Ontario Disability Support Program Amendment Act (Fairness in Disability Income Support Payments), 2003 Martin, Tony — Bill 59 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

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Bill 59, Ontario Disability Support Program Amendment Act (Fairness in Disability Income Support Payments), 2003

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Bill 59 2003

An Act to amend

the Ontario Disability Support

Program Act, 1997 to require

annual cost-of-living adjustments

to income support payments

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. (1) Subsection 55 (1) of the Ontario

Disability Support Program Act, 1997 is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

4.1 requiring that the amount of income support provided be indexed to the

cost of living as described in subsection (3.1);

(2) Section 55 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes

of Ontario, 2002,

chapter 18,

Schedule D,

section 2, is amended by adding the

following subsections:

Indexing amount of income support

(3.1) A regulation made under paragraph 4.1 of subsection

(1) may provide that the amount of income support provided be adjusted on April 1

in each year by multiplying it by the indexing factor for that year.

Indexing factor

(3.2) The indexing factor for a year is the percentage change

in the Consumer Price Index for Ontario for prices of all items between the

month of January in that year and the same month in the previous year, as

published by Statistics Canada.

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 Ontario

Disability Support Program Amendment Act (Fairness in Disability Income

Support Payments), 2003.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Ontario

Disability Support Program Act, 1997 to provide for regulations requiring

annual cost-of-living adjustments to income support payments.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 27, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

27, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 59, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 59 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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