Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Careless Driving), 2016 McMahon, Eleanor — Bill 213 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 213, 41-1

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Bill 213, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Careless Driving), 2016

McMahon, Eleanor

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Bill 213 2016

Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to careless driving causing

death or bodily harm

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Section

130 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding "Subject to

subsection (2)" at the beginning.

(2) Section 130 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsections:

Penalty

for careless driving causing death or bodily harm

(2) If the commission of an offence under

subsection (1) results in the death of or bodily harm to any person, the

convicted person is liable instead to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not

more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or

to both, and in addition,

(

a) his

or her licence or permit may be suspended for a period of not more than five

years; and

(

b) he

or she may be ordered to complete a road safety course or driver training

course.

Limitation

period is two years

(3) Despite

section 76 of the Provincial

Offences Act , a proceeding in respect of an offence described in subsection

(2) may be commenced on or before the expiry of two years after the date on

which the offence was, or is alleged to have been, committed.

2. Subsection

214.1 (7) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Penalty

for careless driving or racing in community safety zone

(7) Every person who commits an offence

under

section 130 or

section 172 in a community safety zone when it is in

effect is liable, on conviction, not to the fine set out in the provision, but

to a fine of not less than double the minimum fine and not more than the

maximum fine set out in the provision, in addition to any other liability set

out in the provision.

Commencement

3. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment

Act (Careless Driving), 2016 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to increase the penalties for

careless driving causing death or bodily harm. The limitation period in respect

of careless driving causing death or bodily harm is increased to two years

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 9, 2016

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

June 9, 2016

Second Reading

Carried

June 9, 2016

Second Reading

Debate

June 7, 2016

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 7, 2016

Committee

Second Reading

June 9, 2016

Ms. Eleanor McMahon, Mr. Michael Harris, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mrs. Cristina Martins, Mr. Lorne Coe, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Chris Ballard, Mrs. Gila Martow, Mrs. Kathryn McGarry

June 9, 2016

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 213

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

Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 213, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 213 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	794376896a3c1ebdb9929d36a692e4fa837184d5

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