Highway Incident Management Act, 2015 Martow, Gila — Bill 30 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 30, 41-1

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Bill 30, Highway Incident Management Act, 2015

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Bill 30 2014

Act to require the establishment of an advisory committee to make

recommendations to the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Community

Safety and Correctional Services for the improvement of highway incident

management

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Advisory

committee on highway incident management

(1) The

Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional

Services and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police shall, within 60

days after this Act receives Royal Assent, establish an advisory committee to

analyse highway incident management and to develop a comprehensive program for

the improvement of highway incident management.

Composition

(2) The committee shall be composed of

persons that the Ministers and Commissioner believe will make useful

contributions to the committee's work including,

(

a) persons

with knowledge and expertise in highway incident management; and

(

b) persons

representing organizations or entities with an interest in highway incident

management, including municipalities, police forces, emergency medical services

and other road users.

Remuneration

and expenses of committee members

(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may

by regulation prescribe remuneration and payment of expenses for the committee

members.

Report

by committee

(4) On or before the day that is eight

months after the committee is established, the committee shall report to the

Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Community Safety and

Correctional Services on its analysis and conclusions for the improvement of

highway incident management, and shall include in the report recommendations

respecting the following:

1. Providing

public education programs to improve driver behaviour in circumstances

involving highway incidents.

2. Reducing

the time for appropriate authorities to detect and verify highway incidents and

to clear highways after the occurrence of highway incidents.

3. Providing

timely and accurate information about highway incidents to drivers.

4. Enhancing

the safety and security of Ontario's highways.

Ministers

to inform Assembly on implementation of committee's recommendations

(5) On or before the day that is 60 days

after the committee reports to the Ministers, the Minister of Transportation

and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services shall each

inform the Assembly of the recommendations in the report that he or she will

implement.

Definition

(6) In this Act,

"highway

incident" means anything that disrupts the smooth flow of traffic and endangers

drivers, emergency personnel, tow truck drivers, highway repair and maintenance

workers and other persons on a highway, and includes a disabled vehicle, an

accident, a spill, debris, a flood, a major special event and highway repair

and maintenance activities.

Commencement

2. This

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

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Incident Management

Act, 2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill requires the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community Safety

and Correctional Services and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police

to establish an advisory committee to analyse highway incident management and

to develop a comprehensive program to improve it. The committee is to be

established within 60 days after the Bill receives Royal Assent and must report

to the two Ministers within eight months after its establishment. The

committee's report must make recommendations respecting the following:

1. Providing

public education programs to improve driver behaviour in circumstances

involving highway incidents.

2. Reducing

the time for appropriate authorities to detect and verify highway incidents and

to clear highways after the occurrence of highway incidents.

3. Providing

timely and accurate information about highway incidents to drivers.

4. Enhancing

the safety and security of Ontario's highways.

Within

60 days after receiving the advisory committee's report, each Minister must

inform the Assembly of the recommendations that he or she will implement.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 3, 2015

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on General Government

October 23, 2014

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

October 23, 2014

Second Reading

Carried

October 23, 2014

Second Reading

Debate

October 21, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 21, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

October 23, 2014

Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Peter Z. Milczyn, Mr. Michael Harris, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Yvan Baker, Mrs. Julia Munro, Mr. Jim McDonell

October 23, 2014

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

June 3, 2015

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 30, 41-1
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Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 30 html
Language	en
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