Transportation Systems Improvement Advisory Committee Act, 2018 Martow, Gila — Bill 57 (41st Parliament, 3rd Session)

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EXPLANATORY

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The

Transportation Systems Improvement Advisory Committee Act,

2018 requires the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community

Safety and Correctional Services and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial

Police to establish an advisory committee to do the following:

1. Analyse

highway incident management and to develop a comprehensive program for the

improvement of highway incident management.

2. Inquire

into and report on the system of accessible parking for persons with a

disability.

3. Consider

how to optimize the use of technology to make highways, roads and

transportation infrastructure safer and more accessible.

The

committee is to be established within 60 days after the Bill receives Royal

Assent and must report its recommendations to the two Ministers within eight

months of its establishment.

Within

60 days after receiving the committee's report, each Minister must inform the

Assembly of the recommendations that he or she will implement.

Bill 57 2018

Act to require the establishment of a Transportation Systems Improvement

Advisory Committee

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

this Act,

"committee"

means the Transportation Systems Improvement Advisory Committee; ("comité")

"highway

incident" means anything that disrupts the smooth flow of traffic and endangers

drivers, emergency personnel, tow truck drivers, highway repair and maintenance

workers and other persons on a highway, and includes a disabled vehicle, an

accident, a spill, debris, a flood, a major special event and highway repair

and maintenance activities; ("incident de la route")

"person

with a disability" has the same meaning as in Regulation 581 of the Revised

Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Accessible Parking for Persons with Disabilities)

made under the Highway Traffic Act . ("personne

handicapée")

Transportation

Systems Improvement Advisory Committee

(1) The

Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional

Services and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police shall, within 60

days after this Act receives Royal Assent, establish an advisory committee to be

and Comité consultatif d'amélioration des réseaux de transport in French,

(

a) to

analyse highway incident management and to develop a comprehensive program for

the improvement of highway incident management;

(

b) to

inquire into and report on the system of accessible parking for persons with a

disability; and

(

c) to

consider how to optimize the use of technology to make highways, roads and

transportation infrastructure safer and more accessible.

Composition

(2) The

committee shall be composed of persons that the Ministers and Commissioner

believe will make useful contributions to the committee's work including,

(

a) persons

with knowledge and expertise in highway incident management;

(

b) persons

representing organizations or entities with an interest in highway incident

management, including municipalities, police forces, emergency medical services

and other road users;

(

c) persons

(

d) persons

representing the interests of persons with a disability; and

(

e) persons

with technical knowledge and expertise in relevant technologies.

Remuneration

and expenses of committee members

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe remuneration and

payment of expenses for the committee members.

Report

by committee

(4) On

or before the day that is eight months after the committee is established, the

committee shall report to the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of

Community Safety and Correctional Services on its work, and shall include in

the report recommendations respecting the following:

1. Providing

public education programs to improve driver behaviour in circumstances

involving highway incidents.

2. Reducing

the time for appropriate authorities to detect and verify highway incidents and

to clear highways after the occurrence of highway incidents.

3. Providing

timely and accurate information about highway incidents to drivers.

4. Enhancing

the safety and security of Ontario's highways.

5. Developing

a system of accessible parking for persons with a disability that is both

economically feasible and fair to the interests of persons with a disability.

6. Using

Ministers

to inform Assembly on implementation of committee's recommendations

(5) On

or before the day that is 60 days after the committee reports to the Ministers,

the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Community Safety and

Correctional Services shall each inform the Assembly of the recommendations in

the report that he or she will implement.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Transportation Systems

Improvement Advisory Committee Act, 2018 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 19, 2018

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 19, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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