City of Ottawa Amendment Act, 2009 Naqvi, Yasir — Bill 194 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 194, 39-1

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Bill 194, City of Ottawa Amendment Act, 2009

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Bill 194 2009

An Act to amend

the City of Ottawa Act, 1999

Note:

This Act amends the City of Ottawa Act, 1999. For the legislative history of

the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative

History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 12 of the City of Ottawa Act, 1999 is repealed

and the following substituted:

Board of Health established

(1) The Board of Health

for the City of Ottawa Health Unit is established as a board of health for the

city and is deemed to be a board of health established under the Health Protection

and Promotion Act.

Size and composition

(2) The board of

health shall be composed of 11 members, consisting of,

(

a) six members of the city council; and

(

b) five citizen representatives.

Appointment by city council

(3) Despite

subsections 49 (1) and (3) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act ,

(

a) the members of the board of health who are members

of the city council shall be appointed by the city council; and

(

b) the members of the board of health who are

citizen representatives shall be appointed,

(

i) in the case of the

first term of appointment, by the city council, and

(ii) in the case of

subsequent terms of appointment, by the board of health.

Area of jurisdiction

(4) The area of

jurisdiction for the board of health is the city.

Functions of board

(5) The board of

health shall,

(

a) make recommendations to the city council on

any issues within the city council's jurisdiction that involve public health

considerations; and

(

b) report

annually to the city council on the operations of the board of health.

Duty of city

(6) Despite the Health Protection and Promotion Act ,

the city has the duty of providing to the board of health public health

employees, who shall remain employees of the city.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force three months

after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the City of Ottawa Amendment Act,

2009 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the City of Ottawa Act, 1999 to establish an independent board of

health for the City of Ottawa under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

The Bill sets out the size and composition of the board of health and rules for

the appointment of board members. The board of health is required to make

recommendations to the city council on any issues within the city council's

jurisdiction that involve public health considerations.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 3, 2009

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 3, 2009

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

2. This Act comes into force three months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 194

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

City of Hamilton Act, 1999

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 194, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 194 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	943f9486710bf014f86821b54a5c9fa148da22ba

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