Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Amendment Act, 2003 Beaubien, Marcel — Bill 54 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 54, 37-4

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Bill 54, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Amendment Act, 2003

Beaubien, Marcel

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Bill 54 2003

An Act to amend the

Ministry of Citizenship

and Culture Act

Preamble

The Government of Ontario desires to provide information, upon request, to

assist municipalities and charitable institutions in constructing memorials

to honour persons who are or were residents of Ontario and who served in the

armed services of Canada in any wars outside Canada during the 20th

century.

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

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Information for memorials to war veterans

(1) Out of the money

appropriated annually to the Ministry by the Legislature, the Ministry shall

establish a program under which a municipality or a charitable institution as

defined in

section 1 of the Charitable Institutions Act may obtain

from the Ministry information that the Ministry considers relevant to

constructing a memorial to honour persons who are or were residents of

Ontario and who served in the armed services of Canada in any wars outside

Canada during the 20th century.

Information

(2) The information mentioned in subsection (1) shall

include,

(

a) design and technical information about the construction of memorials

described in that subsection;

(

b) information about resources that are available to the public and that

may assist in identifying and locating persons described in that subsection;

and

(

c) information about existing programs of the Government of Ontario that

may provide financial assistance for the construction of memorials described

in that subsection.

Recognition scroll

(3) If a municipality or a charitable institution as defined in

section 1 of the Charitable Institutions Act constructs a memorial

described in subsection (1) and submits to the Ministry a list of the names

and addresses of persons described in that subsection whom the memorial

honours, the Ministry shall remit to those persons that it considers come

within the description of persons set out in that subsection, or their

personal representatives if they are dead, a scroll of recognition indicating

that a memorial has been constructed in their honour.

Delivery

(4) Under subsection (3), the Ministry shall remit the scroll

of recognition by mail to the person at the address provided to the

Ministry.

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 Ministry of

Citizenship and Culture Amendment Act, 2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Ministry of

Citizenship and Culture Act to require the Ministry to establish a

program to provide information, upon request, to a municipality or a

charitable institution about constructing a memorial to honour persons who

are or were residents of Ontario and who served in the armed services of

Canada in any wars outside Canada during the 20th century. If a body

constructs such a memorial, the Ministry is required to remit a scroll of

recognition to those persons whom the memorial honours and who the Ministry

considers come within the description of persons who may properly be

honoured.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 19, 2003

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

June 19, 2003

Second Reading

Carried

May 26, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

26, 2003

Second Reading

Debate

June

19, 2003

Mr. Beaubien, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Martin,

Mr. Kormos, Mr. O'Toole, Mr. Wettlaufer

June

19, 2003

Declared carried and referred to the Standing Committee on

General Government

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 54, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 54 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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