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2011 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 39th Parliament

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The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE BARRY PENNER

ATTORNEY GENERAL

BILL 4 – 2011

HARMONIZED SALES TAX (HST) INITIATIVE VOTE AND REFERENDUM ACT

Contents

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) initiative vote and referendum

Commencement

This Bill removes the requirement for conducting an initiative vote in relation to the HST

initiative petition, and provides certainty respecting the referendum to be conducted under the

HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) Referendum Regulation.

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

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) initiative vote and referendum

(1) Despite

section 13 of the Recall and Initiative Act , the initiative vote that would otherwise be required under that

section in relation to the initiative petition referred to the chief electoral officer by motion of the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives on September 13, 2010, is cancelled.

(2) For certainty, the Recall and Initiative Act does not apply in relation to the referendum to be conducted under the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) Referendum Regulation, B.C. Reg. 68/2011.

Commencement

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

Explanatory Note

This Bill removes the requirement for conducting an initiative vote in relation to the HST

initiative petition, and provides certainty respecting the referendum to be conducted under the

HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) Referendum Regulation.

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