2018 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 41st Parliament

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HONOURABLE DAVID R. P. EBY

ATTORNEY GENERAL

BILL 40 – 2018

ELECTORAL REFORM REFERENDUM 2018 AMENDMENT ACT, 2018

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

SECTION 1: [Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act,

section 9] requires that a subsequent

referendum be conducted within a specified time period after 2 general

elections are held using the proportional representation voting system.

Section 9 of the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act, S.B.C. 2017, c. 22, is amended by adding the following subsections:

(0.1) In this section, "subsequent referendum" means the subsequent referendum referred to in subsection (3).

(3) If

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a) the result of the referendum is binding on the government in accordance with subsection (1), and

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b) a proportional representation voting system is implemented,

a subsequent referendum must be conducted throughout British Columbia after 2 general elections have been held using the proportional representation voting system, respecting whether to continue using the proportional representation voting system or to revert to the first past the post voting system.

(4) If a subsequent referendum must be conducted under subsection (3), the date on which voting in the subsequent referendum closes must be no later than the last day of the thirteenth month after the month in which the general voting day of the second general election referred to in subsection (3) falls.

Commencement

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

Explanatory Note

SECTION 1: [Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act,

section 9] requires that a subsequent

referendum be conducted within a specified time period after 2 general

elections are held using the proportional representation voting system.

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