Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 Vernile, Daiene — Bill 46 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 46, 41-2

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Bill 46, Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016

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Bill 46 2016

Act respecting pregnancy and parental leaves of municipal council members

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Municipal

Act, 2001

Section

259 of the Municipal Act, 2001 is amended by adding

the following subsection:

Exception

(1.1) Clause (1) (

c) does not apply to

vacate the office of a member of council of a municipality who is absent for 20

consecutive weeks or less if the absence is a result of the member's pregnancy,

the birth of the member's child or the adoption of a child by the member.

2. Subsection

270 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7. Pregnancy

leaves and parental leaves of members of the council.

City

of Toronto Act, 2006

Section

204 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Exception

(2) Clause (1) (

c) does not apply to vacate

the office of a member of city council who is absent for 20 consecutive weeks

or less and if the absence is a result of the member's pregnancy, the birth of

the member's child or the adoption of a child by the member.

4. Subsection

212 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

9. Pregnancy

leaves and parental leaves of members of the city council.

Commencement

and

Short Title

Commencement

5. This

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

Short

title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Municipal Statute Law

Amendment Act (Councillor Pregnancy and Parental Leave), 2016 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to provide that the office of

council members will not be vacated due to absences related to pregnancy or the

birth or adoption of the member's child. Municipalities are required to adopt

and maintain policies with respect to pregnancy and parental leaves of council

members.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 27, 2016

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

October 27, 2016

Second Reading

Carried

October 27, 2016

Second Reading

Debate

October 20, 2016

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 20, 2016

Committee

Second Reading

October 27, 2016

Ms. Daiene Vernile, Mr. Michael Harris, Ms. Catherine Fife, Hon. Chris Ballard, Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. Peter Z. Milczyn, Mr. Ted Arnott, Hon. Tracy MacCharles

October 27, 2016

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

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 46

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

City of Toronto Act, 2006

Municipal Act, 2001

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 46, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 46 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	edfc39982baf9f14dbaa7bae475d1393ecb53044

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