Bill 10 — Third Session, 20Th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 10 Election Amendment Act, 1985 (Legislature 20, Session 3)

L20 S3 3348

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1985 BILL 10 Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 10 ELECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1985 HON. MR. R\YNE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 10 BILL 10 1985 ELECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1985 (Assented to , 1985) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as foUows: 1 The Election Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 12(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) If the Legislature re-enacts or amends the

Schedule of elec toral divisions in the Electoral Divisions Act but the re-enactment or amendment is not in force on May 1 of an enumeration year, (

a) the re-enactment or amendment shaU be deemed to be in force for the purpose of conducting the general enumeration, and (

b) a constituency association may, in respect of a new or amended electoral division, register under the Election Fi nances and Contributions Disclosure Act for the purposes of the general enumeration only. 3

Section 14.1(3) is amended by striking out "March" and substitut ing "May".

Section 16 is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) If the Legislature re-enacts or amends the

Schedule of elec toral divisions in the Electoral Divisions Act before May 1 in ^ enumeration year, the Chief Electoral Officer shaU, for the pur pose of determining with which registered constituency associa tions a returning officer shaU communicate under subsection (3), estimate the number of votes that a political party would have received in each electoral division if the immediately preceding election had been held in the electoral divisions as amended or re-enacted.

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter E-2 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 12(2) presently reads:

(2) If the Legislature re-enacts or amends the

Schedule of electoral divi sions in the Electoral Divisions Act but the re-enactment or ameruiment is not in force on March 1 of an enumeration year, the re-enactment or ameruiment shall be deemed to be in force for the purpose of conducting the general enumeration. 3

Section 14.1(3) presendy reads:

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if before March 1 in a caleruiar year referred to in subsection (2) the

Schedule is ameruied or re-enacted follow ing the laying of the Commission's report before the Legislative Assembly, an enumeration shall be conducted in thai calendar year 4

Section 16 presently reads: 16(1) In this section, "registered constituency association" means a con stituency association registered under the Election Finances and Contri butions Disclosure Act as evidenced by the registration lists provided by the Chief Electoral Officer

(2) Each returning officer shall appoint in accordance with this

section sufficient enumerators for the efficient conduct of the enumeration within his electoral division.

(3) During the first week in June in an enumeration year each returning officer shall, by registered letter, communicate a request to the executive of (

a) the registered constituency association within his electoral division of the registered political party forming the Government, and Explanatory Notes

5 This Act is deemed to have come into force on March 1, 1985.

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b) the registered constituency association within his electoral division of the registered political party not forming the Government whose candidate received the highest or next highest number of votes, as the case may be, at the immediately preceding election within the electoral division, that written recommendations of qualified arui available persons to act as enumerators be provided to the returning officer prior to August 1 of that year.

(4) The returning officer shall appoint enumerators from the names pro vided to him under subsection (3), but if (

a) there are no registered constituency associations to which subsec tion (3) applies, or (

b) a sufficient number of available persons who, in the opinion of the returning officer, are qualified to serve as enumerators has not been provided under subsection (3), the returning officer shall appoint the required number of enumerators necessary to complete the enumeration from any other source he considers appropriate. Explanatory Notes Title: 1985 (20th, 3rd) Bill 10, Election Amendment Act, 1985

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