City of Toronto Alternative Voting System Act, 2014 Schein, Jonah — Bill 163 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 163, 40-2

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Bill 163, City of Toronto Alternative Voting System Act, 2014

Schein, Jonah

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Bill 163 2014

Act to amend the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 to allow the City of Toronto to

adopt an alternative voting system

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The

Municipal Elections Act, 1996 is amended by adding

the following section:

City

of Toronto - Alternative Voting System

City

of Toronto by-law re alternative voting system

45.1

(1) The

council of the City of Toronto may pass a by-law adopting an alternative voting

system for the election of a member of city council, including the mayor, and

establishing rules with respect to the voting procedure and counting of votes under

the alternative voting system.

Application

of by-law

(2) A by-law passed under subsection

(1) applies to an election as specified in the by-law.

Conflict

(3) A by-law made under subsection

(1) prevails over the prescribed provisions of this Act and the prescribed

provisions of the regulations made under this Act.

2. Subsection

95 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(c.0.1) if

the council of the City of Toronto has passed a by-law under subsection 45.1

(1),

(

i) provide

for transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary or

desirable to implement an alternative voting system adopted by the City of

Toronto,

(ii) govern,

clarify or vary the application of provisions of this Act or provisions of the

regulations made under this Act in respect of an alternative voting system

adopted by the City of Toronto,

(iii) prescribe,

for the purpose of subsection 45.1 (3), provisions of this Act and provisions

of the regulations made under this Act;

Commencement

3. This

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

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the City of Toronto Alternative

Voting System Act, 2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 to

authorize the City of Toronto to pass a by-law adopting an alternative voting

system for the election of members of city council, including the mayor.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

February 25, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February 25, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 163

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

Municipal Elections Act, 1996

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 163, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 163 html
Language	en
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