Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2009 Yakabuski, John — Bill 174 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 174, 39-1

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Bill 174, Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2009

Yakabuski, John

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Bill 174 2009

An Act to amend the Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act with respect to matching rebates of

gasoline tax that the Minister provides to municipalities

Note:

This Act amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. For the

legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes –

Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of

the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

116 of the Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act is amended by adding

the following subsections:

Matching rebate

(3) If the Minister, under clause (1) (b), enters into an

agreement with a municipality to provide a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act

to the municipality for a purpose described in that clause, the Minister shall

not refuse to enter into an agreement under clause (1) (

a) to provide a rebate

of tax under that Act to any other municipality for the purpose of planning, designing,

constructing, maintaining, managing or operating highways under the

jurisdiction of the latter municipality if the Legislature by appropriation

authorizes payment of the latter rebate.

Definitions

(4) In subsection (5),

"first municipality" means the

municipality that receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act for a purpose

described in clause (1) (b); ("première municipalité")

"second municipality" means the

municipality that receives a rebate of tax under the Gasoline Tax Act under

subsection (3). ("deuxième municipalité")

Amount of rebate

(5) The amount of the rebate provided to the second

municipality shall be calculated as follows:

A × (B ÷ C) × (D ÷

E) where,

A = the amount of the rebate provided to the first municipality,

B = the number of inhabitants of the second municipality,

C = the number of inhabitants of the first municipality,

D = the total distance of highways under the jurisdiction of the

second municipality,

E = the total distance of highways under the jurisdiction of the first

municipality.

Commencement

2. This

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

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2009 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act . If the Minister, under

section 116 of the Act, enters into an agreement with a municipality to provide

a rebate of tax under the Gasoline

Tax Act to the municipality for the purpose of constructing,

maintaining or operating a rapid transit or public transportation system, the

Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement to provide a rebate of tax

under that Act to any other municipality for a purpose related to public

highways under the jurisdiction of the latter municipality. The amount of the

rebate that the latter municipality receives shall be based on the number of

inhabitants in the municipality and the total distance of public highways under

the jurisdiction of the municipality.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 5, 2009

Ruled out of order and removed from the Orders and Notices Paper

May 4, 2009

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 4, 2009

May 5, 2009

Ruled out of order and removed from the Orders and Notices Paper.

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 174

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

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 174, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 174 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	d1870252fa870277b41e8b09c68e8781214ba408

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