Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017 MacLaren, Jack — Bill 100 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 100, 41-2

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Bill 100, Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017

MacLaren, Jack

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Honouring our Veterans Act, 2017 .

The Act provides that an individual may request to be identified as a veteran

on his or her driver's licence or photo card.

Bill 100 2017

Act respecting identification for veterans

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

(1) In

this Act,

"driver's

licence" has the same meaning as in the Highway Traffic

Act ; ("permis de conduire")

"photo

card" has the same meaning as in the Photo Card Act, 2008 ;

("carte-photo")

"veteran"

means an individual who is serving or has served honourably in the Canadian

Armed Forces, including the Reserve Force. ("ancien combattant")

Request

to be identified as veteran

(2) An

individual may, at the time of issuance or renewal of a driver's licence or

photo card, request that the driver's licence or photo card identify the

individual as a veteran.

Identification

on driver's licence or photo card

(3) If

an individual makes the request under subsection (2) and the individual is certified

to be a veteran by the Royal Canadian Legion - Ontario Command, the

individual's driver's licence or photo card, as the case may be, shall be

issued bearing the text "VETERAN/ANCIEN COMBATTANT" on a yellow background immediately

below the individual's photograph.

Regulations

(4) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations providing for matters

which, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are necessary or

desirable to facilitate the implementation of this Act.

Commencement

This Act comes into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Honouring our Veterans

Act, 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 5, 2017

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

October 5, 2017

Second Reading

Carried

October 5, 2017

Second Reading

Debate

March 6, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 6, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

October 5, 2017

Mr. Jack MacLaren, Mr. Percy Hatfield, Hon. Mitzie Hunter, Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. Michael Mantha, Hon. Jeff Leal, Ms. Lisa MacLeod, Mr. Victor Fedeli, Hon. Michael Coteau, Mr. Jim McDonell

October 5, 2017

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 100, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 100 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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