4th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2023) FIRST READING

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MR. JORDAN STURDY

BILL M 216 – 2023

BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2023

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

CLAUSE 1: [British Columbia Transit Act,

section 25]

provides for the composition of the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor as an exception to the composition of a regional transit commission set out in subsection (4);

makes a consequential amendment relating to the effect of persons ceasing to hold office.

Section 25 of the British Columbia Transit Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 38, is amended

(

a) by adding the following subsection:

(4.1) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor must consist of not fewer than 7 members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council from among persons holding elected office on the following:

(

a) District of Squamish Council;

(

b) Líĺwat Nation Council;

(

c) Resort Municipality of Whistler Council;

(

d) Squamish Nation Council;

(

e) Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Board;

(

f) Village of Pemberton Council. , and

(

b) by repealing and substituting the following subsection:

(9) If a person appointed under this

section ceases to hold elected office as required by subsection (3), (4) or (4.1), the person's appointment under this

section is terminated.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Note

CLAUSE 1: [British Columbia Transit Act,

section 25]

provides for the composition of the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor as an exception to the composition of a regional transit commission set out in subsection (4);

makes a consequential amendment relating to the effect of persons ceasing to hold office.

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