West Lambton Electric Commission Act, 1998 Boushy, Dave — Private Bill PR8 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill PR8, West Lambton Electric Commission Act, 1998

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Bill Pr8 1998

An Act to establish the West Lambton Electric Commission

Preamble

The Corporation of the City of Sarnia, the Hydro Electric Commission of

the City of Sarnia, the Corporation of the Town of Petrolia, the Public

Utilities Commission of the Town of Petrolia, The Corporation of the Township

of Moore, the Hydro Electric Commission of the Township of Moore, The

Corporation of the Village of Point Edward and the Public Utilities

Commission of the Village of Point Edward applied for special legislation.

The application is to establish the West Lambton Electric Commission and to

dissolve three of the applicant commissions.

It is appropriate to grant the application.

Therefore, 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,

Commission" means the West Lambton Electric Commission;

electrical service area" means the area described in subsection 7 (1);

municipality" means The Corporation of the City of Sarnia, The Corporation

of the Town of Petrolia, The Corporation of the Township of Moore or The

Corporation of the Village of Point Edward;

predecessor" means the Hydro Electric Comission of the City of Sarnia, the

Public Utilities Commission of the Town of Petrolia, the Hydro Electric

Commission of the Township of Moore and the Public Utilities Commission of

the Village of Point Edward.

Commission established

(1) The West Lambton Electric Commission is

established as a public utility commission.

Same

(2) The Commission shall be deemed to have been established under

Part III

of the Public Utilities Act .

Name

(3) The Commission may, by resolution, change its name.

Composition

(1) The Commission is composed of the following

members:

1. Two representatives of The Corporation of the City of Sarnia.

2. One representative of The Corporation of the Town of Petrolia.

3. One representative of The Corporation of the Township of Moore.

4. One representative of The Village of Point Edward.

Selection

(2) Each municipality may, by by-law, determine the method of selecting

its member or members of the commission and shall do so within one year after

this Act comes into force.

Election

(3) If a municipality decides that its member or members are to be

elected, the election must be by general vote at an election held under the

Municipal Elections Act in the municipality.

Appointment

(4) If a municipality does not determine the method of selecting its

member or members, the municipality shall, by by-law, appoint its member or

members at the beginning of the term of office of the municipal council.

Same

(5) Parts II (composition of municipal councils)and III (vacancies) of the

Municipal Act that apply with respect to members of a municipal

council apply, with necessary modifications, with respect to elected members

of the commission.

Term of office

(6) The term of office of a members who is appointed expires with the term

of office of the municipal council that appoints him or her.

Vacancy

(7) Sections 45, 46 and 47 of the Municipal Act apply, with

necessary modifications, with respect to a vacancy on the commission.

Remuneration

(8) The remuneration of a member is as determined by the municipality that

he or she represents.

Initial board

(9) The following persons constitute the commission on the day this Act

comes into force:

1. The persons who, immediately before this Act comes into force, were the

chair and the vice-chair of the Hydro Electric Commission of the City of

Sarnia. They are the representatives of The Corporation of the City of

Sarnia.

2. The person who, immediately before this Act comes into force, was the

chair of the Public Utilities Commission of the Town of Petrolia. He or she

is the representative of The Corporation of the Town of Petrolia.

3. The person who, immediately before this Act comes into force, was the

chair of the Hydro Electric Commission of the Township of Moore. He or she is

the representative of The Corporation of the Township of Moore.

4. The person who, immediately before this Act comes into force, was the

chair of the Public Utilities Commission of the Village of Point Edward. He

or she is the representative of The Corporation of the Village of Point

Edward.

Same

(10) The term of office of the members appointed by subsection (9) expires

with the term of the applicable municipal council in office on the day this

Act comes into force.

Same

(11) The remuneration of each member appointed by subsection (9) shall not

exceed the amount of the salary that is payable immediately before this Act

comes into force to the person earning the highest salary in a position

described in subsection (8).

Amending mechanism

(1) In this section,

initiating by-law" means the by-law described in subsection (3).

Same

(2) The composition of the Commission, the method of selecting the members

and the term of office of the members may be amended in accordance with this

section.

Initiating by-law

(3) A municipality may, by by-law, recommend amendments relating to a

matter described in subsection (2) and the date on which the amendments are

to come into effect.

Notice

(4) The municipality shall give the other municipalities notice that the

initiating by-law has been made.

Assent

(5) The recommended amendments come into effect on the date specified in

the initiating by-law if the other municipalities assent to the recommended

amendments and to the date on which the amendments come into effect.

Same

(6) The assent of the other municipalities must be given, by by-law,

within 60 days after the initiating by-law is made.

Annual report

(1) Each year, the Commission shall give each

municipality a report on its affairs during the preceding year and its

capital borrowing forecast.

