Banning Collusion in Electoral Advertising Act, 2011 Arnott, Ted — Bill 195 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 195, 39-2

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Bill 195, Banning Collusion in Electoral Advertising Act, 2011

Arnott, Ted

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Bill 195 2011

An Act to amend the Election Finances Act to ban collusion

in electoral advertising

Note:

This Act amends the Election

Finances 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. Clause 22 (1) (

a) of the Election Finances Act

is repealed.

2. Subsection 37.5 (2) of the Act is amended

by adding the following clause:

(

i) a

statement that, in engaging in third party election advertising, the third

party is acting independently of and not in collusion with a registered party,

a constituency association or a candidate.

3. The Act is amended by adding the following

section:

No collusion with registered parties, etc.

37.11.1 In

engaging in third party election advertising, a third party shall act independently

of and not in collusion with a registered party, a constituency association or

a candidate.

Section 37.12 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Statement of no collusion

(1.1) A third party shall state in its election

advertising report that it has acted independently of and not in collusion with

a registered party, a constituency association or a candidate.

5. (1) Subsection 38 (1) of the

Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and substituting

the following:

Limitation on campaign expenses

(1) The expenses of a registered party that are described

in subsection (1.1) shall not exceed the amount determined by multiplying the

applicable amount by,

. . . .

(2) Section 38 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Total expenses

(1.1) The expenses of a registered party that are mentioned

in subsection (1) are the total of,

(

a) the

total campaign expenses that the party or any person, corporation, trade union,

unincorporated association or organization acting on behalf of the party incurs

during a campaign period; and

(

b) the

total expenses that a person, corporation, trade union, unincorporated

association or organization acting with the express or implied knowledge and

consent of the party incurs during a campaign period in relation to producing an

election advertisement in support of the party or acquiring the means of

transmitting such an election advertisement to the public.

6. Subsection 42 (1) of the Act is amended by

striking out "and" at the end of clause (

b) and by adding the following clause:

(b.1) of

all expenses that a person, corporation, trade union, unincorporated

association or organization acting with the express or implied knowledge and

consent of the party, constituency association or candidate incurred during the

campaign period and that related to producing an election advertisement in

support of the party, constituency association or candidate or acquiring the

means of transmitting such an election advertisement to the public; and

Commencement

7. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

8. The

short title of this Act is the Banning Collusion in Electoral

Advertising Act, 2011 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Election

Finances Act to ban third parties from colluding with a registered

political party, a constituency association or a candidate when engaging in

third party election advertising.

also extends the limit that

section 38 of the Act imposes on campaign expenses

incurred by a registered party and persons or bodies acting on its behalf

during a campaign period to include advertising expenses incurred by a third

party during a campaign period if the third party acted with the express or

implied knowledge and consent of a registered party. The chief financial

officer of every party, constituency association or candidate is required to

include those expenses in the financial statement that

section 42 of the Act

requires the officer to file with the Chief Electoral Officer.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 19, 2011

Second Reading

Lost on recorded division

May 19, 2011

Second Reading

Debate

May 16, 2011

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 16, 2011

Committee

Second Reading

May 19, 2011

Mr. Ted Arnott, Mr. Rosario Marchese, Mr. David Zimmer, Mr. Steve Clark, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Mr. Rick Johnson, Ms. Lisa MacLeod

May 19, 2011

May 19, 2011

Lost on recorded division.

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 195

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

Election Finances Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 195, 39-2
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Language	en
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