BILL 52

An Act to Amend the Municipalities Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 The Municipalities Act, chapter M-22 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by adding after section 27.2 the following:

Dog control

27.21(1) Notwithstanding that a local service district or any area within a local service district has not been established in accordance with this Act for the provision of a dog control service, the Minister may, in accordance with regulations made under section 191 and without following the procedure set out in section 25, provide that service in the local service district or the area.

27.21(2) The Minister shall raise the money required for the provision of a dog control service in accordance with section 27.

2 Section 190.073 of the Act is amended by adding after subsection (5) the following:

190.073(5.1) If a rural community has not enacted a by-law under subsection 96(1) authorizing it to provide a dog control service, and notwithstanding that the rural community or any area within the rural community has not been established in accordance with this Act for the provision of a dog control service by the Minister, the Minister may, in accordance with regulations made under section 191 and without following the procedure set out in a regulation made under paragraph 190.09(1)(s), provide that service in the rural community or in any area within the rural community.

190.073(5.2) The Minister shall raise the money required for provision of a dog control service in accordance with section 190.082.

COMMENCEMENT

3 This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2009.