Second Session, 44th General Assembly

49 Elizabeth II, 2000

BILL 23

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

MUNICIPALITIES

ACT, 1999 NO. 2

Received and

Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE JOAN MARIE AYLWARD

Minister of Municipal and

Provincial Affairs

Ordered to be printed by the

Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clause 1 of the Bill would amend

section 210 of

the Municipalities Act, 1999 to provide for the private

review of conflict of interest disclosure statements at privileged

meetings of a council. The amendment would also more clearly state

the interests that must be declared and would add a requirement for

the filing of changes to disclosure statements.

Clause 2 of the Bill would repeal paragraph

215(1)(

l) of the Act requiring the public inspection of disclosure

statements.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUNICIPALITIES

ACT, 1999 NO. 2

Analysis

1. S.210 Amdt.

Disclosure statement

2. S.215 Amdt.

Inspection of documents

Be it enacted by the

Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative

Session convened, as follows:

SN1999 cM-24

as amended

1. Subsections 210(2) and (3) of the Municipalities

Act, 1999 are repealed and the following substituted:

(2) A disclosure statement completed under

subsection (1) shall list

(

a) real property or an interest in real

property within the municipality that is owned by the

councillor or employee;

(

b) corporations in which the councillor

or employee holds 10% or more shares;

(

c) partnerships and sole proprietorships

in which the councillor or employee holds a 10% or more

interest; and

(

d) businesses located within the

municipality that are owned by the councillor or employee.

(3) A disclosure statement required under

subsection (1) shall be filed with the council by

(

a) a councillor, not more than 60 days

after taking office immediately after his or her election or

appointment and not later than March 1 in each subsequent

year; and

(

b) the clerk, manager, treasurer and

department heads, not more than 60 days after commencing

employment with the council and not later than March 1 in

each subsequent year.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a change in

the information contained in a disclosure statement filed under that

subsection shall be reported to the council, in writing, by a

councillor, clerk, manager, treasurer or department head not more

than 60 days after that change occurs.

(5) A disclosure statement filed under this

section shall be retained by the clerk and reviewed at a privileged

meeting of the council not more than 30 days after the date required

for filing under subsections (3) and (4).

2. Subsection 215(1) of the Act is amended by adding at the end of paragraph

(

k) the word "and" and by deleting paragraph (l).

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer