Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Ignition Interlock Devices in School Vehicles), 2010 Levac, Dave — Bill 26 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 26, 39-2

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Bill 26, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Ignition Interlock Devices in School Vehicles), 2010

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Bill 26 2010

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to require school

vehicles in Ontario to be equipped with ignition interlock devices

Note:

This Act amends the Highway

Traffic Act . 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:

1. The Highway Traffic Act is amended by

adding the following section:

Ignition interlock devices required in school vehicles

68.2

(1) No

person shall drive, or permit the operation of, a school vehicle on a highway

unless the school vehicle is equipped with a school vehicle ignition interlock

device that is activated and functioning in accordance with the regulations.

Same

(2) Except as authorized by the regulations, no person

shall,

(

a) deactivate,

or permit a person to deactivate, a school vehicle ignition interlock device;

(

b) modify,

or permit a person to modify, a school vehicle ignition interlock device such

that it ceases to function in accordance with the regulations.

Verifying compliance

(3) A police officer or officer appointed for carrying out

the provisions of this Act may require that the driver or other person in

charge of a school vehicle,

(

a) provide

the officer with access to any part of the school vehicle or the school vehicle

ignition interlock device, including computer systems, in order to retrieve and

read any information relevant to the activation and functioning of the school

vehicle ignition interlock device; and

(

b) surrender

to the officer any device or equipment carried in the school vehicle that

operates as part of the school vehicle ignition interlock device.

Offence

(4) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with

subsection (1), (2) or (3) or a regulation made under this

section is guilty of

an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $250 and not

more than $20,000.

Regulations

(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations,

(

a) defining

"school vehicle" for the purposes of this section;

(

b) prescribing

standards for school vehicle ignition interlock devices;

(

c) governing

the activation and functioning of school vehicle ignition interlock devices;

(

d) governing

methods to verify compliance with this

section and the regulations, including

prescribing devices and software to be used to retrieve and read information in

computer systems;

(

e) requiring

and governing the inspection and maintenance of school vehicle ignition

interlock devices;

(

f) governing

records to be kept and submitted in relation to the inspection, maintenance,

activation and functioning of school vehicle ignition interlock devices;

(

g) governing

records to be kept and carried by drivers in relation to the activation and

functioning of school vehicle ignition interlock devices;

(

h) exempting

any person or class of persons or any vehicle or class of vehicles from any

requirement or provision of this

section or of a regulation made under this

section and prescribing conditions for any such exemption.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force six months after

the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment Act

(Ignition Interlock Devices in School Vehicles), 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to require school vehicles to be equipped

with ignition interlock devices.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 1, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 1, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 26

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

Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 26, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 26 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	b1538af49b4ba33d6bd5ee5c63b7cab0d50e0364

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