Metis Settlements Amendment Act
Amended
Metis Settlement Act, RSA 2000, cM-14
Summary
The Metis Settlements Amendment Act reduces the size of the Métis Settlement General Council executive from four officers to two. No later than September 27, 2021, the Métis Settlement General Council must establish whether there will be one or 2 officers of the General Council elected in the first election of the General Council. Otherwise, one officer will be elected.
The Métis Settlement General Council is not a Provincial corporation under the Financial Administration Act or the Auditor General Act.
Beginning from July 4, 2021, each settlement council must pass a resolution establishing the size of the settlement council which will be selected in the general election. Otherwise, the settlement council will consist of 3 elected members. A settlement council may not change its size during the term of that settlement council.
On or before September 30 of every year, each settlement council must prepare a document titled “Report of Councillor Remuneration and Expenses” that sets out the remuneration paid and the expenses reimbursed to each councillor by the settlement council during the prior financial year, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Remuneration includes any salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, fees, honoraria and dividends and any other monetary or non-monetary benefit other than reimbursement of expenses. Expenses include the cost of transportation, accommodation, meals, hospitality and incidental expenses.
The Act requires settlement councils to adopt essential services bylaws providing for fees they will collect for utilities and road maintenance, as well as providing for the method by which the fees payable are to be calculated or assessed and collected, the persons by whom and when they are to be paid, any penalties or interest for non-payment or late payment of money payable and any discounts or other benefits for early payment.
In Force: On various dates