Municipal Government Act s. 390.3

(1) Each council may pass a clean energy improvement tax
bylaw
(a) to establish a clean ene rgy improvement program,
(b) notwithstanding section 251, to authorize the municipality
to make a borrowing for the purpose of financing clean
energy improvements, and
(c) to enable clean energy improvements to be made to eligible
properties.
(2) Before a clean energy improvement is made to any property, a
council must pass a clean energy improvement tax bylaw.
(3) A clean energy improvement tax bylaw authorizes the council
to impose a clean energy improvement tax in respect of each clean
energy improvement made to a property to raise revenue to pay the
amount required to recover the costs of those clean energy
improvements.
(4) A clean energy improvement tax bylaw must, subject to the
regulations,
(a) set out
(i) the types of private property that are eligible for a clean
energy improvement, and
(ii) eligible clean energy improvements,
(b) set out
(i) the amount of money to be borrowed for the purpose of
financing clean energy improvements,
(ii) the maximum rate of interes t, the term and the terms of
repayment of the borrowing, and

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(iii) the source or sources of money to be used to pay the
principal and interest owing under the borrowing,
(c) indicate that, where a muni cipality has entered into a clean
energy improvement agreement with the owner of a
property, a clean energy improvement tax will be charged
based on the clean energy improvement agreement,
(d) identify the period over which the cost of each eligible clean
energy improvement will be spread, which period may vary
from improvement to improvement, but the period shall not
exceed the probable lifetime of the improvement,
(e) indicate the process by which the owner of a property can
apply to the municipality for a clean energy improvement,
(f) include any other information the council considers
necessary or advisable, and
(g) include any requirements imposed by the regulations.
(5) Before giving second reading to a proposed clean energy
improvement tax bylaw, the council must hold a public hearing
with respect to the proposed bylaw in accordance with section
216.4 after giving notice of it in accordance with section 606.
2018 c6 s6;2022 c16 s9(83)

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390.3 Clean energy improvement tax bylaw