Eastern Pentecostal Bible College Act, 1998 Stewart, Gary — Private Bill PR18 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill PR18, Eastern Pentecostal Bible College Act, 1998

Stewart, Gary

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Bill Pr18 1998

An Act respecting Eastern Pentecostal Bible College

Preamble

Eastern Pentecostal Bible College has applied for special legislation to

amend the citizenship requirements for membership on its Board of Governors,

the eligibility requirements for officers of its Board of Governors, the

membership of the Executive Committee of its Board of Governors (formerly

referred to as the Board of Administration) and the degrees that it may

grant. The applicant was incorporated by special legislation in 1983, which

was amended by special legislation in 1991.

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:

1. Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Eastern Pentecostal Bible

College Act, 1983 , as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1991,

chapter Pr5,

section 1, are repealed and the following

substituted:

Board of Governors

(1) The affairs of the College shall be managed by the

Board of Governors of the College.

Composition

(2) The Board of Governors shall be composed of the following persons:

1. The President.

2. The Executive Director of Bible Colleges of the Pentecostal Assemblies

of Canada, the District Superintendent of the Western Ontario District of the

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the District Superintendent of the Eastern

Ontario and Quebec District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the

District Superintendent of the Maritime District of the Pentecostal

Assemblies of Canada and the General Superintendent of the Pentecostal

Assemblies of Newfoundland.

3. Three credentialed representatives of the Western Ontario District of

the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, appointed by its Executive, two of whom

shall be members of the Executive.

4. Three credentialed representatives of the Eastern Ontario and Quebec

District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, appointed by its Executive,

two of whom shall be members of the Executive.

5. One member of the Executive of the Maritime District of the Pentecostal

Assemblies of Canada, appointed by its Executive.

6. One member of the Executive of the Pentecostal Assemblies of

Newfoundland, appointed by its Executive.

7. Two laypersons, appointed by the Board of Governors from a slate of

nominees submitted by the Executive Committee.

Citizenship

(3) At least 50 per cent of the members of the Board of Governors shall be

Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.

Term of office

(4) The governors described in paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of subsection

(2) shall hold office for a term of two years and until their successors take

office.

Restriction re consecutive terms

(5) No governor described in paragraph 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of subsection

(2) shall serve on the Board of Governors for more than eight years

consecutively, but on the expiration of one year after having served on the

Board of Governors for eight consecutive years, the person is again eligible

to be a member of the Board of Governors.

Quorum

(6) A majority of the Board of Governors constitutes a quorum for the

transaction of business.

Vacancies

(7) Where a vacancy occurs in a position on the Board of Governors

described in paragraph 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of subsection (2), the vacancy shall

be filled by the same authority that appointed the person whose membership is

vacant and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the

unexpired term of the person whose membership is vacant, but service on the

Board of Governors for an unexpired term shall not be included in the

calculation of the eight consecutive years under subsection (5).

Additional governors

(8) The Board of Governors may, by by-law, increase the number of

governors to a maximum of 24.

Same

(9) The by-law under subsection (8) shall specify who is to appoint each

additional governor subject to the following:

1. Additional governors may be appointed by an Executive named in

paragraph 3, 4, 5 or 6 of subsection (2) or by the Board of Governors.

2. The Board of Governors shall not appoint more than four additional

governors.

3. Additional governors appointed by the Board of Governors shall be

laypersons chosen from a slate of nominees submitted by the Executive

Committee.

Chair, etc.

(1) There shall be a chair and vice-chair of the Board

of Governors, a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, of the

Board of Governors and such other officers as the Board of Governors may

determine.

Election

(2) The chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer (or

secretary-treasurer) shall be elected by the Board of Governors from among

the governors and shall hold office until their successors are elected, or

until their term of office as a governor expires.

President not eligible to be chair

(3) The President is not eligible to be elected as chair of the Board of

Governors.

Presiding officer

(4) The chair or, in his or her absence, the vice-chair shall preside at

meetings of the Board of Governors.

Executive Committee

(1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board

of Governors, composed of up to nine members of the Board of Governors, as

follows:

1. The chair of the Board of Governors, who shall be the chair of the

Executive Committee.

