Election Finances Amendment Act, 2004 Bryant, Hon. Michael Attorney General — Bill 114 (38th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 114, 38-1

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Bill 114, Election Finances Amendment Act, 2004

Bryant, Hon. Michael Attorney General

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Bill 114 2004

An Act to amend the

Election Finances Act

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

(1) Subsection 44.1 (5) of the Election Finances Act , as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996,

chapter 28,

section 3, subsection 44.1 (6) of the Act, as enacted by 1996,

chapter 28,

section 3 and amended by 1998,

chapter 9,

section 79, and subsection 44.1 (7) of the Act, as enacted by 1996,

chapter 28,

section 3, are repealed and the following substituted:

Automatic dissolution of old associations

(5) Except for the purposes of this section, every old constituency association is dissolved on,

(

a) December 31, 2006; or

(

b) the day the Legislature is dissolved, if it is dissolved on a day that falls before December 31, 2006.

Earlier dissolution at party's request

(6) The Chief Election Officer shall, if the registered political party concerned so requests in writing, make an order dissolving an old constituency association as of a specified date before December 31, 2006.

Assets and liabilities

(7) Every old constituency association shall transfer its assets and liabilities to one or more new registered constituency associations, to the registered political party concerned or to both, subject to any written direction by the

registered political party concerned,

(

a) in the case of dissolution under clause (5) (

a) or under subsection (6), before it is dissolved;

(

b) in the case of dissolution under clause (5) (b), within 10 days after being dissolved.

(2) Subsection 44.1 (10) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1996,

chapter 28,

section 3 and amended by 1998,

chapter 9,

section 79, and subsection 44.1 (11) of the Act, as enacted by 1996,

chapter 28,

section

3, are repealed and the following substituted:

Report

(10) Within 90 days after being dissolved, every old constituency association shall file with the Chief Election Officer a statement setting out the assets and liabilities it still held, if any,

(

a) on the day it was dissolved, in the case of dissolution under clause (5) (

a) or under subsection (6);

(

b) on the 11th day after being dissolved, in the case of dissolution under clause (5) (b).

Deemed transfer to party

(11) Any assets and liabilities that an old constituency association still held on the day referred to in clause (10) (

a) or (b), as the case may be, are deemed to have been transferred to the registered political party on that day;

the party may then transfer them to its new constituency associations as it sees fit.

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 Election Finances Amendment Act, 2004 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader's aid to Bill 114 and does not form part of the law. Bill 114 has been enacted as

Chapter 14 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2004.

The Bill amends

section 44.1 of the Election Finances Act to modify the process whereby new constituency associations are registered and old ones are dissolved when electoral districts are

readjusted.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 24, 2004

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

June 23, 2004

Third Reading

Carried

June 23, 2004

Second Reading

Carried

June 23, 2004

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June

23, 2004

Second Reading

June

23, 2004

Passed.

Committee

Third Reading

June

23, 2004

Passed

Royal Assent : Thursday, June 24, 2004

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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

Election Finances Act

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 114, 38-1
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Volume / chapter	p38 s1 bill 114 html
Language	en
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