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2015 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 40th Parliament

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DR. ANDREW WEAVER

BILL M 220 – 2015

RECALL AND INITIATIVE AMENDMENT ACT, 2015

This Bill officially amends the Recall and Initiative Act to provide specific rules pertaining to a legislative proposal which seeks to withdraw the Government of British Columbia

from an Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement.

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as

follows:

Section 7 (1) of the Recall and Initiative Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 398, is amended by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting

the following:

(

b) for a legislative proposal other than one described in paragraph (c), for each electoral district in British Columbia,

the signature sheets for the electoral district must be signed by at least 10% of the total number of registered voters entitled

to sign those signature sheets;

(

c) for a legislative proposal initiated under subsection (2) for the purpose of withdrawing a specific project from an Environmental

Assessment Equivalency Agreement, the signature sheets must be signed by at least 15% of the total number of registered voters

in the Province of British Columbia.

Explanatory Note

This Bill officially amends the Recall and Initiative Act to provide specific rules pertaining to a legislative proposal which seeks to withdraw the Government of British Columbia

from an Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement.

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