2. The vice-chair of the Board of Governors, who shall be the vice-chair

of the Executive Committee.

3. The secretary or secretary-treasurer of the Board of Governors, who

shall be the secretary of the Executive Committee.

4. The treasurer of the Board of Governors, if there is one.

5. The President, who shall be a non-voting member.

6. The Superintendents of each of the Western Ontario District, the

Eastern Ontario and Quebec District and the Maritime District of the

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.

7. The General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of

Newfoundland.

Additional members

(2) The Board of Governors may appoint additional governors to the

Executive Committee.

Term of office

(3) The members of the Executive Committee appointed under subsection

(2) shall hold office for a two-year term.

Section 7 of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Powers

7. The government, conduct, management and control of the

College and its property, revenues, expenditures, business and affairs are

vested in the Board of Governors and the Board of Governors has all powers

necessary or convenient to perform its duties and achieve the objectives and

purposes of the College including, without limiting the generality of the

foregoing, the power,

(

a) to enact by-laws for the conduct of its affairs;

(

b) to establish and terminate programs and courses of study;

(

c) to appoint, promote, suspend and remove members of faculty, academic

officers and non-academic staff and to determine their remuneration;

(

d) to grant tenure and leave to academic officers and members of the

faculty;

(

e) to establish, change and terminate academic units within the College

and determine the powers and duties of any such unit;

(

f) to appoint committees of the Board of Governors, in addition to the

Executive Committee;

(

g) to delegate to the Executive Committee and to any committee appointed

under clause (

f) power and authority to act for the Board of Governors with

respect to any matter or class of matters, provided that where power and

authority to act for the Board of Governors are delegated to a committee, a

majority of the members of the committee shall be members of the Board of

Governors;

(

h) to conduct examinations, appoint examiners and decide all matters

related to examinations and the appointment of examiners;

(

i) to award fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals, prizes and

other marks of academic achievement;

(

j) to grant degrees of Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor of Religious

Education, Bachelor of Sacred Music, Bachelor of Ministry, Bachelor of

Missions, Bachelor of Biblical Studies, Bachelor of Cross-Cultural Studies in

Ministry, Master of Cross-Cultural Studies in Ministry , Master of

Theological Studies, Master of Religion, Master of Religious Education,

Master of Theology, Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of

Cross-Cultural Studies in Ministry, Doctor of Theology and Doctor of

Divinity;

(

k) to federate or affiliate the College with any other institute of

higher learning;

(

l) to establish and collect fees and charges for tuition and for services

of any kind offered by the College and collect fees and charges on behalf of

any entity, organization or element of the College;

(

m) to borrow money for the purpose of the College and give security for

it on such terms and in such amounts as it may deem advisable;

(

n) to invest all money that comes into the College that is not required

to be expended, for any purpose to which it lawfully may be applied, subject

always to any express limitations or restrictions on investment powers

imposed by terms of the same, in such manner as it considers proper and,

except where a trust instrument otherwise directs, to combine trust money

belonging to various trusts in its care into a common trust fund;

(

o) to acquire, accept, solicit or receive by purchase, lease, deed,

contract, donation, legacy, gift, grant, bequest, devise or otherwise, any

kind of real or personal property and to enter into and carry out agreements,

contracts and undertakings incidental thereto and to hold any such property,

and to sell, lease, mortgage, dispose of and convey the same or any part of

such property or interest in it as the Board of Governors may consider

advisable;

(

p) to acquire, accept, solicit or receive any gift of real or personal

property, either as an annual or other contribution or as an addition to the

funds of the College;

(

q) to establish by by-law Christian doctrinal statements of the College

which shall be adhered to by the members of the Board of Governors and the

members of the faculty;

(

r) to establish the fiscal year of the College;

(

s) to regulate the admission of students and to set admission

standards.

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 Eastern Pentecostal

Bible College Act, 1998 .

Copyright © 1998

Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 26, 1998

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

June 25, 1998

Third Reading

Carried

June 25, 1998

Second Reading

Carried

June 24, 1998

Reported as amended

June 24, 1998

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

June 15, 1998

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

June 15, 1998

First Reading

Carried

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