Audit

(2) The municipalities may, by resolution, jointly appoint one or more

persons to audit the accounts of the Commission each year.

Powers, etc.

(1) The Commission may exercise the powers, rights,

authorities and privileges with respect to electrical power and electrical

energy that are conferred upon the municipalities by the Public Utilities

Act .

Municipalities

(2) The municipalities shall not exercise the powers described in

subsection (1) except through the Commission.

Electrical service area

(1) The geographic area of the municipalities shall be

deemed to be an area established by the municipalities under clause 83 (1)

(

a) of the Power Corporation Act .

Hydro-electric commission

(2) The municipalities shall be deemed to have entrusted the construction

of the works and the control and management thereof to the Commission under

subsection 83 (4) of the Power Corporation Act .

Power to contract

(3) The Commission may contract with Ontario Hydro for the transmission

and supply to the Commission of electrical power and electrical energy to be

distributed and sold within the electrical service area, may do so without

the assent of the electors in the municipalities and without any other

authorization or approval.

Same

(4) A contract described in subsection (3) shall be deemed to be an

agreement within the meaning of clause 147 (1) (

o) of the Municipal

Act .

Status under the Power Corporation Act

(5) For the purposes of the Power Corporation Act , the Commission

shall be deemed to be a municipal corporation that has entered into a

contract with Ontario Hydro for the supply of electrical power and electrical

energy within the electrical service area.

Borrowing

(1) The Commission may borrow money if it receives the

approvals described in this section.

Municipal approval

(2) With the approval of Ontario Hydro, the Commission may request the

municipalities to approve the borrowing of money and the municipal councils

shall approve or disapprove the borrowing within 30 days after the request is

made.

O.M.B. approval

(3) If one or more municipalities whose equalized assessment is, in the

aggregate, more than 50 per cent of the equalized assessment of the

geographic area of all of the municipalities approves the borrowing, those

municipalities shall apply to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval of the

proposed borrowing on behalf of all the municipalities. They shall do so even

if another municipality has not approved the borrowing.

Apportionment

(4) Even though one or more municipalities has not approved the borrowing,

each municipality is liable for such proportion of the payments required to

be made on account of any borrowing authorized under this

section as the

equalized assessment of the municipality bears to the equalized assessment of

the geographic area of all of the municipalities.

Powers re development charges

(1) The Commission may exercise the powers of a

municipality under sections 2 and 44 of the Development Charges Act,

1997 with respect to land in the electricity service area.

Same

(2) Part III of the Development Charges Act, 1997 applies with

respect to a front-ending agreement the Commission enters into under

section

44 of that Act.

Other powers

(3) The Commission may exercise the powers of a municipality under

subsections 51 (25) and 53 (12) of the Planning Act with respect to

land in the geographic area of the municipalities.

Same

(4) Subsection 51 (43) of the Planning Act applies with respect

to the imposition of conditions under subsection 51 (25) of that Act, and

subsection 53 (19) applies with respect to the imposition of conditions under

subsection 53 (12).

Effect on municipality

(5) If the Commission exercises the powers described in subsection (1) or

(3), the municipality is not entitled to exercise its powers under those

provisions in respect of the same lands for the same purpose.

Development charge by-laws

(1) Development charge by-laws enacted by the

municipalities under the Development Charges Act , as it existed

before March 1, 1998, are continued as by-laws of the Commission.

Reserves

(2) Each municipality shall transfer to the Commission the reserve funds

under a development charge by-law described in subsection (1).

Powers

(3) The Commission may exercise the powers of a municipality under

Part V

of the Development Charges Act, 1997 with respect to a development

charge by-law and a reserve fund described in this section.

Transfers re Petrolia P.U.C.

(1) On the day this Act comes into force, the powers

and duties of the Public Utilities Commission of the Town of Petrolia with

respect to the supply and distribution of power that are established by a

municipal resolution or by-law become the powers and duties of the Commission

instead.

Same

(2) On the day this Act comes into force, assets that are under the

control and management of the Public Utilities Commission of the Town of

Petrolia immediately before this Act comes into force become assets under the

control and management of the Commission.

By-laws, etc.

(3) The by-laws and resolutions of the Public Utilities Commission of the

Town of Petrolia continue in force with respect to the Town of Petrolia,

until they are amended or revoked by the Commission.

Certain predecessors dissolved

(1) The Hydro Electric Commission of the City of

Sarnia, the Hydro Electric Commission of the Township of Moore and the Public

Utilities Commission of the Village of Point Edward are hereby dissolved.

Transfers

(2) Upon the dissolution of those predecessors,

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a) their assets and liabilities become the assets and liabilities of the

Commission;

(

b) their powers and duties under any municipal by-law or resolution

become the powers and duties of the Commissi

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