Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2010 Miller, Norman — Bill 100 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 100, 39-2

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Bill 100, Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2010

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Bill 100 2010

An Act to amend

the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

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 at 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:

1. The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Construction of paved shoulders

Definitions

26.0.1

(1) In

this section,

"King's

highway" includes the secondary highways and tertiary roads designated under

this Act; ("route principale")

"roadway" means the part of a highway that is improved, designed or

ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder.

("chaussée")

Application

(2) This

section applies to every King's highway or any

portion of a King's highway that is prescribed by the regulations.

Duty to construct

(3) If any portion of a highway does not have a paved

shoulder, the Minister shall construct a paved shoulder on that portion of the

highway at the time specified in subsection (4).

Timing

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the construction

of a paved shoulder on a highway or any portion of the highway must occur when

there is a significant undertaking to repave or resurface the highway or the

portion of it.

Width of paved shoulder

(5) A paved shoulder must extend at least one metre from the

roadway of the highway.

Exception

(6) The Minister is not required to construct a paved

shoulder to any portion of a highway where to do so would be impracticable.

Warning sign

(7) The beginning of a paved shoulder on any portion of a

highway must be marked with a ground mounted sign that warns vehicles to watch

for pedestrians and cyclists and to be prepared to share the road with them.

Regulations

(8) The Minister shall make regulations prescribing King's

highways or portions of King's highways for the purposes of this section.

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 Public Transportation and

Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act by requiring the

Minister of Transportation to construct paved shoulders on prescribed

highways. The paved shoulders must extend at least one metre from the roadway

of the highway. The construction must occur when the highway or portion of it

is significantly repaved or resurfaced. The Minister is not required to

construct a paved shoulder where doing so would be impracticable. The

beginning of a paved shoulder on a highway must be marked with sign that warns

vehicles to watch for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

September 16, 2010

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

September 16, 2010

Second Reading

Carried

September 16, 2010

Second Reading

Debate

September 13, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

September 13, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

September 16, 2010

Mr. Norm Miller, Mr. Rosario Marchese, Mr. Michael A. Brown, Mr. John Yakabuski, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Mr. Bob Delaney, Mr. Garfield Dunlop, Mr. Gilles Bisson

September 16, 2010

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Legislative Assembly.

Committee

Standing Committee on Legislative Assembly

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 100

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 100, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 100 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	e2c87797685d2a5988d7b88a82fed17f0104f9ee

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