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Bill 50, No Free Ride for Fossil Fuels Act, 2025

Schreiner, Mike

Clancy, Aislinn

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Municipal Act, 2001 to give a

municipality or local board the power to impose fees or charges on a producer,

gas distributor, gas transmitter or storage company, as these terms are defined

section 3 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 ,

for services or activities, costs payable or the use of property. The Act is

also amended to provide that a regulation cannot impose conditions and

limitations on that power.

Equivalent

amendments are made to the City of Toronto Act, 2006 .

Bill 50 2025

Act to amend the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 with

respect to fees and charges imposed on gas services and activities

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Municipal

Act, 2001

Section 391 of the Municipal Act, 2001 is amended

by adding the following subsection:

Fees

or charges on gas services and activities

(1.2) The

power of a municipality or local board to impose fees or charges on persons

under subsection (1) or (1.1) includes the power to impose a fee or charge on a

producer, gas distributor, gas transmitter or storage company, as these terms

are defined in

section 3 of the Ontario Energy Board Act,

1998 , for services or activities, costs payable or the use of property

with respect to wires, cables, poles, conduits, pipes, equipment, machinery or

other works that,

(

a) are

or will be located on a municipal highway; and

(

b) are

or will be used as part of the business of the producer, gas distributor, gas

transmitter or storage company, as the case may be.

Section 400 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Limitation

on regulation-making authority

(2) A

regulation made under subsection (1) shall not impose conditions and

limitations on the power of a municipality or local board to impose the fees or

charges described in subsection 391 (1.2).

City

of Toronto Act, 2006

Section 259 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 is

amended by adding the following subsection:

Fees

or charges on gas services and activities

(1.2) The

power of the City or a local board (extended definition) to impose fees or

charges on persons under subsection (1) or (1.1) includes the power to impose a

fee or charge on a producer, gas distributor, gas transmitter or storage

company, as these terms are defined in

section 3 of the Ontario

Energy Board Act, 1998 , for services or activities, costs payable or the

use of property with respect to wires, cables, poles, conduits, pipes,

equipment, machinery or other works that,

(

a) are

or will be located on a municipal highway; and

(

b) are

or will be used as part of the business of the producer, gas distributor, gas

transmitter or storage company, as the case may be.

Section 266 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Limitation

on regulation-making authority

(2) A

regulation made under subsection (1) shall not impose conditions and

limitations on the power of the City or local board (extended definition) to

impose the fees or charges described in subsection 259 (1.2).

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the No Free Ride for Fossil

Fuels Act, 2025 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

June 4, 2025

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

June 4, 2025

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

June 4, 2025

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading