Paved Shoulder Construction and Bicycling Act, 2013 Miller, Norman — Bill 137 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 137, 40-2

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Bill 137, Paved Shoulder Construction and Bicycling Act, 2013

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Bill 137 2013

Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act and the

Highway Traffic Act to construct paved shoulders and permit bicycles to ride on

them

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

1. The

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

is amended by adding the following section:

Construction

of paved shoulders

Application

26.0.1

(1) This

section applies to the portions of the King's Highway prescribed by the

regulations for the purposes of this section.

Duty

to construct

(2) If a prescribed portion of the King's

Highway does not have a paved shoulder, the Minister shall construct a paved

shoulder on that portion when there is a significant undertaking to repave or

resurface that portion.

Width

of paved shoulder

(3) A paved shoulder must be at least one

metre wide.

Exception

(4) The Minister is not required to

construct a paved shoulder where it would be impracticable to do so.

Warning

sign

(5) The beginning of a paved shoulder must

be marked with a ground mounted sign that warns drivers to watch for

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

Regulations

(6) The Minister may make regulations

prescribing portions of the King's Highway for the purposes of this section.

Same

(7) If no regulations have been made under

subsection (6) within one year after the day the Paved

Shoulder Construction and Bicycling Act, 2013 receives

Royal Assent, the Minister shall table a report in the Legislative Assembly

that provides,

(

a) reasons

why such regulations have not been made; and

(

b) a

description of the progress that the Minister has made in identifying the portions

of the King's Highway to be prescribed by such regulations.

Highway

Traffic Act

Section

151 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding

the following subsection:

Bicycle

exception

(5.1) Despite subsection (5), a person may

ride a bicycle on the paved shoulder of any part of the King's Highway, except

as otherwise prohibited by law.

Commencement

3. This

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

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Paved Shoulder Construction

and Bicycling Act, 2013 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway

Improvement Act to require the Minister of Transportation to construct

paved shoulders on prescribed portions of the King's Highway.

The

Minister is required to construct paved shoulders on prescribed portions of the

King's Highway when there is a significant undertaking to repave or resurface

that portion. However, the Minister is not required to construct a paved

shoulder where doing so would be impracticable. These paved shoulders must be

at least one metre wide and must be marked with a sign warning drivers to watch

out for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists.

the Minister has not made any regulations prescribing portions of the King's

Highway within one year after the day this Bill receives Royal Assent, the

Minister must table a report in the Legislative Assembly that provides reasons

why such regulations have not been made and that describes the progress that

has been made in identifying the portions that will be prescribed.

The

Bill also amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow

bicycles to be ridden on paved shoulders.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 12, 2013

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

December 12, 2013

Second Reading

Carried

December 12, 2013

Second Reading

Debate

November 25, 2013

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 25, 2013

Committee

Second Reading

December 12, 2013

Mr. Norm Miller, Mr. Jonah Schein, Ms. Dipika Damerla, Mr. Jeff Yurek, Mr. Rosario Marchese, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. Rick Nicholls, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Hon. Glen R. Murray, Mr. Rod Jackson, Ms. Catherine Fife

December 12, 2013

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 137

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

Highway Traffic Act

Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 137, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 137 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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