Kids First Licences Act, 2003 Duncan, Dwight — Bill 79 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 79, 37-4

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Bill 79, Kids First Licences Act, 2003

Duncan, Dwight

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Bill 79 2003

An Act to support

children's charities in Ontario

Preamble

Ontario's children's charities are an invaluable component of the

socio-economic network of the Province and are deserving of the support of

the community through innovative funding programs.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Children's charities program

(1) Where a person pays a fee

for the issue, renewal, replacement or transfer of a permit, licence or

number plates under the Highway Traffic Act , the Minister of

Transportation shall ensure that the person is informed that he or she may

make a donation to support the work of children's charities in Ontario and

may, if the person so requests, obtain specially designed number plates in

recognition of the donation.

Collection, receipts and remittance to charity

(2) The Minister of Transportation may collect amounts donated

under subsection (1) and, on collecting an amount, shall ensure that,

(

a) a receipt for the amount is issued to the donor;

(

b) a duplicate of the receipt is kept; and

(

c) the amount collected is forwarded to the Ministry of Community, Family

and Children's Services within a reasonable time.

Trust

(3) The Minister of Community, Family and Children's Services

shall establish a trust fund into which shall be paid the amounts donated in

accordance with this

section for distribution, upon application, to eligible

children's charities.

Definition

(4) In this section,

"children's charity" means any organization or agency, whether or not it

is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada), whose

primary objective is the improvement of children's lives.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on a day to be named by

proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Kids First

Licences Act, 2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill proposes an optional

program allowing persons to make donations to support the work of children's

charities in Ontario when paying fees for licences, permits and number plates

issued under the Highway Traffic Act . Donors may request specially

designed number plates in recognition of their donations.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 4, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June

4, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Proclamation

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 79, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 79 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	3cb1480b45b11130c6dbb15526c6ff10664a69fd

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