Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 Yurek, Jeff — Bill 204 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 204, 41-2

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Bill 204, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018

Yurek, Jeff

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends

section 85 of the Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Act, 1997 to restrict the purposes for which the Minister

may pay money out of the separate account in the Consolidated Revenue Fund that

consists of money that the Crown receives under the Act. Specifically it

removes payments that are to be used for a matter related to the activities of

people as they interact with or affect wildlife or fish populations.

also requires the Minister to establish an advisory committee to advise on the

operation of the separate account and a procedure for receiving complaints from

members of the public about decisions that the Minister makes regarding

payments made out of the separate account.

Bill 204 2018

Act to amend the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection 85 (3) of the Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Act, 1997 is amended by adding "or" at the end of clause

(

a) and by striking out clause (b).

(2) Section

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

Advisory

committee

(3.1) The

Minister shall establish an advisory committee to advise on the operation of

the separate account and which shall be composed of members who are holders of licences

or authorizations, experts in ecology or representatives of the business sector

relating to fish or wildlife.

(3) Subsection

85 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "any advisory committee

established by the Minister relating to the operation of the separate account"

at the end and substituting "the advisory committee".

(4) Section

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

Complaints

procedure

(6) The

Minister shall establish a procedure for receiving complaints from members of

the public about decisions that the Minister makes regarding payments made

under subsection (3).

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Ministry of Natural Resources

and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 8, 2018

Second Reading

Lost on division

March 8, 2018

Second Reading

Debate

March 6, 2018

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 6, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

March 8, 2018

Mr. Jeff Yurek, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Hon. Nathalie Des Rosiers, Mr. Norm Miller, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Arthur Potts, Mr. Bill Walker

March 8, 2018

March 8, 2018

Lost on recorded division.

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 204

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

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 204, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 204 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1a9d5ef9c5f647e58b55149635f5bc9e02be3e42

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