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5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 204

THE DRIVERS AND VEHICLES AMENDMENT ACT (LICENCE PLATES FOR MMIWG2S AWARENESS)

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

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

C.C.S.M. c. D104 amended

1 The Drivers and Vehicles Act is amended by this Act.

2 Subsection 60(1) is amended by striking out "

section 60.1 " and substituting " sections 60.1 and 60.2 ".

3 The following is added after

section 60.1:

Definition

60.2(1) In this section, the abbreviation "MMIWG2S" means missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.

"MMIWG2S" number plates

60.2(2) Upon receipt of an organization's application that is acceptable to the registrar, the registrar shall make available a specialty number plate that

(

a) includes "MMIWG2S" in capital letters;

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b) depicts a red hand or a red dress; and

(

c) includes any other depiction or design as may be determined by the registrar.

Use of funds

60.2(3) After consulting with individuals and organizations that represent the interests of the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, the minister may direct that all or a portion of the charges collected for the specialty plates described in subsection (2) are to be paid by the administrator to a registered charity that benefits those families.

Coming into force

4 This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Drivers and Vehicles Act . It permits an organization to apply to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to make a licence plate available that includes the abbreviation "MMIWG2S", meaning missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The plate must also bear a graphic depicting a red hand or a red dress.

Money collected from the licence plates may be directed to a charity for the benefit of family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.

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Collection	Manitoba — Debates (Hansard)
Citation	42-5 b204e.php
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	42 5 b204e.php
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	b5405405ad31454a3f69d7cbb2f8b092e8c73c9c

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