Nevis Island Parliament
Charlestown, Nevis
April 14, 2008
A sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly will be held tomorrow Tuesday April 15, 2008.
Clerk of the House, Mr. Dwight Morton said the lawmaking body will convene at 10:00 am for the second and third reading of the Bill shortly entitled “˜The Property Tax Ordinance 2007″.
He said this Bill provides for the modernisation of property tax, the exemption of certain properties from valuation and taxation, the procedure for valuation of property, the payment of taxes for the recovery of tax and for related matters.
A debate will follow the proceeding to institute the new property tax law. The first reading of this Bill took place on November 14, 2007.
Viewers to Nevis Television Channel 8 will have an opportunity to see the lawmaking body at work at the sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly Chambers, Hamilton House when the proceedings will be carried live on radio and television.