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1st Session, 43rd Parliament

(2025) FIRST READING

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AMELIA BOULTBEE

BILL M 230 – 2025

RECALL AND INITIATIVE AMENDMENT ACT, 2025

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

CLAUSE 1: [Recall and Initiative Act,

section 19] reduces the time period following final voting day for the last election of a Member during which an application for the issuance of a recall petition may not be made.

Section 19 (4) (

a) of the Recall and Initiative Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 398, is amended by striking out " 18 months " and substituting " 12 months ".

CLAUSE 2: [Recall and Initiative Act,

section 23] amends the signature requirements applicable to a recall petition.

Section 23 (1) (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) the petition must be signed by a number of individuals who are entitled to sign the recall petition under

section 21 that is equal to or greater than the number of votes received by the Member on final voting day.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Recall and Initiative Act,

section 19] reduces the time period following final voting day for the last election of a Member during which an application for the issuance of a recall petition may not be made.

CLAUSE 2: [Recall and Initiative Act,

section 23] amends the signature requirements applicable to a recall petition.

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