Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2015 Yakabuski, John — Bill 59 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 59, 41-1

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Bill 59, Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2015

Yakabuski, John

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Bill 59 2014

Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act with respect

to matching rebates of gasoline tax that the Minister provides to

municipalities

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

116 of the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement

Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Matching

rebate

(3) If the Minister, under clause (1) (b),

enters into an agreement with a municipality to provide a rebate of tax under

the Gasoline Tax Act to the municipality for a

purpose described in that clause, the Minister shall not refuse to enter into

an agreement under clause (1) (

a) to provide a rebate of tax under that Act to

any other municipality for the purpose of planning, designing, constructing,

maintaining, managing or operating highways under the jurisdiction of the

latter municipality if the Legislature by appropriation authorizes payment of

the latter rebate.

Definitions

(4) In subsection (5),

"first

municipality" means the municipality that receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act for a purpose described in clause (1)

(b); ("première municipalité")

"second municipality" means the municipality that

receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act

under subsection (3). ("deuxième municipalité")

Amount

of rebate

(5) The amount of the rebate provided to

the second municipality shall be calculated as follows:

× (B ÷ C) × (D ÷

E) where,

A = the amount of the rebate provided to the first

municipality,

B = the number of inhabitants of the second

municipality,

C = the number of inhabitants of the first

municipality,

D = the total distance of highways under the

jurisdiction of the second municipality,

E = the total distance of highways under the

jurisdiction of the first municipality.

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 Gasoline Tax Fairness for

All Act, 2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway

Improvement Act . If the Minister, under

section 116 of the Act, enters

into an agreement with a municipality to provide a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act to the municipality for the purpose of

constructing, maintaining or operating a rapid transit or public transportation

system, the Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement to provide a

rebate of tax under that Act to any other municipality for a purpose related to

public highways under the jurisdiction of the latter municipality. The amount

of the rebate that the latter municipality receives shall be based on the

number of inhabitants in the municipality and the total distance of public

highways under the jurisdiction of the municipality.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 30, 2015

Second Reading

Lost on division

April 30, 2015

Second Reading

Debate

December 10, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 10, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

April 30, 2015

Mr. John Yakabuski, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mrs. Kathryn McGarry, Mr. Michael Harris, Hon. James J. Bradley, Ms. Laurie Scott, Ms. Eleanor McMahon, Ms. Lisa MacLeod

April 30, 2015

April 30, 2015

Lost on division.

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 59

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 59, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 59 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	739fb5bd8c29e2ae0a177f013fe3d03e19b06f44

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