Note: The following are summaries of Bills that have been introduced and will be considered during the 3rd Session of the 15th Legislative Assembly. You can use this link to view the current status of the Bills.

* Please note, summaries of Bills will be made available only after they have been given first reading.

BILL 1 - Appropriation Act, 2004-2005
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This Bill authorizes the Government of the Northwest Territories to make operations expenditures and capital investment expenditures for the 2004-2005 fiscal year.  

BILL 2 - An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act
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This Bill increases the general corporate income tax rate effective January 1, 2004.  

BILL 3 - An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2
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This Bill changes the individual tax rates for persons with taxable incomes in excess of $66,492 for the 2004 taxation year and for the 2005 and subsequent taxation years. It also clarifies the provisions of the Income Tax Act relating to individual income tax.  

BILL 4 - Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2003-2004
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This Bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2003-2004 fiscal year.  

BILL 5 - Tlicho Community Government Act
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TÅÎCHÔ COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT ACT

BILL 6 - An Act to Ament the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act
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This Bill would amend the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 to increase the rate of the payroll tax. The Bill would also amend the Income Tax Act. Alternative versions of the amendments to the Income Tax Act are included, because Bill 3, entitled An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, also amends the provisions of the Income Tax Act relating to individual income tax. Both versions of the amendments would amend the Income Tax Act to decrease individual income tax rates for persons with taxable incomes less than $66,492 and to increase the amount that an individual may deduct from his or her tax payable. The second version would also clarify the provisions of the Income Tax Act relating to individual income tax, in the event that An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2 is not enacted. The changes to both the Payroll Tax Act, 1993 and the Income Tax Act would take effect on January 1, 2005.  

BILL 7 - An Act to Amend the Legal Profession Act
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BILL 8 - Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2004
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This Bill corrects inconsistencies and errors in the Statutes of the Northwest Territories. The Bill also deals with other matters of a minor, non-controversial and uncomplicated nature of the Statutes and repeals enactments and statutory provisions that have ceased to have effect.

BILL 9 - Write-off of Assets and Debts Act
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This Bill authorizes the write-off of assets and debts in accordance with the Financial Administration Act.

BILL 10 - Forgiveness of Debts Act
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Thie Bill authorizes the forgiveness of debts in accordance with section 25 of the Financial Administration Act.

BILL 11 - Supplementary Appropriation Act
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This Bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories 2005-2006 fiscal year.  

BILL 12 - An Act to Amend the Education Act
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This Bill amends the Education Act to provide that persons who are employed as Superintendents are not employed in the public service. Amendments are also made to the Public Service Act.  

BILL 13 - Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2004-2005
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This Bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2004-2005 fiscal year.  

BILL 14 - Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2003-2004
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This Bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. 

BILL 15 - Tli Cho Community Services Agency Act
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This Bill establishes the Tlicho Community Services Agency, to perform functions related to education, health and social services in Tlicho communities and on Tlicho lands. The Agency is required by the Tlicho Intergovernmental Services Agreement made under the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement. 

BILL 16 - Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act
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This Bill establishes the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation. The purpose of the Corporation is to support the economic objectives of the Government of the Northwest Territories by encouraging the creation and development of business enterprises and by providing information and financial assistance to, and making investments in, such enterprises. This Bill also repeals the Northwest Territories Business Credit Corporation Act and the Northwest Territories Development Corporation Act. 

BILL 17 - Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act
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This Bill Amends several Acts to ensure that references to "spouse" appropriately capture persons who live in spousal relationships outside marriage, so that the rights or obligations provided for or imposed under those Acts are equitably applied to persons in different forms of spousal relationships. 

BILL 18 - An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act
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This Bill repeals the requirement that territorial court judges and deputy territorial judges cease to hold office at age 65, subject to reappointment. The ultimate requirement that such judges cease to hold office at 75 is retained.