to add unpaid fines onto ratepayers tax rolls.
