Cabinet Ministers' and Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Statute Law Amendment Act, 2003 Duncan, Dwight — Bill 101 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

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Bill 101, Cabinet Ministers' and Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Statute Law Amendment Act, 2003

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Bill 101 2003

An Act to amend the

Cabinet Ministers' and

Opposition Leaders'

Expenses Review and

Accountability Act, 2002 and

the Freedom of Information

and Protection of Privacy Act

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 1 of the Cabinet Ministers' and

Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Act, 2002 is

amended by adding the following definition:

"Crown agency" means a Crown agency within the meaning of the Crown

Agency Act ; ("oganisme de la Couronne")

Section 2 of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Reviewable expenses of Cabinet ministers, etc.

(1) An expense of a Cabinet

minister or a person employed in his or her office is a reviewable expense

under this Act if the expense was incurred in the performance of a

ministerial duty or function and,

(

a) a claim was made for payment of the expense from the Consolidated

Revenue Fund; or

(

b) a Crown agency paid for the expense.

Same, parliamentary assistants and staff

(2) An expense of a parliamentary assistant or a person

employed in his or her office is a reviewable expense under this Act if the

expense was incurred in the performance of a ministerial duty or function, or

in the performance of a duty or function of a parliamentary assistant

and,

(

a) a claim was made for payment of the expense from the Consolidated

Revenue Fund; or

(

b) a Crown agency paid for the expense.

3. Subsection 8 (1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Duty to give copies to the Commissioner

Cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants

(1) On or before April 30 each year, the Chair of the

Management Board of Cabinet shall give the Integrity Commissioner a copy of

all expense claims made for reviewable expenses incurred during the previous

fiscal year by Cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and the persons

employed in their offices.

Indicating whether expenses paid

(1.1) In providing a copy of the expense claims under

subsection (1), the Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet shall

indicate,

(

a) whether an expense claim was paid, in whole or in part, from the

Consolidated Revenue Fund or was refused, in whole or in part; or

(

b) whether an expense was paid, in whole or in part, by a Crown agency or

was refused, in whole or in part.

4. Clause 9 (2) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking

out "the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Legislative Assembly Fund" and

substituting "the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Crown agency or the

Legislative Assembly Fund".

(1) Subsection 1.1 (1) of the Freedom

of Information and Protection of Privacy Act , as enacted by the Statutes

of Ontario, 2002,

chapter 34,

Schedule B,

section 2, is repealed and the

following substituted:

Limited application re reviewable expenses

(1) This Act applies,

(

a) to the Assembly, only in respect of records of reviewable expenses of

the Opposition leaders and the persons employed in their offices and in

respect of the personal information contained in those records; and

(

b) to all Crown agencies, whether or not the Crown agency is listed as an

institution in the regulations under this Act, in respect of records of

reviewable expenses of Cabinet ministers and the persons employed in their

offices and in respect of the personal information contained in those

records.

(2) Section 1.1 of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes

of Ontario, 2002,

chapter 34,

Schedule B,

section 2, is amended by adding the

following subsection:

Crown agencies

(2.1) If clause (1) (

b) applies to a Crown agency that is not

listed as an institution in the regulations under this Act, the head of the

institution is deemed to be the Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet.

(3) Subsection 1.1 (3) of the Act, as enacted by the

Statutes of Ontario, 2002,

chapter 34,

Schedule B,

section 2, is amended by

adding the following definition:

"Crown agency" means a Crown agency within the meaning of the Crown

Agency Act ; ("organisme de la Couronne")

Commencement

6. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

7. The

short title of this Act is the Cabinet

Ministers' and Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Statute

Law Amendment Act, 2003 .

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Cabinet

Ministers' and Opposition Leaders' Expenses Review and Accountability Act,

2002 by treating expenses paid by Crown agencies as reviewable expenses

under the Act.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 17, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June

17, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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