Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk Statute Law Amendment Act, 1999 Barrett, Toby — Bill 31 (36th Parliament, 3rd Session)

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Bill 31, Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk Statute Law Amendment Act, 1999

Barrett, Toby

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Bill 31

Bill 311999

An Act to amend certain statutes with respect to The Regional

Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Regional Municipalities Act

1. (1) Subsection 6 (4) of the Regional Municipalities

Act , as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997,

chapter 14,

section

1, is repealed and the following substituted:

Application

(4) This

section does not apply to the regional municipalities of

Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ottawa-Carleton, Sudbury and Waterloo

and subsection (2) does not apply to The Regional Municipality of

Niagara.

(2) Subsection 7 (7) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of

Ontario, 1994,

chapter 1,

section 11, is repealed and the following

substituted:

Exceptions

(7) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) do not apply to The Regional Municipality

of Ottawa-Carleton and subsection (4) does not apply to The Regional

Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

(3) Subsection 9 (11) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of

Ontario, 1997,

chapter 14,

section 1, is repealed and the following

substituted:

Non-application

(11) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to the regional

municipalities of Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ottawa-Carleton,

Sudbury and Waterloo, subsections (6), (7), (8) and (9) do not apply to the

regional municipalities of Niagara and Ottawa-Carleton and subsection

(10) does not apply to The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.

Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk Act

(1) The Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Chair of Regional Council

(1) Starting with the regular election in the year

2000, the chair of the Regional Council shall be elected by general vote of

the electors of the area municipalities to be held concurrently with the

regular election in the area municipalities.

Qualifications

(2) A person is qualified to hold office as chair if,

(a)the person is entitled to be an elector under

section 17 of the

Municipal Elections Act, 1996 for the election of members of the

council of an area municipality; and

(b)the person is not disqualified by this or any other Act from holding

the office.

Nominations

(3) Nominations for the office of chair shall be filed with the clerk of

the Regional Corporation who shall send the names of the candidates to the

clerk of each area municipality by registered mail within 48 hours after the

closing of nominations.

Election

(4) The clerk of the Regional Corporation shall be responsible for

conducting the election of the chair except for the recording of the vote in

an area municipality which shall be the responsibility of the clerk of each

area municipality.

Results of vote

(5) The clerk of each area municipality shall promptly report the vote

recorded to the clerk of the Regional Corporation who shall prepare the final

summary and announce the result of the vote.

Regulations

(6) Despite this Act or the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 , the

Minister may by regulation provide for those matters that, in the opinion of

the Minister, are necessary or expedient to conduct the election of the chair

and the members of the Regional Council and the election of the members of

the councils of the area municipalities.

Conflicts

(7) If there is a conflict between a regulation made under subsection

(6) and this Act or the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 , the regulation

prevails.

Vacancy

(8) If a vacancy occurs in the office of chair, sections 45, 46 and 47 of

the Municipal Act apply with necessary modifications to the filling

of the vacancy as though that office were the office of mayor.

Deemed resignation

(9) If a member of the council of an area municipality becomes chair as a

result of a vacancy being filled, that person shall be deemed to have

resigned as a member of the council and the person's seat on the council

thereby becomes vacant.

(2) Subsection 7 (3) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on the

day it receives Royal Assent.

Exception

(2) Subsection 2 (2) comes into force on January 1,

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Regional Municipality of

Haldimand-Norfolk Statute Law Amendment Act, 1999 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill provides for the direct election of the chair of The Regional

Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk by a vote of the electors of the area

municipalities held concurrently with the regular election in the area

municipalities starting with the regular election in the year 2000. The

prohibition against the chair voting at meetings of the Regional Council is

removed once the chair is elected by direct election.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 4, 1999

First Reading

Carried

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 31, 36-3
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Language	en
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