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2020-058THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG BY-LAW 2020-058 A BY-LAW to provide for the Adoption of Budgetary Estimates, Tax Rates and to Further Provide for Penalty and Interest in Default of Payment thereof for 2020 and to repeal By-Law 2020-053. WHEREAS Section 290 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001 c.25, as amended, provides that the Council of a local municipality shall prepare and adopt estimates of all sums required during the year for the purposes of the municipality, WHEREAS Section 312 of the said Act provides that the Council of a local municipality shall, after the adoption of estimates for the year, pass a by-law to levy a separate tax rate on the assessment in each property class, and WHEREAS Sections 307 and 308 of the said Act require tax rates to be established in the same proportion to tax ratios; and WHEREAS regulations require reductions in certain tax rates for certain classes or subclasses of property. AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg deems it necessary and expedient to repeal By-Law 2020-053 2020 Budgetary Estimate and Tax Rates. BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg as follows: 1. That the budget estimates setting out the revenues and expenditures as detailed in the Business Plans for the year 2020, and endorsed by resolution, January 27th, 2020, raising the following amounts from realty taxation be adopted: a) A general municipal levy of $16,593,000 b) A special levy for core area parking of $140,500 c) A special levy for the Business Improvement Area of $127,830.00 2. That the tax rates hereby adopted for each class for the year 2020, excluding local improvement rates or other special charges collected as taxes, shall be the tax rates as listed on Schedule “A” attached hereto and forming part of this by- law and the tax rate for each class shall be applied against the whole of the assessment for real property for that particular class and purpose. By-Law 2020-058 3 . That every owner shall be taxed according to the tax rates in this by-law. The taxes for a particular property shall be calculated by applying the Current Value Assessment against the tax rates set out and further adjusted as required by the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O . 2001 . Such taxes shall become due and payable in two installments as follows : ALL PROPERTY CLASSES : FIRST INSTALMENT: Thursday, August 27 , 2020 SECOND INSTALMENT: Thursday, October 22 , 2020 Notice of such taxes due shall be sent by first class mail to those persons shown as liable for the payment of taxes . 4 . That a charge as a penalty of 1 and 1/4 per cent on the amount of any outstanding taxes levied in 2020 shall be made on the first day of default and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues until December 31 , 2020 , and any such additional amounts shall be levied and collected in the same manner as if they had been originally imposed with and formed part of the taxes levied under this by-law. The penalty charges indicated in this section shall be waived for those taxpayers participating in the Monthly Preauthorized Payment Programme provided the payments are made as agreed and without default. 5 . That interest of 1 and 1/4 per cent on the amount of any taxes due and unpaid after December 31 , 2020 shall be charged on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues . 6 . THAT By-Law 2020-053 be hereby repealed in its entirety. 7 . THAT this By-Law shall come into full force and effect upon passing . READ A FIRST AND ECOND TIME THIS 11th DAY OF JUNE, 2020. D FINAL TIME AND PASSED THIS 11th DAY OF JUNE, 2020. M TOW~ Page 2 of 2