Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2008 Balkissoon, Bas — Bill 123 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 123, 39-1

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Bill 123, Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2008

Balkissoon, Bas

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Bill 123 2008

An Act to amend the Environmental Assessment Act

Note:

This Act amends the Environmental Assessment Act .

For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public

Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on 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:

1. The Environmental

Assessment Act is amended by adding the following section:

Restriction on municipal proponents

5.0.1

(1) If

a regional municipality, lower-tier municipality, municipality, county or

township is a proponent of an undertaking, it is entitled to apply to the

Minister for approval to proceed with the undertaking only if the proposed

terms of reference governing the preparation of the environmental assessment,

and the environmental assessment itself, relate to lands situated wholly within

its boundaries.

Exception

(2) If a regional municipality, lower-tier municipality,

municipality, county or township is a proponent of an undertaking, it is

entitled, despite subsection (1), to apply to the Minister jointly with one or

more such municipal proponents if the proposed terms of reference governing the

preparation of the environmental assessment, and the environmental assessment

itself, relate to lands situated only within the boundaries of those municipal

proponents.

No review by Minister

(3) The Minister shall not review an application made

under subsection (1) or (2) unless the condition set out in the relevant

subsection is satisfied.

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 Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2008 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill provides that certain municipal proponents may only apply for an approval

of an environmental assessment if the environmental assessment relates to lands

wholly situated within the territory of the municipal proponent. Joint

applications by more than one municipal proponent are permitted where the

environmental assessments relate to lands within the boundaries of the joint

applicants.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

November 27, 2008

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

November 27, 2008

Second Reading

Carried

November 27, 2008

Second Reading

Debate

November 4, 2008

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 4, 2008

Committee

Second Reading

November 27, 2008

Mr. Bas Balkissoon, Mr. Toby Barrett, Mr. Rosario Marchese, Mr. Lou Rinaldi, Hon. Donna H. Cansfield, Mr. Khalil Ramal

November 27, 2008

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 123

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

Environmental Assessment Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 123, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 123 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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