The Minister ofCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs intends introducing the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Amendment Bill, 2009 in the National Assembly during the third quarter of 2009. The explanatory summary ofthe Bill is hereby published in accordance with Rule 24l(1)(c) ofthe rules of the National Assembly.
The amendment ofthe Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No.6 of2004), so as to provide for the determination of the conditions of appointment of members of an appeal board by an MEC and no longer by the Minister; to provide for the extension ofthe validity ofvaluation rolls that were in force before July 22005 for a further two years; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
A copy ofthe Bill can be found on the website ofthe Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (www.thedplg.gov.za).
Government Printers -Cape Town and Pretoria.
For attention: Ms V.