4th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2023) FIRST READING

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MR. DAN DAVIES

BILL M 224 – 2023

TRANSPORTATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2023

HIS 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 1] amends the definition of "highway".

Section 1 of the Transportation Act, R.S.B.C. 2004, c. 44, is amended in the definition of "highway" by striking out " means a public street, road, trail, lane, bridge, trestle, tunnel, ferry landing, ferry approach, any other public way or any other land or improvement that becomes or has become a highway by any of the following: " and substituting " means a public street, road, trail, lane, bridge, trestle, tunnel, ferry landing, ferry approach, any other public way or any other land or improvement that becomes or has become a highway by any of the following, and, in Division 3 of

Part 5 of this Act, includes the boulevard, pullout, ditch or shoulder of any of them: ".

CLAUSE 2: [Transportation Act,

section 68 (6)] adds an additional circumstance in which a vehicle or thing on a provincial public highway may be seized.

Section 68 (6) is repealed and the following substituted:

(6) Without limiting subsection (5), the minister and any peace officer or member of the Provincial police force or a municipal police department may seize any vehicle or thing on a provincial public highway if

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a) the vehicle interferes with the normal flow of traffic on the provincial public highway,

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b) the vehicle interferes with the maintenance of the provincial public highway by equipment for that purpose,

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c) the vehicle or thing is causing, or might cause, a danger or inconvenience to persons using the provincial public highway, or

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d) the vehicle or thing may have a detrimental effect on the surrounding environment if not promptly removed.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Transportation Act,

section 1] amends the definition of "highway".

CLAUSE 2: [Transportation Act,

section 68 (6)] adds an additional circumstance in which a vehicle or thing on a provincial public highway may be seized.

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