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Bill 187, Municipal Emergency Act, 2020

Clark, Hon. Steve Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2020,

chapter 4

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This

Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s aid to Bill 187 and does not form

part of the law. Bill 187 has been enacted as

Chapter 4 of the Statutes of

Ontario, 2020.

The Municipal Act, 2001

and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 are amended to

provide that, during emergencies, should they choose to, members of councils,

local boards and committees who participate electronically in open and closed

meetings may be counted for purposes of quorum.

The

Municipal Act, 2001 is also amended to allow the Lieutenant

Governor in Council to make regulations imposing limits and conditions on the

powers of a municipality under

section 129 of the Act.

Bill 187 2020

Act to amend the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Municipal

Act, 2001

Section 238 of the Municipal Act, 2001 is amended

by adding the following subsections:

Electronic

participation, emergencies

(3.3) The

applicable procedure by-law may provide that, during any period where an

emergency has been declared to exist in all or part of the municipality under

section 4 or 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil

Protection Act ,

(

a) despite

subsection (3.1), a member of a council, of a local board or of a committee of

either of them who is participating electronically in a meeting may be counted

in determining whether or not a quorum of members is present at any point in

time; and

(

b) despite

subsection (3.2), a member of a council, of a local board or of a committee of

either of them can participate electronically in a meeting that is closed to

the public.

Same,

procedure by-law

(3.4) A

municipality or local board may hold a special meeting to amend an applicable

procedure by-law for the purposes of subsection (3.3) during any period where

an emergency has been declared to exist in all or part of the municipality

under

section 4 or 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and

Civil Protection Act and despite subsection (3.1), a member

participating electronically in such a special meeting may be counted in

determining whether or not a quorum of members is present at any time during

the meeting.

Subsection 451.1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “sections 9, 10 and

11” and substituting “sections 9, 10, 11 and 129”.

City

of Toronto Act, 2006

Section 189 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 is

amended by adding the following subsections:

Electronic

participation, emergencies

(4.2) The

applicable procedure by-law may provide that, during any period where an

emergency has been declared to exist in all or part of the City under

section 4

or 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection

Act ,

(

a) despite

subsection (4), a member of city council, of a local board of the City or of a

committee of either of them who is participating electronically in a meeting may

be counted in determining whether or not a quorum of members is present at any

point in time; and

(

b) despite

subsection (4.1), a member of city council, of a local board of the City or of

a committee of either of them can participate electronically in a meeting that

is closed to the public.

Same,

procedure by-law

(4.3) The

city council or a local board of the City may hold a special meeting to amend

an applicable procedure by-law for the purposes of subsection (4.2) during any

period where an emergency has been declared to exist in all or part of the City

under

section 4 or 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and

Civil Protection Act and despite subsection (4), a member participating

electronically in such a special meeting may be counted in determining whether

or not a quorum of members is present at any time during the meeting.

Role of head of council

(4.4) Despite

anything in this or any other Act, only the head of council may call a special

meeting of city council for the purposes of subsection (4.3).

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Municipal Emergency

Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 19, 2020

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

March 19, 2020

Third Reading

Vote

Carried

March 19, 2020

Third Reading

Question put

March 19, 2020

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House

March 19, 2020

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

March 19, 2020

Second Reading

Debated

March 19, 2020

First Reading

Motion to arrange proceedings

March 19, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 19, 2020

Motion to Arrange Proceedings

March 19, 2020

Declared carried.

Committee

Second Reading

March 19, 2020

Principal Debaters :

Mr. Parm Gill, Ms. Andrea Horwath, Ms. Mitzie Hunter

Declared carried. Ordered for third reading pursuant to the order of the House.

Committee

Third Reading

March 19, 2020

Declared carried.

Royal Assent

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Acts affected - Bill 187

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

City of Toronto Act, 2006

Municipal Act, 2001

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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