Second

Session, 45th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2005

BILL 65

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF

ST. JOHN 'S ACT

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

JACK BYRNE

Minister

of Municipal Affairs

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the City of St. John's Act to provide that the

deputy mayor or a councillor who wishes to run in a by-election for the vacated

office of mayor must first resign as the deputy mayor or a councillor.

In the event of a vacancy in the

office of the deputy mayor, a councillor who wishes to run must first resign.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF

ST. JOHN 'S ACT

Analysis

1. S.15.3 Added

Requirement to resign seat

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 c-17

as amended

1. The City

of St. John's Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 15.2 the

following:

Requirement to

resign seat

15.3

(1) Where

a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor, the deputy mayor or a councillor

who wishes to run for election as mayor in a by-election shall first resign as the

deputy mayor or a councillor.

(2) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of the

deputy mayor, a councillor who wishes to run for election as the deputy mayor

in a by-election shall first resign as a councillor.

(3) A resignation referred to in subsection (1) or

(2) shall be filed with the city clerk before the beginning of the notice

period set out in subsection 14(5) of the Municipal

Elections Act .

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer