Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill

The Select Committee on Finance invites you to submit written submissions on the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill [B 21B – 2022]

The Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill [B 21B – 2022] aims to:

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

Comments must be submitted to Mr Nkululeko Mangweni at [email protected] by no later than 17:00 on Friday, 25 August 2023.

Those who want to make submissions at public hearings on Tuesday, 19 September 2023 should specifically request this. These hearings will be conducted through Zoom.

Issued by Hon. YI Carrim, MP, Chairperson: Select Committee on Finance (National Council of Provinces)

You can track the processing of the Bill here

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