MUNICIPAL FISCAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AMENDMENT BILL (B21-2022)

To amend the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act, 2007, so as to insert certain definitions; to regulate the power of municipalities to levy development charges; to set out the permissible uses of income from development charges; to provide for the basis of calculation of development charges; to provide for municipal development charges policies; to provide for community participation and making of by-laws in order to give effect to policy on development charges; to provide for engineering services agreements; to provide for the installation of external engineering services by applicants instead of payment of development charges; to provide for the consequences of non-provision of infrastructure by a municipality; to provide for rebate and exemption on the payment of development charges; to provide for dispute resolution, delegations and financial misconduct and transitional provisions relating to development charges; to empower the Minister to make regulations for the effective implementation of matters relating to development charges; to amend the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013; and to provide for matters connected therewith.B21_2022_Municipal_Fiscal_Powers_and_Functions_Amendment_Bill

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