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MUNICIPAL RATING (UNIMPROVED VALUE) BILL 1911

                    LEGISLATIVE                ASSEMBLY.

          MUNICIPAL       RATING      (UNIMPROVED         VALUE)     BILL.




                             EXPLANATORY     MEMORANDUM.




      1. This Bill is not to coino in' ) op(H';iLion until tbe necessary valuations have
been made by assessors in the Laud Tax OiTice (clause 2).
       2. Melbourne    and Geelong are included as well as other municipalities
(clause 3).
       3. The Act may be adopted in any municipality (clause 4).
       4. (a) If the council propose to adopt the Act they are to give notice of not
                   less than two months; and within one month after the last pubh-
                   cation of notice one-tenth of the ratepayers on the roll may
                   demand a poll of ratepayers.       If there is no demand for a poll
                   the council may proceed (clause 5).
            (6) Apart from action by the council one-tenth of the ratepayers may
                   petition for a poll for the adoption of the Act (clause 5).
            (c) In order to carry an adopting proposal at a poll there must be in its
                   favour a majority of the valid votes recorded ; and the number of
                   valid votes must form at least one-third of the number of votes for
                   which voters are inscribed on the roll (clause 8).
       5. Voting by post provisions are incorporated (clause 13).
       6. Rescinding proposals are provided for (clause 10) ; and limitation of times
within w^hich proposals may be again submitted (clause 12).
        7. On the adoption of the Act in any municipality, and so long as the
adoption is not rescinded, all rates made after the date of adoption must be made
on the unimproved capital values of properties, except in the case of the special
properties mentioned hereafter (clause 14).
      8. No valuation is to be made by the council, but they must adopt valuations
made by assessors under the Land Tax Act 1910 (clause 14).
       9. No appeal against valuation is to be permitted under the Local Government
Acts, but all such appeals must be made and dealt with under the Land Tax Act 1910
(clause 14).
      10. Clause 14 contains provisions to facilitate the adoption for local govern-
ment purposes of valuations made under the Land Tax Act 1910.
        11. Certain special properties, e.^., tramways, gasworks, &c., are expressly
provided for. These will still be rated on the present basis (clause 15).
     [^51 j--250/31.8.1911.--7638.
 
 

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