Auditor General Amendment Act, 2014 Miller, Norman — Bill 190 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 190, 40-2

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Bill 190, Auditor General Amendment Act, 2014

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Bill 190 2014

Act to amend the Auditor General Act

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

1 of the Auditor General Act is amended by adding

the following definition:

"public contractor" means an association, authority,

board, commission, corporation, council, foundation, institution, organization,

person or other body or entity that delivers programs or services on behalf of

the Crown under

an Act, order in council, contract, agreement or policy and that,

(

a) receives

payment or financial assistance directly or indirectly from the Crown, a

ministry, an agency of the Crown, a Crown controlled corporation, or a grant

recipient, including both one-time and recurring payments, and including transfer

payments, grants, subsidies, loans and guarantees, or

(

b) is

empowered by the Crown to collect fees for its services from the Crown or from

the users of the programs or services; ("contractant public")

Section

9.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Public

contractors

(4) The Auditor General may conduct a

special audit of a public contractor.

3. (1) Subsection

10 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "and every grant recipient" and

substituting "every grant recipient and every public contractor".

(2) Subsection 10 (2) of the Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

Access

to records

(2) Despite any other Act, the Auditor

General is entitled to have free access to all books, accounts, financial

records, electronic data processing records, reports, files and all other

papers, things or property belonging to or used by a ministry, agency of the

Crown, Crown controlled corporation, grant recipient or public contractor, as

the case may be, that the Auditor General believes to be necessary to perform

his or her duties under this Act.

(1) Subsection

11.1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "or grant recipient" and

substituting "grant recipient or public contractor".

(2) Subsection 11.1 (2) of the Act is

amended by striking out "or grant recipient" and substituting "grant recipient

or public contractor".

5. Clause

12 (2) (

f) of the Act is amended by striking out "or grant recipients" in the

portion before subclause (

i) and substituting "grant recipients or public

contractors".

Commencement

6. This

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

Short

title

7. The

short title of this Act is the Auditor General Amendment

Act, 2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Auditor General Act is amended to permit the

Auditor General to conduct special audits of public contractors. A public

contractor includes any body or entity that delivers programs or services on

behalf of the Crown and that receives payment or financial assistance from the

Crown or another entity, or is empowered by the Crown to collect fees for its

services.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 17, 2014

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

April 17, 2014

Second Reading

Carried

April 17, 2014

Second Reading

Debate

April 15, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 15, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

April 17, 2014

Mr. Norm Miller, Mr. Steven Del Duca, Mr. Frank Klees, Mr. Percy Hatfield, Hon. Kevin Daniel Flynn, Mr. Toby Barrett, Ms. Sarah Campbell

April 17, 2014

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 190

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Auditor General Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 190, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 190 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1455fc8b3b183b19052bd8bea762f607473294a0

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