British Columbia Bill 16 (Government) — 3rd Parliament, 42nd Session — Previous Version 1

3-42 Gov Bill 16-1

British Columbia — Bills

3rd Session, 42nd Parliament

(2022) FIRST READING

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HONOURABLE ROB FLEMING

MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION

AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BILL 16 – 2022

TRANSPORTATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

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

CLAUSE 1: [Transportation Act,

section 24] adds

definitions of "transit station" and "transit-oriented development" for

Part 3 of the Act.

Section 24 of the Transportation Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 44, is amended by adding the following

definitions:

"transit station" means a bus exchange, passenger rail station or prescribed transit facility;

"transit-oriented development" means a development, including, without limitation, a commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational or residential development, that is

(

a) intended to support use of public transit, and

(

b) located within the prescribed distance from a transit station.

CLAUSE 2: [Transportation Act,

section 26] adds a purpose for the BC Transportation Financing Authority in relation to transit-oriented developments.

Section 26 is amended in paragraph (

a) by striking out " and " at the end of subparagraph (

i) and by adding the following subparagraph:

(iii) transit-oriented developments, and .

CLAUSE 3: [Transportation Act,

section 27]

adds a power for the BC Transportation Financing Authority in relation to transit-oriented developments;

adds a power for the BC Transportation Financing Authority to dispose of land by lease for less than market rent, with the approval of the Minister of Finance.

Section 27 (3) is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

a) by striking out " or " at the end of subparagraph (i), by adding " , or " at the end of subparagraph (ii) and by adding the following subparagraph:

(iii) transit-oriented developments; ,

(

b) in paragraph (

d) by adding " subject to paragraph (d.1), " before " dispose of land ", and

(

c) by adding the following paragraph:

(d.1) with the approval of the Minister of Finance, dispose of land by lease for less than market rent; .

CLAUSE 4: [Transportation Act,

section 82] makes a housekeeping amendment.

Section 82 (2) is amended by striking out " 5th " and substituting " fifth ".

CLAUSE 5: [Transportation Act,

section 87]

provides authority to prescribe a transit facility or class of transit facilities for the purposes of the definition of "transit station";

provides authority to prescribe the distance of development projects from a transit station or class of transit stations for the purposes of the definition of "transit-oriented development".

Section 87 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

(

k) prescribing a transit facility or class of transit facilities for the purposes of the definition of "transit station" in

section 24;

(

l) prescribing the distance from a transit station or class of transit stations for the purposes of the definition of "transit-oriented development" in

section 24.

Commencement

6 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Explanatory Notes