Premier and Cabinet Accountability Act, 2000 Smitherman, George — Bill 85 (37th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 85, 37-1

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Bill 85, Premier and Cabinet Accountability Act, 2000

Smitherman, George

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Bill 85

Bill 852000

An Act to restore the tradition

of legislative accountability

for the Premier and Cabinet

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1.The Executive Council Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Deductions for non-attendance

3.1 (1)If, at the end of a session of the Legislature, a

Minister of the Crown has failed to attend 60 per cent of the oral question

periods held during the session, $100 shall be deducted from the minister's

salary for each occasion by which his or her attendance fell short of 60 per

cent.

Deemed presence

(2)For the purpose of subsection (1), a minister shall be deemed to be

present for an oral question period if,

(a)the minister is absent from the oral question period because the

minister is too ill to attend, as shown in the record of attendance under

subsection (4); or

(b)the minister is absent from the oral question period for no more than

20 minutes.

Ministers for part of a session

(3)If a person was not a Minister during all of a session of the

Legislature, subsection (1) applies with necessary modifications to the part

of the session when the person was a Minister.

Record of attendance

(4)Within five days after the end of a session of the Legislature, each

minister shall give the Clerk of the Assembly a signed record of attendance,

listing each occasion during that session on which there was an oral question

period, and stating with respect to each,

(a)whether the minister was a minister on that occasion;

(b)whether the minister attended oral question period on that occasion,

being absent for no more than 20 minutes of the oral question period; and

(c)whether the minister was absent from oral question period on that

occasion because the minister was too ill to attend.

Records copied and tabled

(5)The Clerk of the Assembly shall give a copy of each minister's record

of attendance under subsection (4) to the Clerk of the Executive Council, and

shall table the records at the beginning of the next session of the

Legislature.

Deductions from salary

(6)The amount calculated under subsection (1) shall be deducted from the

salary payment to be made to the minister within one month of the end of the

session to which the calculation relates.

Commencement

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

Assent.

Short title

3.The

short title of this Act is the Premier and Cabinet

Accountability Act, 2000 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill adds a new

section 3.1 to the Executive Council Act .

Under the new section, if, at the end of a session of the Legislature, a

Minister of the Crown, including the Premier, has not attended 60 per cent of

the oral question periods held during the session, $100 must be deducted from

the minister's salary for each occasion by which his or her attendance fell

short of 60 per cent.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 6, 2000

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 6, 2000

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 85, 37-1
Type	bill
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Language	en
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